In 2018, I’d had a bunch of personal things happen – I was in a relationship that wasn’t going anywhere. I’d had several years of fertility treatments, including one final round of IVF, all of which had failed, and I needed to try something new. I sold the house in Mississauga. I quit the job I’d been doing for 8 years – the one that paid really well and enabled me to do renos and take vacations, etc. – and I bought a small town pub! That’s a whole other blog. It was quite the adventure. But for now, I’ll stick to the reason we’re here – to showcase how things ended up with the house in Applewood Heights, Mississauga.
As I wrote about previously, my friend Jimmy did the kitchen and bath renos on the main floor. My brother and I finished the basement, and just before I sold the place, I did some more work in the basement to add a coat closet and make it a separate entrance so that the new people could potentially rent it out. It was lots of work, but I think it turned out so much better than when I started. There were lots more projects that I’d have wanted to complete if I’d stayed – modernizing the front even more by opening up that closed in porch, replacing the front door entirely, and probably painting or replacing the front railing and flower beds… but I did what I could in the time that I was there and I think I build a much better functioning house!
Now, I’m on to the next project. Hope you’ll follow along!
Exterior Before 
Exterior with new Garage Door, Light, Number, and Painted Door 
Eat-in Kitchen Before 
17′ x 11′ Kitchen After 
Opened up Between Kitchen & Living Room 
Living Room Before 
Living Room After (open to Kitchen) 
Main Bath Before 
Main Bath After 
Main Bath Shower with Custom Celtic Knot Tile Inset 
Open Basement Before 
Basement Bar Area After 
Basement Rec Room 
Basement Office/Guest Room 
Basement Bath Before 
Basement Bath After 
Awful Lawn Before 
Beautiful Lawn After 
More of the Awful Lawn Before 
More of the Beautiful Yard After
