Before and after thread

[Anonymous No.1655534]

Post before and after your work projects.

[Anonymous No.1655535]

>>1655534

[Anonymous No.1655536]

Just a few from before and after rennovating my first house

[Anonymous No.1655537]

>>1655536

[Anonymous No.1655541]

>>1655537

that door handle looks like a sideways penis

[Anonymous No.1655555]

>>1655541
It's a typical yuro handle

[Anonymous No.1655559]

>>1655535
your euro appliances always make me laugh. that range looks like an easy bake oven

basement before

[Anonymous No.1655560]

>>1655559
after

[Anonymous No.1655561]

>>1655560

[Anonymous No.1655564]

>>1655555

well that figures... euro's are all dicks anyway

[Anonymous No.1655586]

>>1655534
A washing machine in the kitchen?

[Anonymous No.1655588]

>>1655560
nice

[Anonymous No.1655595]

>>1655586
I've had this in my old tiny apartment. I've also seen it in Europe.

[Anonymous No.1655598]

>>1655555
I thought door knobs were mostly a burger thing.

[Anonymous No.1655605]

>>1655560
>MAX HEADROOM

[Anonymous No.1655630]

>>1655586
I mean a water hook up's a water hook up v0v

[Anonymous No.1655646]

>>1655605
its actually just the angle the picture was taken at. its just over 7ft except where that bulkhead is which is like 6'4"

[Anonymous No.1655677]

>>1655646
>bulkhead
Is your apartment in a submarine or something?
Just teasin' bro.

[Anonymous No.1655687]

>>1655560
>>1655561
Now to charge some poor sod $1000 a month to live in the basement, only to kick him out to bump the rent to $1500 in a couple of months.

[Anonymous No.1655702]

>>1655534
>>1655535
You got rid of the scalloped ceiling? That was the best part of the original finishes.
That first range was hilarious, too. Is that an open-air broiler?

[Anonymous No.1655704]

>>1655586
yeah that's pretty common in older/smaller houses even in freedomland. Stack them in a pantry-size closet next to the fridge.

[Anonymous No.1655739]

>>1655534

That's nice, Anon. Vast improvement. How did you get the artex off the ceiling? I have it in my lounge and it's fucking gopping. It's been painted a couple of times with what looks like gloss.

[Anonymous No.1655740]

>>1655687
What's wrong with living in a basement?

[Anonymous No.1655763]

>>1655740
Nothing i think he’s just commenting on how ridiculous it is that people pay 1k a month for a basement with meme applicants and flooring when basements are supposed to be cheaper

[Anonymous No.1655768]

>>1655763
Well, yeah. Ik a month is ridiculous, but Anon is just assuming that figure.

[Anonymous No.1655788]

>>1655768
No it’s pretty accurate actually in big cities. Idk about suburbs or other places

[Anonymous No.1655789]

>>1655788
Wow, glad I don't live in a city. In fact, I'm glad I'm buying, not renting.

[Anonymous No.1655928]

>>1655687
lol try $1900/month. someone actually offered 2000 but they were sketchy. rent is crazy here. they also pay 40% of gas and electricity. living the dream

[Anonymous No.1655990]

the before pic

[Anonymous No.1655992]

>>1655990
after
ripped down the door blinds, few hours to paint, and then laid laminate. took about a day total, there was a lot of unusual cuts to be made for the floor

[Anonymous No.1655996]

>>1655535
you fell for the current trend of putting gray everywhere
you room will look very dated in 5+ years when the style changes again

[Anonymous No.1655998]

>>1655992
God I hate that cheap ass click lock floor. I don't know how but I can always tell.

[Anonymous No.1656001]

>>1655998
i don't love it either, but it is better than the linoleum tile the previous owner put over the original hardwood

[Anonymous No.1656053]

I only got pictures of the before from the machine

[Anonymous No.1656058]

This is the after of the whole project, I cleaned and painted everything except from the head, which I only cleaned and tuned up.

[Anonymous No.1656060]

All cleaned and oiled piece by piece.

[Anonymous No.1656067]

Fuck, forgot to attach picture.

[Anonymous No.1656078]

[Anonymous No.1656080]

[Anonymous No.1656081]

[Anonymous No.1656083]

[Anonymous No.1656084]

Last one

[Anonymous No.1656108]

>>1655586
I'd do it. Saves space and all.

[Anonymous No.1656115]

>>1656058
I have always wanted one of these.

[Anonymous No.1656241]

>>1656115
They are pretty heavy duty, this one was from my grandmother, it has 80~ yo judging by the serial number.

[Anonymous No.1657958]

>>1655992
shouldve kept the old floors

[Anonymous No.1657963]

>>1656115
They're absurdly inexpensive for what they are. Keep an eye out at thrift shops. Even ebay can have a good deal sometimes.

[Anonymous No.1658012]

>>1655559
"I am American. I must have a HUGE oven to cook whole Deer that I have caught and slaughtered with my BARE HANDS!"

>uses it to reheat frozen food

[Anonymous No.1658046]

>>1657963
How much do you usually find them for? My mother has one which was her grandmother's and I've been meaning to fix it up but some of the parts of the table are beat to hell. May be easier just to by one for parts rather than trying to do custom work with my little carpentry skills.

[Anonymous No.1658070]

>>1658012
Im not american. I also cook fresh almost every day. its hard enough having a large pot and pan going at the same time on my "american" sized range, never mind that fisher price babies first oven

[Anonymous No.1658072]

>>1658070
I literally have never had a problem with a "large pot and pan...at the same time" on my European sized hob.

[Anonymous No.1658178]

>>1655702
>Is that an open-air broiler?
It's a grill, it's normal to have those "inverted" grills throughout Europe. Some people will try to claim that broiling and grilling are different words referring to the same thing in this instance, but they are not. Broiling is closed and so is a higher humidity process than grilling, you want the grill to be open so the humidity from cooking can fuck off. In OP's new cooker if they try to use the grill with the door closed it'll just turn itself off. Only the cheapest and shittiest of ovens/cookers do broiling i.e. will grill with the door closed, nobody does it here because it makes shit food. You Americans like convenience over quality though, so you get to broil everything.

[Anonymous No.1658190]

>>1655541

If that’s the first thing that pops into your head when seeing a door handle, that probably means you’re gay.


>>1655559
Don’t need/don’t have the space for anything bigger.


>>1655586
It’s quite normal in Britain. Don’t know why Americans are so perplexed by it, what’s the big problem?


>>1655739
Didn’t remove it, just plastered over it. It wasn’t easy and in hindsight I wish I had just taken it all down and out up new plasterboard.

I did try removing it on my bathroom ceiling, used this stuff from Toolstation called X-Tex. It ain’t cheap and it’s a bugger to use, it feels a really thick hair gel. You have to score the artex with a knife or w/e, brush this stuff on and then cover it with clingfilm to stop it drying out too quick. Leave it as long as you’re prepared to, the longer the better really and then start scraping. The artex comes off with a chewing gun like consistency, it sticks to everything and makes a right mess. Scraping it off plasterboard will damage the board as well so it will by no means at all leave a neat or presentable finish.

I used it to get artex off the walls in my living room/kitchen because that was quite thick and skimming over that would have brought the plaster proud of the coving. It’s good stuff, but only for making re-skimming easier if you ask me.

[Anonymous No.1658192]

>>1655996

I know what you’re saying. Immediately after finishing everything I started to dislike the grey.

Still, if it wasn’t that it would only be something else, you just can’t win with these things

[Anonymous No.1658228]

>>1655535
I would of kept cieling and origional coving , but nice

[Anonymous No.1658229]

>>1655560
Nice

[Anonymous No.1658230]

>>1655561
why the long shower enclosure ?

[Anonymous No.1658231]

>>1655586
Normal in UK.

[Anonymous No.1658232]

>>1655992
Old floor was better

[Anonymous No.1658251]

>>1655702
Yeah, that ceiling was beautiful. I'd have left it.

Looks good, though

[Anonymous No.1658252]

>>1658251
Zoomers dont want style its just a functioning space to them .

[Anonymous No.1658255]

>>1655535
lovely

[Anonymous No.1658263]

>>1658251
>>1658252

Not the actual original ceiling finish, just another pic of the same finish for reference.

I know it all comes down to personal taste, but as far as I’m concerned this is not stylish, it’s plain fucking ugly.

[Anonymous No.1658268]

>>1658263
plebbits missing t.tard

[Anonymous No.1658427]

>>1656053
>>1656058
>>1656067
>>1656078
>>1656080
>>1656081
>>1656083
>>1656084
Excellent work, Anon.

[Anonymous No.1658468]

>>1655560
Good work. Did you put anything under the flooring?

[Anonymous No.1658519]

>>1658178
Not our fault that you don't properly appreciate the flame-broiled whopper

[Anonymous No.1659240]

>>1658046
It depends a lot on the year, but as >>1657963 said, they are really not that expensive and quite common. You can search for the serial number and find out the model so you can pick the right one.

http://ismacs.net/singer_sewing_machine_company/serial-numbers/singer-sewing-machine-serial-number-database.html

>>1658427

Thanks anon. I really appreciate it.

[Anonymous No.1659247]

>>1655646
>laughs at a small appliance in a small space
>builds a whole fucking room for manlets

[Anonymous No.1659346]

>>1658468
dead whore

[Anonymous No.1659376]

72' chevelle factory air conditioning

[Anonymous No.1659377]

72' chevelle vintage air and new compressor

[Anonymous No.1659459]

>>1655559
>>1655560

[Anonymous No.1659460]

>>1655928
God what a fucking shithole. I mean good for you for taking advantage of the situation, but why the fuck would anyone choose to live in such a fucking clownscape where a fucking basement is 2 grand a month?

[Anonymous No.1659487]

>>1658190
Noise. We generally put that shit in its own room (laundry room) or out in the garage so the noise doesn't bother people. The only time I see then in the kitchen is in very old homes that haven't been remodeled and tiny, cheap places were they don't have space and don't want to run a separate water and sewer line.

[Anonymous No.1659497]

>>1658046
I find the price can be all over the map. Some people think that old = money. I've seen tards on Craig's List trying to sell old sewing machines that look like they fell off a truck for over $200. Meanwhile, someone two listings down are selling a similar model in much better condition for $50.

At home sewing contracted a lot in the late 20th century and a lot of the manufactures consolidated (Singer, Pfaff, and Viking have the same corporate owner now) or went under. As the Greatest Generation and Silent Generation die off many of these old machines are entering the marketplace but there simply aren't enough people to buy them.

Keep an eye out and you'll find something cheap. Anything Singer and black is overbuilt and simple to service. Parts are common and so are doner machines. They are excellent machines and will be around after the end times. The tan and brown Singers, like the 301, are nice too. More features and conveniences but still well built. Things start to get a little too complicated with the 401 and 500 series. Still well-made machines with even more features but they are more complicated. The 600 Auto Reel was, in my opinion, the last decent Singer worth paying money for. The newer machines like the Touch and Sew line started cutting corners to lower costs and it showed. They are usable, don't get me wrong. So if Granny gives you one for free it will get the job done but I wouldn't pay for it. Not when you can get an older one for probably the same price.

[Anonymous No.1659510]

Before

[Anonymous No.1659514]

After

[Anonymous No.1659517]

>>1659510
>>1659514
That is very clearly not the same toilet pan.

[Anonymous No.1659518]

>>1655646
That is pretty damn low when standard ceiling height is 250cm.

[Anonymous No.1659535]

>>1659247
Stupid sexy rainman

[Anonymous No.1659545]

>>1659518
In the US 8 feet is pretty standard. So, he's lost about 10 inches or 25 cm.

[Anonymous No.1659562]

>>1659487

Yeah, the noise certainly is annoying but unfortunately I have no choice in the matter. As it’s just me living here I only use the washing machine a few times a week, so I usually have it on when I’m doing other weekly chores like cleaning etc.

I will be eternally envious of how an awful lot of Americans are able to live in such enormous houses.

Some people in Britain have utility rooms where they can put this kind of thing. Not just the wealthy either, many older homes, built from say 1900 - 1950 are actually quite a good size for Britain.

It’s the newer homes that are depressingly small. To add insult to injury, they’re also incredibly expensive and usually full of problems.

[Anonymous No.1659642]

>>1659562
>To add insult to injury, they’re also incredibly expensive and usually full of problems
Not to mention internal stud walls that let 90% of the sound through. Even breeze block or ash block would be better than a stud wall.

[Anonymous No.1659658]

>>1659562
The cheapest thing you can add to a home is square footage. That is why homes in the USA have gotten fucking huge since the 1960s. We're gotten stud construction down like a fucking F1 pitstop.

Back in the day, it was all about reducing the skill required to build a home. We went from post and beam construction to balloon and stick framing. They mean you went from a skilled craftsman doing slow mortise and tenon joints to a semi-skill framer hammering nails into standard precut timbers. After WWII you saw the rise of power tools, pneumatic tools, plywood, bundled wire, propane torches, etc. All these things made carpenters, electricians, plumbers, faster. It's all about speed and that means you can afford to go bigger. Now that we have maxed out speed they are cutting costs on materials.

If I needed to tear down my house by hand it would take me a fucking month. There's no plywood in it, no OSB. It's all wood and nails. A new house I could have down in a day or two. The sheathing is cardboard putting on airs. Engineered pressboard cladding, everything held together with glue and gusset plates. Garbage.

[Anonymous No.1660177]

>>1655560
I love your taste in Agreeable Gray

[Anonymous No.1660179]

>>1655535
too gay

[Anonymous No.1660184]

>>1659487
>>1659562
Noise isn't so much of an issue anymore. I have a Samsung that I think is meant to be 50 dB but is way quieter than my 49 dB dishwasher. Barely notice it when it's on.

[Anonymous No.1660197]

>>1659562
>Yeah, the noise certainly is annoying but unfortunately I have no choice in the matter
Just press the start button when you leave for work, then you won't have to put up with the noise.

[Anonymous No.1660198]

>>1655535
faggot

[Anonymous No.1660252]

>>1659658
Is there some reason that the new methods are worse other than the old methods?

I've been in a lot of new homes, lots of friends buying houses in the suburbs. They're built as you say: fast and cheap by the hundreds. But they're also some of the most solid feeling buildings I've been in, even the 5-10 year old ones. I've lived in a house built 70 years ago out of rock, mortar, and the thickest fucking walls I've ever seen. It's all falling over and is stupidly expensive to repair.

Just because it looks (or is) cheaper doesn't mean it isn't as good. If you don't believe me go buy an IBM 5150 then. Not saying it's wrong, I'm just genuinely curious where the negativity towards it comes from. I don't see these houses falling over yet.

[Anonymous No.1660446]

>>1660252
>But they're also some of the most solid feeling buildings
>I just sort of feel they're better
Then buy one and deal with the headache. Older houses were overengineered and built with the intention of being maintained by hand. Not everything about them is great, but they're very easy to maintain and if there were any problems they were dealt with. New builds tend to have something undersized, often the kitchen, messed up room placement and flow, tiny cheap windows, shit floorboards... etc etc etc. Never ending headache most of the time.

I'm not that much of a fan of either and would rather self build frankly.

[Anonymous No.1661170]

>>1655560
You aint fooling nobody anon. I see that stripper pole

[Anonymous No.1661172]

>>1655687
Kek

[Anonymous No.1661173]

>>1655740
Frost heave

[Anonymous No.1661176]

>>1655928
Until u get a career tenant.

Screen that shit.

Visit ex employer in person.

Credit check 700 or more if possible.

Clean car on the inside.

NO FUCKING PETS

[Anonymous No.1661177]

>>1655996
If he rents it'll inevitably need painted again anyway

[Anonymous No.1661179]

>>1658012
Yall call us fat. We obviously need em

[Anonymous No.1661180]

>>1658178
Litterally never broiked a damned thing in my life

[Anonymous No.1661181]

>>1658263
Cant vlean the shit neither. Fucking aids plaster a shit

[Anonymous No.1661292]

>>1661173
That's only a potential problem, not all basements suffer from that.

[Anonymous No.1661303]

>>1655535

cant even believe what you did to that masters craft finish of a ceiling..

[Anonymous No.1661319]

>>1661303
>cant even believe what you did to that masters craft finish of a ceiling..

just because something is very hard to do and requires a master to do the amazing job in the before pictures does not mean that the old ceiling was a good ceiling. It was an amazing demonstration of someone's ability to do plaster or mud or whatever it was, but as far as ceilings go, it was pretty bad,

[Anonymous No.1661543]

>>1660446
Your modern builds don't sound like the ones I've experience. Usually large kitchens and open concepts. Appliances (including things like furnace, A/C, humidifiers) are beefy and energy efficient. We have mandatory warranties on materials and workmanship, so you can't get away with building literal trash because you'll just have to fix it within a year. Mandatory inspections before drywall goes up, etc etc. I'm sure there's a reason they're mandatory, probably people 20 years ago were getting fucked by paper mache studs or something, but not today.

I doubt they'll last anything like the brick and stone buildings from 200 years ago but to say those were "easier to maintain" is plain wrong. Replacing and working on those materials in 20XX is simply too expensive. There's nothing difficult about working on modern homes, and the rules around vapor barriers etc mean the wood walls don't actually deteriorate very quickly at all. We've learned over the years, they're not the same houses they were cranking out 20-30 years ago.

[Anonymous No.1661561]

>>1655687
In the hipster-ville section of Birmingham, Al. you'd get $1500+ for that, easy.

[Anonymous No.1661568]

>>1659460
In LA, San Diego, or San Francisco, that would be $5k a month. It would be sky high in Manhattan, Boston, or Wash D.C. too.

[Anonymous No.1661592]

>>1661543
>Usually large kitchens and open concepts.
Small kitchen in a large multiuse room. It's just like an office at home!

[Anonymous No.1661707]

>>1655535
ceiling was nice you should've kept it. on that note how did you get rid of it? im new to this shit so pls be gentle

[Anonymous No.1661722]

>>1661592
The kitchen, living room, and dining room tend to be about 80 percent of the square footage of that floor. But it feels even larger because open.

Keep coping though. Enjoy your apartment.

[Anonymous No.1662419]

>>1661707
>on that note how did you get rid of it?
See >>1658190
>Didn’t remove it, just plastered over it. It wasn’t easy and in hindsight I wish I had just taken it all down and out up new plasterboard.

>I did try removing it on my bathroom ceiling, used this stuff from Toolstation called X-Tex. It ain’t cheap and it’s a bugger to use, it feels a really thick hair gel. You have to score the artex with a knife or w/e, brush this stuff on and then cover it with clingfilm to stop it drying out too quick. Leave it as long as you’re prepared to, the longer the better really and then start scraping. The artex comes off with a chewing gun like consistency, it sticks to everything and makes a right mess. Scraping it off plasterboard will damage the board as well so it will by no means at all leave a neat or presentable finish.

>I used it to get artex off the walls in my living room/kitchen because that was quite thick and skimming over that would have brought the plaster proud of the coving. It’s good stuff, but only for making re-skimming easier if you ask me.

[Anonymous No.1662916]

>>1658263
I agree, looks like my grandmas house

[Anonymous No.1662959]

>>1655586
My house in Freedom Land is just under 100 years old and my laundry is in the kitchen. I also have a 240v outlet in my bedroom.

[Anonymous No.1663404]

>>1655535
Disgusting

[Anonymous No.1663432]

>>1661568
>In LA, San Diego, or San Francisco, that would be $5k a month. It would be sky high in Manhattan, Boston, or Wash D.C. too.

The cleansing fire can't come soon enough

[Anonymous No.1663470]

>>1655535
god I always have a laugh when yuropoors have to put their washing machine in their kitchen.
>>1655560
Nicely done anon!

[Anonymous No.1663484]

>>1655561
>>1655560

Where's the windows?

If you had even a tiny one it's way better than nothing..

[FURRY =^.^= !CCSa1FURRY No.1663512]

>>1663470
That's a UK thing, the rest of us look down upon it as well.

[Anonymous No.1663513]

>>1663470
ahahahaha i like htis image

[Anonymous No.1663558]

>>1662959
>I also have a 240v outlet in my bedroom.
Nice. Every room should have a 240V 50A plug. Any room could potentially be the welding room, might as well do it right the first time like Mike Holmes says.

[Anonymous No.1663599]

Before: my WW2 era house, covered in vinyl

[Anonymous No.1663600]

After: tore off all vinyl, and repaired original cedar shingle siding, and repaired all of the window transitions. Took about a year.

[Anonymous No.1663605]

>>1663599
>>1663600
Now replace the gutters and fix the drainage on the driveway

[Anonymous No.1663617]

>>1663600
>>1663599
>Buy old house
>Covered in aluminum siding in the late 60's.
>Shit was done right but looks like ass after 50 years
>Layers of old paint that's gone chalky and flaky
>Get quotes to repaint and hear from each one that it would be cheaper to tear it down and replace it
>Fuck it, I'll do the demo myself
The entire house was covered in shiplap siding. It was the original siding from the 50s. The original coating was some kind of whitewash or milk paint or something and had completely worn away in spots. I patched the nail holes and painted the house in a lighter blue that I have seen other 50's home in the area use. Looks good.

[Anonymous No.1663640]

>>1663617
Sounds like a good save. Post pics pls.

[Anonymous No.1663853]

>>1655534

[Anonymous No.1663854]

>>1663853

[Anonymous No.1663855]

>>1663854

[Anonymous No.1663856]

>>1663855

[Anonymous No.1663866]

>>1663855
was the initial structure existing. im thinking of building a pole barn style shed but not sure how hard the roof is to do

[Anonymous No.1664126]

>>1663866
Both structures were left existing, just added on to.
Pole buildings are straight forward, and can be bought in a kit, individuall pieces with standard size trusses, or custom. Concrete pad/dirt floor should be your first decision.

[Anonymous No.1664129]

>>1664126

[Anonymous No.1664601]

>>1655560
Hawt

[Anonymous No.1664604]

>>1660177
Sherwin and Williams shoulda died in a fire

[Anonymous No.1664834]

>>1663470
urban density gets pushed because it is cheaper for councils to provide services. this allows the jews greater margins.

[Anonymous No.1664857]

>>1655996
Nah grey's a great transitional colour, it goes with a lot of things so when the trend starts to shift there's a lot of room to maneuver

personally I would have gone with a slatier grey but it's fine

[Anonymous No.1665318]

>>1655586
This is commong in small houses or tiny apartments. Some people put the washing machines outsie of the home under a roof.

[Anonymous No.1665404]

>>1655928
$1900? i honestly dont know anywhere in the country other than dead center manhattan or dc where someone would pay that much to live in shared flat.

I live in San Diego, one americas pricest and undeniably the most beautiful city and i pay about that for my own apartment 10 minutes from the ocean.

I used to live in phoenix and rented a 4 bedroom house with granite and new appliances for well under $2,000

[Anonymous No.1665405]

>>1664834
urban density gets pushed because there are lots of people who really like being near lots of other people.

Not me. But hey back in college there were all kinds of people that loved going to music festivals and the excitement of being near tens of thousands of people.

There are different types of people and some of them get energized by being aroud a million other people. Other people get energized by solitude.

Also the arrow goes the other way...people move to cities to get services not move people to cities so they can be give services.

[Anonymous No.1666271]

>>1658190
laundry smells is so overpowering, even with gentle organic shit. also what if you cook something smelly? i don't want onions/fish marinating my clean clothes

[Anonymous No.1666273]

>>1664857
that's what they said about buttermilk creamy yellow 20 years ago. which is coming back coincidentally

[Anonymous No.1666274]

>>1658230
so you can be super fucking cold while spending 2x on glass panes

[Anonymous No.1667083]

>>1655560
>What is colour

[Anonymous No.1667186]

>>1665405
>Also the arrow goes the other way...people move to cities to get services not move people to cities so they can be give services.
You're responding to someone who's obsessed with Jews, just think about that for a second.

[Anonymous No.1667187]

>>1666271
That's not how reality works, Anon.

[Anonymous No.1667203]

>>1655992
Window needs trim

[Anonymous No.1667222]

>>1658012
Get a load of this ovenlet
>>1655560
Nice, anon.

[Anonymous No.1669065]

BUMP BECAUSE 99% TROLL LARPING KEK FAGGOTS.

GRT ON IT YOU LAZY KEKS

[Anonymous No.1669066]

>>1663855
You mutherfucker. I'm so jelly. You got a build log or tips?

[Anonymous No.1669092]

Nothing crazy but I'm proud of it.

[Anonymous No.1669100]

>>1655992
What the fuck is up with that bench? Do you seriously sit there with your knees against the wall staring at your fence?

[Anonymous No.1669244]

>>1669066
>You got a build log or tips?
I posted my progress in a couple current projects threads last year, you can probably find them in archives.
If you are planning on doing something like this yourself make sure you give yourself the time. Even though I made great progress with just me and my son, I felt like I was behind the 8ball the whole time. There were days I would get off work completely wiped out and would push myself anyway.
Also when it was bare framing I had the guy I bought my metal from come out and figure my metal package. When it came in I had a cut list for everything, and it really made that part so much easier.
Good luck.

[Anonymous No.1669254]

>>1655535
Not bad OP too bad you fell for that retarded subway tile meme thats all the rage now but looks like tiles where homeless people piss but otherwise good job.

[Anonymous No.1669296]

>>1665404
1900 would be cheap even for shared in Manhattan or bay area, but they are over the top. Given the size of that place, if it's in any city (esp one that people want to live in and in a good area) then that much makes sense to me.

[Anonymous No.1669299]

>>1666271
You know that tight seal which keeps water from flooding your laundry room anon? Did you know it works for smells too?

[Anonymous No.1669302]

>>1669092
Good job

[Anonymous No.1669352]

>>1655534
Before (or rather, during)

[Anonymous No.1669353]

>>1669352
After (though not entirely finished)

[Anonymous No.1669372]

>>1655535
Why is your washing machine in the kitchen? And wtf is that thing next to it

[Anonymous No.1669382]

>>1669372
>Why is your washing machine in the kitchen? And wtf is that thing next to it

Probably an Eurocuck.
The thing next to it is a cooking appliance. It helps with cooking food.

[Anonymous No.1669442]

>>1656058
My mother still uses one of these, it's in her basement. She got it in the 70's. She's from Europe and was a seamstress, worked in a literal sweater factory. Now she does shit on the machine for stuff like pillow cases, window coverings, all the close for the kids, even friends, family and neighbors bring her shit to do. She has and has had other newer small portable sewing machines but always finds her way back to old trusty. Hers is still operating with the foot pedal LOL, even though they have attachments for a electric motor

[Anonymous No.1669443]

>>1658427
>>1656053
>>1656058
>>1656067
>>1656078
>>1656080
>>1656081
>>1656083
>>1656084
Hey, can you give us a break down of what you did, and what you used to clean off the old patina/rust, etc?

[Anonymous No.1669450]

>>1663599
>>1663600
Are you planning on living in this forever? Because You should have kept the siding and painted it. The window trim upgrade(you forgot the doorway) is nice but as suggested, the GUTTERS need updating, that roof will need to be redone. Your foundation needs serious addressing, also, now that you have wood siding, all the water on the ground will impact the wood where it meets the pavement. For the time being, I suppose you can pressure wash the steps, but you need to redo them with a bigger landing at the door.
>that gutter spout near the doorway instead of out to the left side of house.

[Anonymous No.1669466]

>>1669353
Installed Belgian hardstone windowsills this evening. Because of the insulation I put on the wall, I had to do half with cement and half with construction glue (for the wooden part)

[Anonymous No.1669471]

>>1669466
End result, sides will be caulked of course, will do so tomorrow

[Anonymous No.1669474]

>>1669372
>Why is your washing machine in the kitchen?
??????????????? where the fuck do you put your washing machine?

[Anonymous No.1669483]

>>1669474
In the fucking laundry room you troglodyte.

[Anonymous No.1669484]

>>1669474
>house
basement
>small apartment
bathroom

[Anonymous No.1669488]

>>1669474
>>1669484
Even 1700s people in fucking cabins had their "washing machine" outside of their kitchen via a container and washboard.

[Anonymous No.1669502]

>>1659517
He just did a great job repairing it.

[Anonymous No.1669598]

Nothing even close to as involved as some of your projects, but I did add some lights to the safe at my store.

Simple micro switch on each door. I was going to use some PIR sensors, but only had one left.

No before pictures though ...

Don't have the software on this phone to rotate the image.

[Anonymous No.1669714]

this was the ad picture

[Anonymous No.1669716]

>>1669714
and how she sits now.
still needs a few things but she's gonna be rad.

[Anonymous No.1669844]

>>1655534
soul
>>1655535
soulless

[Anonymous No.1669845]

>>1655535
>>1655537
>>1655560
>>1655561
>cold and grey
why would anyone want to live on a prison cell? Anyone who paints wooden doors white is a cunt.

[Anonymous No.1670127]

>>1669471
Post more pics of your thicc blonde female friend

[Anonymous No.1670197]

>>1670127
That's my wife

[Anonymous No.1670244]

>>1655687
Any fucking faggot that reply with an image like you did is automatically dismissed imo.

[Anonymous No.1670482]

>>1655534

[Anonymous No.1670483]

>>1670482

[Anonymous No.1670486]

>>1670482
>>1670483
fuck! fucking tilted

[Anonymous No.1670609]

Pretty plain Jane thing I made to save myself maybe $25?

[Anonymous No.1670614]

>>1670609
Looking forward to the dank ass destructive criticism kek

[Anonymous No.1670699]

>>1670197
yesssssss, post em

[Anonymous No.1670700]

>>1670609
>>1670614
What is it?

[Anonymous No.1672341]

>>1669844

[Anonymous No.1672362]

>>1658263
agree

[Anonymous No.1672492]

>>1663470
Lot of old brick houses in the south have the appliances in the kitchen.

[Anonymous No.1672493]

>>1669092
Looks good

[Anonymous No.1672669]

>>1655996
>putting gray everywhere
it's so unbelievably depressing and says so much about culture. Lack of life, lack of commitment, fear to offend others, desire to conform at the cost of creativity and culture. Previously in a time where this country wasnt insane people would say "why is everything gray? did the US Navy take over all the decorating and design?"

Also, gray isnt even a color, black and white are not colors and consequently anything composed of two non colors is also a non color.

[Anonymous No.1674383]

>>1665405
isn't every house in the England technically close to other people? most of people living in the "countryside" are still within 50miles of a major city.

[Anonymous No.1674386]

>>1669299
what? you don't smell "laundry smell" while your clothes are running? maybe i have a strong sense of smell

[Anonymous No.1674388]

>>1669442
haha women are so stupid! not like a MAN would ever choose to drive a vintage car when cars like the hybrid prius exist! xD

[Anonymous No.1674509]

>>1655535
good job op i like it

[Anonymous No.1674515]

>>1655992
get rid of the bench, maybe put a table and some chairs there. at the very least flip the bench around, it looks so awkward

[Anonymous No.1674517]

>>1656084
>>1656083
>>1656080
>>1656058
so good

[Anonymous No.1674519]

>>1659514
lmfao

[Anonymous No.1674566]

>>1655534
Before

[Anonymous No.1674568]

>>1674566
After

[Anonymous No.1674939]

>>1669845
agreed with the painting wood doors, but most people have art and furniture....

[Anonymous No.1674941]

>>1674568
>>1674566
That looks bad

[Anonymous No.1675124]

>>1655560
Is this where u hold ur pizza parties

[Anonymous No.1675175]

>>1658046
My dad has bought them for super cheap ($50 or less probably), and even free sometimes. Really old ones up to the later, uglier squared off ones (made in Japan iirc). Usually butchers them up for shit, sad to say. Some were in pretty rough shape.

[Anonymous No.1675422]

>>1655534
Looks comfy and warm

>>1655535
Generic and boring.


>JUST.

[Anonymous No.1675452]

Fixed some humidity damage. Not sure how long it'll last tho.
There's more stuff which is not in the picture.

[Anonymous No.1675454]

>>1675452

[Anonymous No.1675475]

>>1658046
don't pay more than $50 for a working one. they're the n64 of sewing machines, people think they're worth more because they're old/cool looking, but there's a shit ton of them.

pic related mid-high end clothing store decided to decorate their walls with them in every major city (obvi they're not all working/have all parts) but it shows that they're very easy to obtain. this brand alone owns ~15k of them just to look cool

[Anonymous No.1675498]

>>1675422
Thanks gramps. Say hi to meemaw for me.

Also who the fuck wants comfy and warm in the city. You already live in shithole a city, if you want comfy and warm you live in the amazing country anon.

[Anonymous No.1675502]

So the tile work wasn't prefect but I'm still learning.

[Anonymous No.1675527]

>>1675475
Enjoy your prision look-a-like kitchen.

[Anonymous No.1675548]

>>1675498
Enjoy your prision look-a-like kitchen.

[Anonymous No.1675653]

>>1675502

classy, anon, i actually like imitation-wood tile. Bit Gray, but the quality looks good.

[Anonymous No.1675751]

>>1675502
You did a great job, but I liked the before better, thats just different aesthetic preferences though. I will admit the pink tile and green paper were clashing. A different tile color and I would be jazzed as hell about the first bathroom.

[Anonymous No.1675761]

>>1659247
thicc

[Anonymous No.1676034]

>>1675653
I actually think that's the one thing that's going to look dated the fastest, but fuck it I like it.

[Anonymous No.1676035]

>>1675751
>but I liked the before better
Want some reto "light orbs" ? :) They're all yours friend.

[Anonymous No.1676036]

>>1669716
Looks great anon!

[Anonymous No.1676130]

>>1669845
lets bring back wood panels and get a 70s comfy home

[Anonymous No.1676202]

>>1674568
Is your name Jason?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWMpHc77qNI

[Anonymous No.1676212]

>>1676035
those pendant lights are fine, they just need to be styled better. they can look in place in a home of almost any style if done well. the shape is quite attractive.

[Anonymous No.1676213]

>>1660252
Modern houses are built with barely 2x4's and OSB. 70's houses are built with meaty lumber and plywood. New houses feel like shit because they're built like an Ikea bookshelf.

[Anonymous No.1676214]

>>1676130
already done with those horrible pallet walls

[Anonymous No.1676523]

>>1669353

[Anonymous No.1676857]

>>1676130
unironically this

[Anonymous No.1676870]

>>1676202
That has to be the worst car advertisement I've ever seen. "You have a cool ride? Ve replace it with a gay anal egg, ja!"

[Anonymous No.1676893]

>>1670197
That's fine but we want a before and after pic of her too

[Anonymous No.1676927]

>>1674566
>>1674568
Where is this thread archived? I want to read it again.

[Anonymous No.1677021]

[Anonymous No.1677022]

>>1677021
Didnt take a before but took pic after tear out. Removed a load bearing wall right about where I was standing to take the pic to open it up into the dining room

[Anonymous No.1677024]

>>1677021
>>1677022
Said dining room

[Anonymous No.1677026]

>>1677024
Dont know why the pics are uploading sideways

[Anonymous No.1677260]

>>1676130
It's funny you mention that because I am the person you replied to and just bought this house from 1971. Should I paint everything grey and replace the pendant globes with a ceiling fan?

[Anonymous No.1677337]

>>1677260
the pendant globes are in again actually.

>>1677021
>>1677022
>>1677024
>>1677026
clean. I bet you noticed a pretty big difference with the recessed lighting no?

What was the total $?

[Anonymous No.1677352]

>>1677026
>Dont know why the pics are uploading sideways

Is this that "learned helplessness" I heard blacks have?

[Anonymous No.1677382]

>>1677337
>the pendant globes are in again actually.
I was joking about the fan. Nothing would be dumber than forcing a modern style onto a house that's so structurally 70's.

If globes are so in how ahould I go about fimding aatchong globe for theiss8ng one there? I need a 15" diameter, 6" fitter, seeded glass sphere. I found some 14" with less dense bubbles but I'd rather not have to replace them all.

[Anonymous No.1677384]

>>1677382
>fimding aatchong globe for theiss8ng
finding a matching globe for this one

don't phonepost in the car, even as a passenger.

[Anonymous No.1677675]

>>1677337
Total was almost $70 000. I renewed the whole house including 2 bathrooms and the entire upstairs. I didnt have proper photos of the rest so I just posted those two pics. It turned out great. Took me 4 months full time. It was a house flip, I dont live there. Made decent enough money on it but government takes a big chunk.

[Anonymous No.1678454]

>>1674568
This looks like shit. You ruined a perfectly good car. Go away.

[Anonymous No.1678491]

>>1677382
if that's the texture of the glass (idk what to call it) of yr globe lights... they're definitely better than you originally thought. very difficult to find a twin. use eBay

[Anonymous No.1678698]

House is finished but Im too lazy to take a new pic.

[Anonymous No.1678838]

>>1677260
strip the paint off that paneling and put in some green or gold shag, and i'd buy in a heartbeat

[Anonymous No.1678883]

>>1677675
>Total was almost $70 000
I thought the total cost to rehab a house in America was closer to $150,000.

This is very unsettling.

[Anonymous No.1678895]

>>1677022
open kitchens are shit, stop doing this

[Anonymous No.1678903]

>>1678895
There is nothing wrong with open kitchens boomer. Tiny small rooms suck.

[Anonymous No.1678904]

>>1678903
>his house isnt big enough to bnb have a real kitchen a real dining room, and real living room

Califag detected.

[Anonymous No.1678905]

>>1678904
The house doesn't have to to Yuge sq/ft wise, it just needs to not feel like a little yurocuck tiny house.

Pic related is just shit anon. Rooms should be big and inviting.

[Anonymous No.1678909]

>>1655534
Cool

[Anonymous No.1678938]

>>1655535
Those tiles are straight as fuck. If you did that, kudos to you man. Nice work.

[Anonymous No.1678951]

>>1678905
Live in Cali. House was built in the 50s. Galley kitchen. It's fucking awesome. Kitchen has a fucking door that I can close. No kitchen noise in the house. No dishwasher sounds. No smells either. Cabinets everywhere all the way to the ceiling. Tons of storage.

That being said, the kitchen is not the center of this house, the dining room is. Gen-Xers live in kitchens for some reason, that is why they like open kitchens. I guess because they were the first generation that that didn't have time to sit down to eat. Most Millennials don't own homes and buy what they can get.

[Anonymous No.1678952]

>>1678905
Having lived in a bunch of open kitchen houses, I think they're pretty shit and a way for smaller homes to not feel so tiny.

The patrician has a nice kitchen that's a kitchen, and a nice other room that's as big as it needs to be. Knocking the wall out just makes it obnoxious because you hear kitchen noises in the living room, and living room noises in the kitchen, makes parties noisier because there's no walls to cut down the chatter.

[Anonymous No.1679001]

>>1678491
I know they're excellent. The best match I found for them was like $800 with $200 shipping though so I'm leaning toward taking one to a glassblower to make a new one to match.

>>1678838
The paint in that room is original so I'm not planning to remove it but there is another room I don't have a pic of that's paneled with bare 1870's barn wood. And the upstairs of that house used to have gold shag, yes.

[Anonymous No.1679194]

>>1677260
thats fucking beautiful.

[Anonymous No.1679359]

>>1678951
For most of history the kitchen has been the center of a household

[Anonymous No.1680145]

>>1679359
for most of history people shit outside

[Anonymous No.1681156]

>>1680145
For most of India, they still shit outside.

[Anonymous No.1681945]

>>1677260
It's gorgeous. Only things I'd change is fixing the walls, and maybe make that spiral staircase a bit wider. Walls might look even better with the paint off them as it could be the same woodgrain that the ceiling has.

[Anonymous No.1681959]

>>1655537
How’d you put those lines in the door? Or is it a new one?

[Anonymous No.1681975]

>>1678883
not him but thats obviously too general to say, like saying a car costs 80k in america

he also did everything himself it seems which is also a big variable in the costs

[Anonymous No.1682347]

Before

After will come once i figure out the fuck is going on

[Anonymous No.1682353]

>>1682347

halp

[Anonymous No.1682356]

>>1682353

[Anonymous No.1682383]

>>1682356
Looks like someone widened a door and left the original header in place. Is it load-bearing? Were there any signs of issues before you pulled the walls apart?

[Anonymous No.1682385]

>>1682383
No signs of issues before i took the drywall off. Reason for doing so was to assess what the beam looked like before looking into options to expand the left doorway. This is the wall between the kitchen and a converted garage. There is a second story above the garage. This wall is not load bearing for the garage but it should be for the kitchen.

Ill go into the attic and confirm tomorrow

[Anonymous No.1682425]

>>1678883
It would have cost that if I hired a contractor to do it

[Anonymous No.1682440]

>>1663855
Nigga that left span is bowing like crazy. Did you crown that shit properly?

[Anonymous No.1682446]

>>1682440
Pic was taken after existing posts were repaired and raised, and before framing of my openings. I believe I was averaging around two inches of lift on the front, so some movement of existing trusses was expected.
Plus it's forty foot wide and taken with potato quality cell phone, bound to be some photo distortion.
This pic is after framing in openings, and concrete floor. I shot everything in with a laser and was pretty happy with how straight I got a fifty plus year old barn.

[Anonymous No.1682741]

>>1682446
That picture looks a lot better than the first, so I credit a lot to the potato phone. Looks good.

[Anonymous No.1682895]

>>1682356
>>1682353
>>1682347

Well its 3am and I'm done for the night

[Anonymous No.1682898]

>>1682895
>when you attach the wrong picture