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Turning Imperfect Spaces Into Beautiful Places

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Past Projects

516 W Jackson St, Muncie, IN 47305

700 W Co Rd 600 S, Muncie, IN 47302

923WMain

Current Projects

923 W Main St, Muncie, IN 47305

600WJackson

Upcoming Projects

503 W Adams St, Muncie, IN 47305

515 W Adams St, Muncie, IN 47305

519 W Adams St, Muncie, IN 47305

600 W Jackson St, Muncie IN 47305

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The rain left behind a beautiful pink carpet at Th

The rain left behind a beautiful pink carpet at The Guesthouse 😍😍

#muncieguesthouse

I love my trees at the guesthouse. Spring is here

I love my trees at the guesthouse. Spring is here!
#muncieguesthouse

We are so excited for our eclipse guests that are

We are so excited for our eclipse guests that are arriving today that we made an eclipse snack basket 🤣🤣. We hope all the guests in Muncie have an amazing weekend!

#muncieguesthouse

Super excited to be finally getting a front entry

Super excited to be finally getting a front entry at our house. The exterior door was installed last week and we tested out our approved paint color. @malakai_ab and @samhanna994 are doing an excellent job installing drywall. Progress!
#215SWalnut

My new favorite sweatshirt came today! Shout out

My new favorite sweatshirt came today! Shout out to my brave, old house people!
“A call to be brave! An Old House to save!” @cheapoldhouses

Another lovely Saturday of demo at The Cunningham!

Another lovely Saturday of demo at The Cunningham! We are getting excited to start construction. 😃😃

#524WHoward
#oldhouseremodel
#historicpreservation

The facelift has begun. We completed phase 1 toda

The facelift has begun. We completed phase 1 today. The pink garage got a fresh coat of pink and we added some blue. Our in house artist @s_hanna.24 is going to do murals on the two window boards. The murals will have the same blue in them so it will pull it all together. We still have to install a deadbolt (for code) and then I am going add a mulch bed to really make it look clean.
Nothing like being called an eyesore to propel you to new heights 😍😍😍

#623WJackson
#gatewaypropertycleanup

Shout out to my Old West End peeps! The pink gara

Shout out to my Old West End peeps! The pink garage is getting a facelift this week. 😍😍

Demo has started on 524 W Howard, which we call Th

Demo has started on 524 W Howard, which we call The Cunningham! We pulled up floors, exposing the original planks, found some beautiful wallpaper and wall writing, and FOUND A FIREPLACE! You never truly have lived until you find a fireplace you had no idea was there. 🤣🤣. Also my new favorite tool is the orange demo bar that I took a portrait of. Absolute game changer ❤️

#524WHoward
#TheCunningham
#renovation #historicbuildings #historicpreservation

Week 10 of #52weeksofhome This week’s theme is

Week 10 of #52weeksofhome
This week’s theme is imperfections.
I love old homes because they are perfectly imperfect. Our current home is above a commercial storefront and at one point in the last 140 years was offices. At another point, someone filled in the areas where there were office walls with concrete. So we just left it. It’s part of the story of the building and these imperfections (along with all the other ones 🤣🤣) are what makes this space perfect for us. ❤️

#52weeksofhomeweek10x24
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Big news! We have a new project! We have partner

Big news! We have a new project! We have partnered with our friends James and Michael Meredith from Meredith Property Group and have a purchased 524 W Howard. We are so excited to have the opportunity to bring this building back to life! Here are some “befores” and we will be posting progress photos as we make progress. We are so excited to be working on this Old West End landmark.

#524WHoward
#renovation
#historicpreservation

8th week of 52 weeks of home: A Different Perspec

8th week of 52 weeks of home: A Different Perspective.
This perspective can only be seen best in the winter between 10am-12pm on sunny days. The sun comes in our upper stained glass windows for an hour or so and paints whatever it hits with red, blue, and orange. In today’s case it was Buddy’s day to get painted. It’s one of my favorite original features in our home ❤️

#52weeksofhome
#52weeksofhomeweek8x24
#215SWalnut

Week 7 of 52 weeks of home! This week is kitchen

Week 7 of 52 weeks of home! This week is kitchen and dining. We built our home inside the second floor of an 1890s commercial building. Designing this space was fun. We had to move a sprinkler pipe and work around the column, but it turned out great and an easy space to work in. We were able to put in an island that is over 10 feet long, which was the largest piece they could get in without a seam. The split refrigerator and freezer gave me the symmetry I love. Our cabinets are beautiful and came from @wellborncabinet We do still need a backsplash but I haven’t decided on that yet. Welcome to the heart of our home!

#215swalnut
#52weeksofhome
#52weeksofhomeweek7x24

52 weeks of home- week 6! This week’s theme is

52 weeks of home- week 6! This week’s theme is Winter & hygge. I love the cozy spaces we have created in our home and so does @dwntwnranger ❤️.

For those who don’t know, for our side hustle, my husband and I renovate homes in the Old West End in Muncie IN. We are the proud owners of 4 airbnbs and commercial property in the neighborhood. We currently live on the main Street in the heart of downtown - Walnut St. We live in an 1890s commercial building where we have converted the second floor into our home. We are getting close to completion but as you know the last 10% is the hardest to finish 😃

#52weeksofhome
#52weeksofhomeweek6x24
#215SWalnut

52 weeks of home. Week 5: self portrait. I was

52 weeks of home. Week 5: self portrait. I was trying to find time this week to take a great picture, but that time never came to be. So it is what it is. I am the master of chaos, lover of old houses, peloton aficionado, hate showering unless absolutely necessary, and said I would never be a realtor who moves all the time and we are on our 5th house. 🤷🏼‍♀️. We currently live in an 1880s commercial building where we have converted the upstairs into our home. So adventures abound.

#52weeksofhomeweek5x24
#52weeksofhomeweek5

In my effort to continue to make this house more h

In my effort to continue to make this house more homey, I found my boxes of tchotchkes, which are all hand selected by me. They were the first boxes I packed when we packed up our house 2 years ago and now are some of the last I am unpacking. How I have missed my ceramic toes 🤣🤣🤣

Living in a place and making it your home can some

Living in a place and making it your home can sometimes be two different things. We have lived in this space for a little over a year but making it our home between work, projects, kids sports, and life has been a challenge. We reached a milestone today. Sadie and I hung my framed sheet music. As I write that, I laugh at myself. What kind of nerd am I that I am so excited about sheet music?

This isn’t just any sheet music, it is sheet music from the early 1900s that I found in a cabinet that I purchased at an auction about 12 years ago. The cabinet was actually owned by the original builders of the home we lived in at the time that was built in the 1880s. The music is stamped with music stores info for music stores that were in Downtown Muncie at the turn of the century.
I have always treasured these colorful covers which are really pieces of art. We had a collage of the covers on the wall in our old house and I have been waaaiiiting to put them up in our new house.

Today is the day. I love how this turned out. And day by day this space becomes more us, more home. ❤️

#215SWalnut
@originalmuncie

Week 4 of 52 weeks of home! This week’s theme i

Week 4 of 52 weeks of home! This week’s theme is black and white. I chose to take a picture of our huge pocket doors in black and white. We got them from a salvage store in Indianapolis. They got them from a loft in a barn where they had been stored forever. I love these doors because they have the original handles and because they are well worn. I also love that they are massive - each door panel is 4x8.

For those who don’t know, we built our home inside an 1890s commercial building. So we have used all reclaimed doors, lots of reclaimed light fixtures, and kept as much original items as were in the space. We have lived here for a year now and are still finishing projects 😀

#52weeksofhomeweek4
#52weeksofhome
#52weeksofhomeweek4x24

My dad would call it puttering around the house on

My dad would call it puttering around the house on a Saturday morning. I call it super excitement for more light fixtures being installed! Our family room is almost done.

#215swalnut

This week of the 52 week challenge is “the year

This week of the 52 week challenge is “the year of.” This year is going to be the year of the doorknob for us! We built out our home inside a commercial building that was built in the 1890s. We used all reclaimed doors and I have completely stalled on finding doorknobs that fit/ work. Each door is different so the project seems completely overwhelming. I want to use salvage door knobs as well so 🤞🤞 I can find them all this year 🤣🤣. What project are you working on this year?

#52weeksofhomeweek3x24
#52weeksofhomeweek3

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