My Redecorated Listing in Amarillo!

Here is a picture of a kitchen I just remodeled for a new listing.  I've worked on the house for three weeks now.  This kitchen features a Bermuda Bronze tin backsplash - that's where all the shine comes from - a new vent hood over the gas range, and dark brown tile was replaced with this light colored tile featuring a green diamond inset.  I put a new coat of stain/varnish on the 1965 cabinets which also added some shine.  By using a light tile with a linear pattern, we not only brightened the space but made it appear bigger.  The one thing I was not able to get done due to the budget, was add new lights.  I was able to add 4 new canned lights in the living room through!!

Here is the dining area of the house.  This use to have a brown fiberboard wall that was dark and depressing and dark brown wood tone flooring.  By painting the fiberboard a cappuccino white with marshmallow white trim, we brightened the room; and added the same tile as in kitchen making it appear wider..  We used the mirror from Garden Ridge with tin accents to cover a phone jack that was on the wall and balanced that with an original piece of art I made using the splash from the kitchen to form a diamond on a green canvas, thus we have a green diamond surrounded by the splash, tying the art work to the kitchen splash and the combo room's flooring.  We put back the yellow café curtains that had been in the room before, but now they appear light and free, not sad and depressed.

The most changed room is the living room above.  This room was a dark-panalled brown room, with NO lighting, just a fan, dark trim and dark brown dated carpeting.  We put three to 4 coats of cappuccino white Glidden paint on the paneling, painted all trim and ceiling with marshmallow white Glidden paint, and added a new beige carpeting.  This room is now bright and light.  We also added 4 canned lights.  Remember it had NO lights, now it has 4.  This transformation has forced the words of "this doesn't look like the same house" from the owners and neighbors.  This is a 18 x 14 room, which is rather large for a 1,000 sq ft 1965 home, and now you can actually see the space.  Before when you walked in you felt like you were in a dungeon.  I can see in my minds-eye a entertainment center next to that closet, featuring a big flat screen t.v. and a nice sectional in front of the three windows on the west front of the house creating a wonderful family living space. 

We painted all ceilings marshmallow white which brightened the whole house, even the two dark paneled bedrooms and added wall to wall carpeting in the three bedrooms and hallway, which also got painted cappuccino white.  What an amazing transformation that made to the hallway, just opened it up. The three bedrooms got wall to wall new carpeting to match the living room, and the full bath/utility room and half bath in the master lost their dark carpeting and horrible smell (don't put carpeting around a potty, people) and received the same tile as the kitchen/dining combo.  By using the same carpeting and tile throughout, we made this house come together in a unison of harmony. We also added a light kit featuring 4 lights to the fan in the master, as before - just like the living room - there was NO light.  Never have I seen that before except in my son's house.  Go figure.

Now today the "for sale" sign goes up, the lockbox goes on, and this home is ready to welcome a new family to make 48 more years of wonderful memories.

I love redecorating - painting is my thing, trying new ideas like the Bermuda Bronze backsplash to create a new vibe feels great, and trying to be economical and not break the budget is a challenge I enjoy meeting.  So if you know someone looking for someone to transform their tired, outdated living space, tell them to call Judy Dendy, at Prudential Ada Realtors.  I not only sell real estate, I transform it into the 2013's mode.   806-672-3082.  I'm ready to start a new project, and I won't break your bank account.