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Pretty Pictures-not Hildring House (sadly)

I am wishing I had some pretty pictures of Hildring House to show you today … but sadly, nothing new is “finished.” sigh. So let’s look at some pretty pictures not Hildring House.

Bedroom from Amber Interiors — Amber Interiors

Design ADHD

One of the things I love about blogging is the fact that I am encouraged to ‘finish’ things. It’s my deepest darkest secret- I have design ADHD. I get 80 percent finished with a project and in my mind, I can see it as completed. So I just move on to the next thing. Since my “minds eye” does not photograph well, I’m forced to finish things for real if I want to share them with you. This is, in Dan’s opinion, much better than my prior solution of “just sell the house.” That’s how, in the past, I forced myself to finish things: sell the house. That’s pretty motivating.

Dan here – the “sell the house” solution was a great motivator. Debra is a dynamite realtor and she knows what will, in fact, sell the house. The problem – besides moving all the time – is that she would finish things beautifully and we would get to enjoy them for about 10 minutes. My goal for Hildring House is to be able to bask for a while in the comfort of a completed project. Keep following along and root for me, won’t you?

The Mid Century Ranch- an Example of Design ADHD

Mid Century Modern kitchen after — Photo by Trey Freeze

Family Room View One — Photo by Trey Freeze

The two pictures above are house-selling photos of the Mid Century Ranch. Eleventy-seven projects finished 5 minutes before listing photos were taken. This was the first project covered in the blog. While many of those posts don’t display properly – my fault, entirely – you can find a slideshow of the transformation here.
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The Boys’ Room – Hildring House Update from Debra

We are very lucky to have our grandchildren nearby. They spend a good bit of time at our house, so it was important to us to create a space just for them – the boys’ room. Kids’ rooms run the gamut from “leftover” to “designed-within-an-inch-of-their-lives-cutesy” spaces…

The Boys’ Room Design

I was shooting for something in the middle. A space for sleeping, playing, and storing toys. We have diligently attempted to limit the amount of store-bought toys in the house. Our preference is for them to create their own toys using imagination: boxes, string, whatever they can find. (This is Dan, chiming in. They usually do very well.) And I confess, we often break down (we’re grandparents, after all). Like when we invested in the giant bounce house water slide. So there is that 😉

Grandboy splashing into pool from slide — SPLASH!

It’s not pretty, but it’s oh-so-fun for little boys. (You may remember it from this post.)

Anyway, back to the room-

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Hildring House – More Demo and a Little Progress

Sometimes, “natural demolition” – usually gradual neglect and disuse – leaves a beautiful structure. Take, for instance, this abandoned church in Howth, Ireland:

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The demo at Hildring House is not so elegant. Nor, however, is it intended to be. Things are moving right along, though. Let’s take a look. Continue reading “Hildring House – More Demo and a Little Progress”

Nautical to Nice – a New Rental Property Project

Wow – seems like forever since I’ve blogged about Chrysalis Casa stuff. We’ve taken a couple of months break, traveling some and thinking about our next project. The 1985 movie “The Goonies” was filmed around Cannon Beach, Oregon. This pic is of Haystack Rock, it’s most iconic natural feature:

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The only relevance to this post is that it’s on the Pacific coast, which brings to mind things nautical which, in turn, reminds me of a rental property that we’re in the process of rehabbing. You’ll see why in a minute. Here is a shot of the exterior:

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SoMoToHo – Before & After – Installment Two

It’s time to step inside the SoMoToHo and show some pics of the interior transformation. Again, thanks to Trey Freeze for his lovely photographs and thanks to Shawn Cowdin for his help in bringing about this metamorphosis. So – without further ado and in no particular order, here we go.

2015-03-05 18.01.08.jpg — En suite bath in the upstairs master.

5517 Byers-36.jpg — After – photo by Trey Freeze

master up.jpg — Upstairs Master – before

5517 Byers-34.jpg — Photo by Trey Freeze

5517 Byers-35.jpg — View from the en suite into the Master up. Photo by Trey Freeze

5517 Byers-32.jpg — Photo by Trey Freeze

nook desk.jpg — Upstairs office nook – before

5517 Byers-31.jpg — Photo by Trey Freeze

2014-10-19 20.30.48.jpg — Stairway – before

5517 Byers-30.jpg — Photo by Trey Freeze

2015-01-26 00.28.52.jpg — Downstairs Master en suite – before

5517 Byers-27.jpg — Photo by Trey Freeze

Downstairs Master en suite – looking in from the bedroom

2014-10-19 20.38.18.jpg — Downstairs Master – before – this carpet was moved upstairs into the office.

5517 Byers-25.jpg — Downstairs Master after – photo by Trey Freeze

2014-10-19 20.18.45.jpg — Powder Bath – before

5517 Byers-24.jpg — Powder After – photo by Trey Freeze

We’ll continue our tour of the SoMoToHo interior in the next post – I hope you’ll come along for the rest – we love sharing this journey.

Thanks for reading!

LOAP Alpha – Pics by the Pros

In the last post, I mentioned that we were going to have some professional pictures taken of the LOAP Alpha. As you know, we typically have Trey Freeze do our professional shots. Trey was too busy (as many truly talented people are) to take the Alpha pics on the schedule that we needed, so we asked Matrix Tours to do the job. And a fine job they did. So here they are – let me know what you think! And, if you’re in the market for a spectacularly renovated 3/2/2 in west Fort Worth for an eminently reasonable price, give us a shout. We’d be tickled for this to be your new home!

“Blue room” – see, I told you the mirrored closet would show up

Master bedroom – on the front of the house

Master looking toward the hall and the en suite bath

The first of a few of the back yard – great space and great potential

That’s it for the LOAP Alpha. Thanks for going through this transition with us. It’s been fun – and gratifying. This home has lots of pleasure to give – it just had to be coaxed out of hiding. Soon, we’ll do another LOAP – since Limitless Opportunities are Always Present!

Next, though, we’ll go back to the SoMoToHo, where things are hap-pen-ing. Hope you’ll come along!

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Pretty Pictures-not Hildring House (sadly)

Design ADHD

The Mid Century Ranch- an Example of Design ADHD

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The Boys’ Room – Hildring House Update from Debra

The Boys’ Room Design

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Nautical to Nice – a New Rental Property Project

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SoMoToHo – Before & After – Installment Two

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The Boys’ Room Design

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