Feature Friday: It’s Great to Be Home

I recently found Liz at It’s Great to Be Home and had never visited her beautiful blog, but she has been blogging away for several years.  I was simply amazed that this lawyer turned house flipper had managed to flip so many beautiful homes along the way and got totally immersed in looking at the Before and After photos of the 10 (yes, 10!) flip houses on her blog.

She and her hubby have been flipping house and selling real estate for a few years now and that is her full-time job.  They managed to renovate their own 1960’s home in the process and that’s the one I’m sharing today, but you’ve got to visit her flip house pages too.  They are all beautiful and inspiring!  Liz has a wealth of knowledge on buying fixer upper houses and her results are stunning!

This is their current 1960’s home that they renovated top to bottom.  Liz is not afraid to gut kitchens and move lots of walls along the way.

Inside, is a beautifully updated family room.

All of her efforts completely paid off in this 1970’s renovation.  You’d never guess the decade of this house now.

Beautiful and bright spaces abound.

Of course, I love the white kitchen and that green backsplash is so vibrant and pretty.

I think the beams were original, but painting everything white neutral made a big difference, as well as the flooring.

Beautiful kitchen!

What a great space it is now.  I know a wall came down between the living area and the kitchen, opening the floor plan up so much. That makes a huge difference in older homes.

More kitchen details.

Breakfast nook. Love those blue and white chairs.

Love this view from the kitchen island to the family room.

And the reverse.

Those dark beams really add so much character to the room.

Love those blue chairs too, such a nice pop of color.

Fresh flowers always make a space nicer.

This is the dining area.

The master bath renovation is just gorgeous.

And a Jack and Jill bathroom renovation completes the other bathroom space.  Liz leaves nothing unchanged.

The master bedroom.

Outside a covered porch has been spruced up for family use and now it’s so inviting.

More plants and flowers outdoors.

If you want lots more inspiration or you need some ideas on house renovations, Liz has it covered with her 10 flips.  There are so many great ideas in all the houses she has done and I didn’t even get through all 10 of them.  Most are modest houses and Liz completed updated them for the 21st century, so hop on over an say hello to Liz at It’s Great to Be Home. 

I’m working with Ebay again on some style guides and have one going now on updating a master bath, from my sister’s bathroom renovation, so I hope you’ll check it out!  Just click the photo! 

 

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