I've almost finished remodeling my house. I'm sill waiting for the new double pane windows which will be installed on 9/14 and the new kitchen cabinets with granite counter tops are being installed this week.

Basically renovated the entire house and purchased new furniture in almost all the rooms.

Here's what I've done/still needs to be done to the house:

Patch up stucco outside. - Done
New paint outside (which includes the guest house) - Done
New paint inside - Done
Installed new baseboard - Done
New ceramic tile throughout half the house (includes kitchen, bathrooms, dining room and family room, entry ways) - Done
New French door leading to the back yard - Done
New carpet in the bedrooms and hallway - Done
Gutted and renovated 3 bathrooms - Done
Landscape front yard - Done (but plants are dieing)
New saltillo tiles on the front steps and entry way also on the side door by laundry room. - Done
Patched up roof - Done
Painted overhang around the house - Done
Brand new all oak kitchen with granite countertops - Being installed this week.
26 recessed lights installed - Done
Removal of the old asbestos ceiling "popcorn stuff" - Done
Replace old light switches and plugs - Done, but still a few left.
New Milgaurd double pane windows - Due 9/14
New blinds/shutters will be installed after windows. - 9/15 - 9/21
Removal of old metal gate that was on the front door.
New lamps/lanterns around the outside. - Done
Changed the layout of the steps going into the family room - Done
Had new gates/fences installed around the house (for dog run/RV parking area) - Done
New ceiling fans in all the bedrooms and one in the kitchen - Done
Gutted old closests in the bedrooms and made them bigger. - Done

Here's the new furniture:

New leather couch for family room. - Done
New traditional style couches with matching coffee table, and end tables for living room. - Done
New dining room which includes, table, armoire, serving table, 6 chairs, wine rack and chandelier - Being delivered today.
New bedroom set for my room (master room) includes headboard, sideboards, footboard, armoire, dresser and nightstands. - Everything being delivered today except for the headboard.
New bedroom set in bedroom # 1 includes headboard, armoire, dresser and nightstands - Done
New kitchen table for and chairs - This month
2 New desks one from master room and one for family room. - Next week
New 50"+ Plasma or LCD. - This month



Total spent thus far.... Drum roll please!!

$80,000 - This is taking into account $2,000 budget for the TV and $500 budget for the new desks.

I'd like to thank all the fish, donkeys, and weak players at the Bike, Hustler, Commerce and The Wynn for contributing $35,000 of it.

The other $45,000 was split a few ways.

Furniture - Financed by Wickes furniture - No payments, No interest, No financing until Jan '09
Windows - Financed by Millgaurd Windows - No payments, No interest, No financing for 12 months
Kitchen - Financed by Kitchen Company’s credit - No payments, No interest, No financing for 12 months
Carpet - Financed and installed by Empire today - No payments, No interest, No financing for 12 months
Blinds/Shutters - Financed and installed by 3 day blinds - No payments, No interest, No financing for 12 months.

The remaining amount was borrowed on the B of A HELOC.

I started everything on July 12th. Probably be finished by Sept 30th.

Here are a few pictures. I'll post more pics as I finish everything up. By the way I had to include a few pictures of my dogs too!

Family room leather couch:




Living room traditional couches and coffee table: (The pillows are all out of place, but you get the idea)



French Door and Dog:



New steps and tile in the Family room and Dog:



Dog # 2 and new tile in family room:

How much for the dogs?

LOL at the couch being the first picture. Don't tell PACT

I'll take the black dog, you can have the other one. This is a dog fighting thread right?

NOT FOR SALE!

Dog # 1 -- Name: Sabak (pronounced "Sawbach" like Maybach. From the pound. He's 10 years old. Sabak means dog in Russian.

Dog # 2 -- Name: Mushu (not biting off of DN, actually she was named by our friend before we adopted her.) From a friend. She's 7 years old.

Mushu is a Shar Pei and beats up on Sabak all the time. So she always wins the fights, hands down...

I was actually going to post this in the "couch" thread but figured it deserves it's own.

Sexy, sexy.

And please, cross post in the couch thread, it'll be ok.

Hi Asimo,


Please water that tree in the pot as well.... it looks a little unhealthy dead.

Nice looking place you have there. Congrats.


Regards,






Hi El Guapo,


I noticed it right away it and was not pleased.


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Let's find some bitches and choke 'em out. I'm free the rest of the afternoon.

And hit it doggystyle on some new couches. Go go go!

very nice looking

Looks nice, Im buyin a lamp tommorow look forward to that thread

very nice leather couch/house living room needs an area rug is suggest but nice otherwise

this made me laugh
looks good though nice work

Did you really name your dog "dog"? And I think you mean "saybach" like "maybach", because "sawbach" sounds like "mawbach." Right?

Awesome dogs though, seriously... What's Dog? Retriever/Collie-ish? He looks like a combo of 2 of mine, who are both purebred mutts.

Couch kinda looks like an extra large version of mine.

Definitely needs a cross post.

Nice work. Can you work on my house next ?

"He's not fat. He's lean...he's just right. He's-a gorgeous. What you feed the dog? ... He's a beautiful dog."

haha

lol, yes I did name my dog "dog". I couldn't think of a name and since my grandfather grew up in Russia he said why don't you name it Sabak. I liked it and ran with it. It's funny because when I'm at the park or something people always think I'm calling him "Starbuck".

And, my analogy of "sawbach" sounds like "maybach" is the maybach car reference. The Maybach car is pronounced "Mawbach" but spelled Maybach. I just wanted you to know that it's not pronounced "sayback".

He is a retriever/lab mix. Great personality, and very loyal.

Yeah my house is still "upside down" and not nearly finished decorating. But we have been looking at a lot of different rugs.

Here are some more pics...

China cabinet and dining room:



Server table in dining room:



Poker table and family room:



Bathroom:



Frameless shower:



Powder room:



Saltillo front steps:



Kitchen cabinets:





Master Armoire:

I thought it was pronounced as spelled, Maybach, or "Mawbach" if you have a speech impediment. I don't know, which is probably why I drive a Nissan.

Ok, so I am now finished and all furniture has been delivered. Everything is done....except for the blinds. But here is the final product. You'll notice the new TV and Milgaurd Windows. Huge difference on the windows, if I may say.

I'll start with the new TV

67" Samsung HDTV LCD DLP 1080P, came with the stand from Costco for $2,499.





Finished Kitchen:



Finished Master with new furniture:





Finished Master Bath:





Finished Family Room:



Finished Living Room:



Finished Dining Room:



Re did landscape in the front for the second time...

Everything looks great that you redid. Two comments, I cannot believe you spent all that time and money and put in a electric range, unless you don't have gas at your home.

Windows look great from the outside, but the white rot iron fence and rail work are still dating all the work you have done, I would look into fixing that, but new rot iron can be espnsive.

^^^

I agree about the wrought iron fence. Personally I would have it sandblasted and then paint it black.

Also, what kind of tile is that in the kitchen and where did you find that dining set? Plus, I see that the PS3 is still there, but you're never on.

Yeah, we do have gas on our property but when we originally purchased the house it had an old electrical stove. We purchased the one in the picture 3 years back and since it's still so new we didn't want to spend the extra money on that. Same goes for the fridge, we purchased that like 3 years ago.

As for the wrought iron fence... We have a circular driveway with electrical gates on both sides that were there since day one. We actually did sandblast and repaint the fence on the street last year. The problem is with the wrought iron is that we have a lot of it all around the house, including RV access area and back yard (waist high). Our backyard is huge, our lot is 18,000+ Sq feet. I didn't take any pictures of it or the guesthouse because we don't have any landscaping back there. But, if we change the color or design on the front fence we would have to change it for the rest of the property, which would be kinda expensive.

As for the tile, Hmm... We bought it ourselves directly from a tile dealer, we did not have our contractor buy it for us. It is ceramic tile, but it was on close out at the dealer so we bought everything that they had left for $2.50 for the 13x13 (kitchen, dining room, bathrooms) and $3.75 for the 20x20 (living room). Then paid the contractor $2.00 / sq foot to install.

Dining room set is the Scarsdale Table, we got a 7 piece set from Wickes Furniture:
http://www.wickesfurniture.com/Proto/produ...px?SKU=22-49070

Yeah, I didn't touch my PS3 for the entire time of construction. I just now set it up when I got the TV. Plus I've been busy with business and poker that I haven't had much time to spend on it. I still have you on my buddy list though. I'll try to find you next time I log on. I still haven't purchased any new games other then Resistance and Tiger Woods '07. Can't wait for GTA 4 though, already have it on pre-order with Best Buy.

It looks great. Congrats on all the work.

What part of the country do you live in?

Thanks.

Southern Cali. About 20-30 miles north of downtown LA / Hollywood.