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estreya- This is going to sound super stupid, but is the trellis the white structure outside the front door? If so, all of the houses in our developement have one and it is attached to the house and made of wood and painted white. I unfortunatly live in a cookie cutter community and ALL of the houses look the same in my development. I live in So Cal and this was supposed to just be a starter house but 7 yrs later with housing having gone up up up we could not afford to move and are still here. Hopefully with the market going down we can finally move to a larger home with an real driveway!! lindybarts- I really love the one with the choc. brown door! My fav so far!!

I love your wall colors. LOL I can only tell you what gives me inspiration on pulling colors, is fabric. I go to fabric web pages, especially the ones who have the fabric collections, and usually can get a sense of where I need to go with colors. Because of my simple decorating taste and limited knowledge, I find it easier to concentrate one two rooms at one time and not concentrate on the entire house at once. That's just way too confusing for me. Right now I'm concentrating on foyer/great room. When I finish making those fabric and furniture choices, I'll move on to the other roooms. All of my rooms are off of the great room and don't necessarily "match" the great room. I thought it important for the great room and foyer to "flow" since people will definitely be walking through the foyer into the great room. The bedrooms are similar in hue and I went with all muted colors so there are no "clashes" on your senses as you'd walk from one room to the other. However, the bedrooms and guest bath are all different and will be decorated according to their wall color. All the flooring is the same in all the rooms. With all your adjoining room colors flowing so well together it shouldn't be too difficult to find fabric that will incorporate all those colors and that could be your "jumping off" point, as they call it. One more thing, I would definitely cover the sofa because I think sofa's should be solid or look solid (squint your eyes) and if it looks solid, it's a keeper. Bring in print from other accessories, rugs, pillows, artwork. My great room is Rich Cream, which is a very pale yellow. I plan on a light colored fabric, i.e. beige or something close to that, for the sofa, and the accessories will have the green from the foyer and another 1 or 2 colors as accents. Still up in the air on that. I find if I take it in baby steps then I gain inspiration from the one item/thing I completed. I won't know what fabrics I'll want for chairs and curtains until I can see and feel my sofa. My decorating is based a lot of how the surroundings make me feel also. So maybe you might want to start with the sofa color and then see where that color leads your senses. Here's what inspired my foyer color that leads into my great room color. Don't tell my DH I sent out a photo of the mantle before it was complete. Eekkk!! He likes his "works of art" to be complete before the world sees them. LOL Good luck. My inspiration chicken!! Foyer wall and ceilling Great room

If you are going to do a lot of the work yourself, and only hire out the work for some specific licensed trades and work that specialty equipment or tools or skill are needed, you sound similar to what my husband and I have done on approx 5 houses in the last 10 years, all similar in age and character and condition to the one you are looking at. I know prices vary by region, and I'm probably opening myself up to a bunch of critical comments from people saying either we spent too much and wasted money in one area, or too cheap in another... But I want to try to offer some help in a possible pricing to help you decide if you want to go down this path or not... P - hire a plumber: varies with the house and whether you add a bathroom, but plan for $5k, assumes they take care of big stuff, roughin the shower, code, venting, but you DIY fixture installations - Hire an electrician: similar to plumbing, varies with the house, but assume $3k for them to do layout changes, code corrections, but you DIY fixture installations - if a roof is needed and/ or painting touchups, fascia repairs, etc: big variable but for this assume $8k minimum - assumes siding is in good condtition, $0k or add more - assumes heat / air conditioning / hot water heater are all in good condition, or add more - assumes water in the basement isn't a problem, or add more for dealing with mold, draintile, grade corrections outside, etc. - Hire a hardwood floor refinisher: $2k - assumes hardwood everywhere except kitchen and bathrooms, otherwise add more for carpet/ new floor in other rooms - windows: Varies a lot if you repair or replace, and if replace what quality, but for this rough estimate figure $200 per window x probably around 20 windows would either pay for repair supplies and hardware, or a cheap vinyl replacement, DIY install. $4k - Kitchen materials: ikea cabinets $4k with butcher block countertops, or add $3-4k for granite, $3k cheap ss appliances, $1k tile and paint, you DIY all installation - Bathroom materials: $2k ( tub/shower, vanity, faucets, ligt fixtures, tile), You DIY all installation, Looks like times two in this house plus $1k powder room= $5k., all DIY installation except for the roughin plumbing notes above - light and door fixtures : $1k, all DIY install - basic supplies: Paint, sheetrock, spackle, sanding pads, hinges, eurythane : $3k, all DIY install - holding costs: depends on tax rates, if you need to heat/cool, etc but if you figure $400/ month for 3-4 months (this would have you and your husband there probably 20-30/hrs a week if you are moderately competent but not streamlined professionals at this), adds a bit more than $1k, more if you have a loan with interest accruing. Soooo.... If I add all of this up, I get at least $40k of fixup costs which is you doing almost all of the work. And I should note these are economical material and finishing choices. And assumes you already own all the tools needed to do the work. If you pay $25 k plus $1k in closing costs (no mortgage fees) you'd have at least $66k in to it. If you later sell for $125k, after real estate commissions and another 3 months of holding costs, you may get $110k. So- best case scenario i think you might potentially take home a little over $40k for 3+ months of work. Or, it could be a lot less profit if you hire out more of the work, if you add a 10% error budget ($4k), need new HVAC ($6k), mold/water issues ($?), extensive plumbing (+$6k), exterior repairs ($3-$15k), if opening up walls triggers other code improvements like insulation and vapor barrier ($2k or more), if you add landscaping curb appeal ($1-3k)..... Hopefully you find this helpful, and can adjust this to fit the house you are looking at, your local requirements and rates, etc. It can be fun to bring these houses back to beautiful, and there can be some money to be made doing it. But it's important to run the numbers upfront so you know what you are getting in to. It also makes the work a lot more fun when you feel like you are doing it "on budget"- noone has fun when things are going wrong or you are stuck midway knowing you are loosing money on it. Another thing that my husband and I do, is we each get a $1k "allowance" to spent on "frivolous" things for the house. Well maybe "frivolous" is too spendy of a word, but for certain as you are going through the project you and you husband will have differences of opinion on what to put in the house: Maybe he likes a $2.99/sqft tile and you don't want to waste money and are ok with a $0.99 tile. If he really likes the more expensive tile, that extra $2/ sqft can come out of his "frivolous allowance". It allows both of you to have input and fun with some minor upgrades, but keeps a cap on them. Good luck if you decide to do this - either on this house or a different one! :-)