Changing apartment to a transitional style

My spouse designed our household and I constantly hated it… She was a large fan of floral patterns! The whole household was one large flower, then all the material used was itchy and scratchy too, however i thought it kind of looked like a cross between a little kids book and an ancient lady’s house.

It just wasn’t to my taste, and when my buddy and I divorced she didn’t want the house.

I inherited that mess. I fixed everything that was broken, old, and inconvenient. Then it came to make it my own location. I realized that I knew next to nothing about decor, however how do you change a household that is so bad in the first location too? I looked around and I found an interior design dealer in my area. They do all sorts of things like traditional, transitional, southwest, and classic style. I wanted something that was modern, masculine, and would rest the test of time. Turns out I like a traditional type that was black, white, and oranges. The interior designer helped me opening out fabrics that I liked, furniture that suited my frame, and also changed all the ugly decor. The household now looks like a normal home. It does not scream bachelor pad or a divorced person either. I could literally sell the household as is to a wide range of people. I am so much more comfortable in a household that is decorated to my tastes. I wonder if my ex spouse would like what was done to it or would hate it.

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Changing apartment to a southwest style

My spouse designed our house in addition to I constantly hated it, however she was a substantial fan of floral patterns, however the whole house was one substantial flower; All the material used was itchy in addition to scratchy too, and i thought it kind of looked like a cross between a little kids book in addition to an old lady’s house.

It just wasn’t to my taste, but when my friend and I divorced she didn’t want the house. I inherited that mess. I fixed everything that was broken, seasoned, in addition to inconvenient. Then it came to make it my own place. I realized that I knew next to nothing about decor, however how do you change a house that is so exhausting in the first place too? I looked around in addition to I found an interior design company in my area. They do all sorts of things like traditional, transitional, southwest, in addition to classic style. I wanted something that was modern, masculine, in addition to would stand the test of time. Turns out I like a traditional style that was black, colorless, in addition to greens. The interior designer helped me occasion out fabrics that I liked, furniture that suited my frame, in addition to also changed all the ugly decor. The house now looks like a normal home. It does not scream bachelor pad or a divorced man either. I could literally sell the house as is to a wide range of people. I am so much more comfortable in a house that is decorated to my tastes. I wonder if my ex spouse would like what was done to it or would dislike it.

 

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Changing home to a classic style

My partner designed our house plus I always hated it! She was a immense fan of floral patterns, the whole house was one giant flower.

All the material used was itchy plus scratchy too, and i thought it kind of looked like a cross between a little adolescents book plus an old man’s house.

It just wasn’t to my taste. When my wonderful friend and I divorced he didn’t want the house. I inherited that mess. I fixed everything that was broken, old, plus inconvenient. Then it came to make it my own location. I realized that I knew next to nothing about decor, how do you change a house that is so exhausting in the first location too? I looked around plus I found an interior design business in my area. They do all sorts of things like traditional, transitional, southwest, plus classic style. I wanted something that was modern, masculine, plus would stand the test of time. Turns out I like a traditional style that was black, colorless, plus reds. The interior designer helped me pick out fabrics that I liked, furniture that suited my frame, plus also changed all the ugly decor. The house now looks like a normal home. It doesn’t scream bachelor pad or a divorced man either. I could literally sell the house as is to a wide range of people. I am so much more comfortable in a house that is decorated to my tastes. I wonder if my ex partner would like what was done to it or would hate it.

 

Transitional sophistication

Changing apartment to a traditional style

My fiance designed our apartment plus I regularly hated it… She was a large fan of floral patterns, however the whole apartment was one giant flower, however all the material used was itchy plus scratchy too… I thought it kind of looked like a cross between a little kids book plus an outdated lady’s house. It just wasn’t to my taste! When my wonderful friend and I divorced she didn’t want the house. I inherited that mess. I fixed everything that was broken, ancient, plus inconvenient. Then it came to make it my own locale. I realized that I knew next to nothing about decor… How do you change a apartment that is so bad in the first locale too? I looked around plus I found an interior design contractor in my area. They do all sorts of things like traditional, transitional, southwest, plus classic style. I wanted something that was modern, masculine, plus would stand the test of time. Turns out I like a traditional type that was black, white, plus oranges. The interior designer helped me choice out fabrics that I liked, furniture that suited my frame, plus also changed all the ugly decor. The apartment now looks like a normal home. It doesn’t scream bachelor pad or a divorced girl either. I could literally sell the apartment as is to a wide range of people. I am so much more comfortable in a apartment that is decorated to my tastes. I wonder if my ex fiance would like what was done to it or would don’t like it.

 

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Changing home to a traditional style

My wife designed our house and I always hated it. She was a big fan of floral patterns. The whole house was one giant flower. All the material used was itchy and scratchy too. I thought it kind of looked like a cross between a little kids book and an old lady’s house. It just wasn’t to my taste. When we divorced she didn’t want the house. I inherited that mess. I fixed everything that was broken, outdated, and inconvenient. Then it came to make it my own place. I realized that I knew next to nothing about decor. How do you change a house that is so bad in the first place too? I looked around and I found an interior design company in my area. They do all sorts of things like traditional, transitional, southwest, and classic style. I wanted something that was modern, masculine, and would stand the test of time. Turns out I like a traditional style that was black, white, and blues. The interior designer helped me pick out fabrics that I liked, furniture that suited my frame, and also changed all the ugly decor. The house now looks like a normal home. It doesn’t scream bachelor pad or a divorced man either. I could literally sell the house as is to a wide range of people. I am so much more comfortable in a house that is decorated to my tastes. I wonder if my ex wife would like what was done to it or would hate it.

 

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Bringing residential HVAC to my home

I live so far out in the woods that I don’t even hook up to the electrical grid.

And I don’t think that will ever change during my life time.

But honestly, I wouldn’t have it any other way. In fact, I set my life up to live self sustainably from the start. Once I was out of college, I knew that I wanted to live way out in the wilderness. Something about being self sufficient resonated deeply within my heart and soul. Yet, I still had to make money so I ended up inside the commercial HVAC of a corporate office for about 10 years. That’s how long it took for me to get the money together in order to put my plan into place. I spent that decade inside apartments that had pretty poor HVAC equipment. But living cheaply allowed me to get to my goal of living self sufficiently that much quicker. I started by buying the property and then slowly building a home. Once I was there full time, I was able to plant a garden and install a solar array for electricity. I had a big wood stove for heating during the winter but there was no air conditioning for the summer. I changed all that not too long ago by bringing residential HVAC out to the wilderness. My solar array produces all the electricity I need which allows me to run a ductless heat pump for air conditioning during the hot months of the summer. I don’t use the ductless heat pump all that often except at night in order to sleep. But having that air conditioning from the ductless heat pump really has made a tremendous difference when it comes to the cooling comfort I need at night.

 

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Camping with a space heater

It’s not at all the sort of experience I was hoping for.

But at least I got the whole family out of the central air conditioning of home for a camping trip.

This was a trip that I had wanted to do for a long time. I grew up in a region where the fall weather is just perfect for camping. And that region offers so many beautiful places to experience nature. Along with miles and miles of trails, there are endless wonders to behold. When I was a kid, I was always out in the wood instead of inside the air conditioning of the house. But my parents brought me up camping and I took to it as though it was second nature. I’ve kept that going as an adult but it’s been limited to solo trips or camping excursions with like minded souls. That’s because my family really doesn’t like to get out of the heating and cooling comfort of our home. I don’t think it’s so much the HVAC they miss as it is all the other comforts of home. So when I suggested that we go camping this past fall to experience my home region, I didn’t get much of response. But this was something I really wanted my family to experience and experience together. So I ended up having to compromise when it came to the type of camping trip we went on. Instead of being out in the wilderness, we ended up car camping in a campground. There were showers, kitchens and even wi-fi. But the toughest thing for me was to include a space heater since we had an electrical hookup at the campground.

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Loving my garage again with ductless heat pump

It’s no longer an embarrassment to open the garage door.

That’s a big change for me.

For the better part of the last decade, I was too ashamed of the state of my garage to even open the door. Plus, there was so much junk that I really didn’t want to open the door to have it spill out into the driveway. That’s how bad it got. And what’s weird is inside the central air conditioning of our home, it’s so clean and organized. Yet, we were forever just tossing stuff we didn’t use or didn’t want to deal with out into the garage. The odors alone we’re so intense that I had to keep extra weather stripping on the door leading to the garage. Finally, I just couldn’t take it any longer. I gave everyone fair warning to get what they wanted out of the garage or it was going to charity or the dump. And I followed up on my warning with action. It took 3 weekends of near constant effort to finally get the garage clean and organized. But it was well worth the effort. Once I realized that this was a great space, I called the HVAC company. We live in a region where we deal with a lot of heat and humidity. I wanted to be able to go outside in the garage to tinker at my new workbench during the summer. There was no way that was going to happen without some air conditioning. So the HVAC company installed a ductless heat pump to provide the cooling comfort I needed. It’s really nice to be able to open the garage door without embarrassment. Yet, it’s even nicer to keep it closed during the summer to enjoy the air conditioning I get from the ductless heat pump.

 

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Realtor was right about HVAC upgrade

Selling our family home was one of the toughest things my wife and I have ever undertaken.

And that’s saying a lot given the fact that we’ve navigated raising a family and maintaining careers inside the commercial HVAC of the office.

But selling the house was indeed the toughest both physically and emotionally. We’re very close to retirement so obviously, we are in our 60’s. Even though I still feel full of energy, there are limitations to what we can get done. And that was a big part of how tough this whole thing was. The realtor who listed our house was great. She helped us prioritize all the necessary upgrades that we needed to do to our home. There were a lot of things. My wife and I thought we could do most of them in order to keep the costs down. That proved to be super challenging. But when it came to the HVAC equipment upgrade, everything went beautifully. Of course, that was thanks to the wonderful HVAC professionals at our HVAC company. These are the same HVAC professionals we’ve been using since we moved here more than 30 years ago. True to form, they were once again essential when it came to getting the right sort of HVAC equipment in our home. This is the second time we’ve replaced the heating and cooling equipment. But this time, we wanted to get the latest in HVAC technology in order to add as much value to the house as we could. The HVAC company was all over it and got us just what we were looking for. Thanks to the renovations and the new residential HVAC, we were able to get our asking price for our home.
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Loving my new basement now that I have some HVAC and my toys

For sure, the last twenty years have been all about my family. And honestly, I wouldn’t have it any other way. My wife and I got married straight out of college and lived in an apartment with really poor residential HVAC. But that certainly wasn’t the worst thing about that apartment. It was in a bad neighborhood and we had some pretty weird neighbors. However, that apartment served as motivation for us to continue to save in order to be homeowners. And the first thing we did once we bought our house was to replace the heating and cooling equipment. That initial HVAC unit lasted us until last year. So when we were going through HVAC upgrade process, I got to thinking about what else I would like to do to our house. The kids are now on the way to college or very close to it. So a lot of what I had to do for all those years is over. Of course, I still go to the office with the great zone controlled HVAC to earn a living. But outside of that, I’ve got more time to myself now that the kids are pretty much on their own. So I decided to put in a bit of a man cave if you will. And I found the perfect spot in my basement to put up a few interior walls and add a ductless heat pump for residential HVAC. My buddies helped me out with it except when it came to the ductless heat pump. The HVAC professionals made short work of that. I have to say, that I really enjoyed my football even more this year watching it in my man cave. And I’m really impressed with the ductless heat pump as it just keeps providing amazing heating this winter.

 

 

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