Meet Cole

I hope you enjoy these weekly updates as I navigate through the business of flipping houses one house at a time!!  If you’re new here (Hello!!!) or just enjoy walking down memory lane, you can see my 7 previous flip houses here.  Thanks for coming along for the ride as I jump into flip #8!!!  Follow along on my insta-stories for more behind the scenes goodness! *This post may contain affiliate links.  For more information, see my disclosures here.*

On to #8!!  Meet Cole.  This little cutie is a 900sf, 2 bedroom antique home from 1900 with a spacious yard and so much potential!!

The yard needs some major bush extraction, but it's pretty large in relation to the house.

And it keeps going

Normally with a lot of this size in this neighborhood, developers would swoop in, knock the house down, and build the largest  builder basic duplex they could.  Somehow, we were able to swoop in and get it before that could happen!!  Being just over a mile from the commuter rail into Boston, we're confident that a small condo alternative on a great lot will be awesome for resale!

Heading inside, everything needs updating per usual.  Orange kitchen cabinets will not be staying.  Especially since the seller had already taken one for posterity (not that they would be staying otherwise).

In the bathroom, I love the built-in cabinet, but that's about it.

The paneling in the dining and living room will very soon be a thing of the past.  That alone will make the rooms feel exponentially larger and brighter!

Currently there's 2 bedrooms and a closet upstairs:

We'll be building a new closet in the larger bedroom because the current green closet will be made into a jack and jill powder room with a door into each bedroom!  That's one thing that would be nice on our own antique colonial condo alternative, but sadly there's no good spot for it.

For the first time ever, I'm taking a hands-off role (she say's now...).  I'll be designing this house and making sure that my contractor is on top of the rest.  I've worked with him on the past 5 houses, so I'm comfortable that he'll help me realize my vision for this house properly.  You hear that, George??  You better do this house right!!!

Now that keys are in hand and demo is starting NEXT WEEK(!), I really need to figure out my plans for the design and style.  I'm already thinking for the kitchen, white uppers and darker wood or gray lowers.  For the downstairs bathroom, for some reason I have blue patterned tile stuck in my head, but I'm not sure how I want to use it.  So many possibilities!!  This house is such a blank slate!  Looking forward to bringing you along on Cole's journey!

Have a wonderful weekend!!

Friday Five

This post may contain affiliate links.  For more information, see my disclosures here. News, inspiration, and some exciting (!!)  happenings from the last 2 weeks:

Not following me on instagram or insta-stories yet?  What are you waiting for???  You missed some big news last week!  Sometimes things move very slowly in flip land (such as waiting months for a short sale such as Shorty), but other times very fast.  We looked at this this 900sf vintage cutie a week ago Thursday at 5pm and were under agreement by 11am the next day!  It won't be until August that we close, though.  This house will be an exercise in self control for me.  I'm handing it over to my contractor FULLY!  *GASP*  I won't be coordinating subs.  I won't be tiling.  I won't be painting.  I will be designing and overseeing.  And maybe a little light demo because sledge hammers are a great way to release some frustrations ;-).  He already has a name too: Cole.

Ready for big news #2?  Or at least big for me?  Copper Dot is hiring it's first employee also starting in August!  Call me crazy, but I'm actually hiring a past client who has experience in all the areas that I could use a little extra assistance in: social media, marketing, project management, and more.... I think Allison is going to be a great addition to the team and I can't wait for her to get started!! I'll introduce her to you once she gets started, but I think she'll be a great fit!

So much change going on around here lately!  All good things though!!  Today is Copper Dot Baby's FIRST DAY AT DAYCARE!!!  Eeek!  I know I haven't posted much about the little guy... or rather not-so-little-any-more guy.... he's 15 months and is pretty darn awesome if I do say so myself.  Up until now we've hobbled along with a different childcare arrangement daily (nanny, Grammy, Daddy, Nanna, & Mommy).  It was tiring.  Now he's going to be at daycare 3 days a week with the grandmas getting in their baby snuggles the other 2.

I may have driven myself into a tizzy last night realizing that we didn't have a backpack for him to take to daycare with him! (Hubby thought I was nuts.)  Thankfully that was soon remedied and we have this one on it's way from Amazon.  I'm predicting uncharted adorableness of little guy with a little backpack (which will most likely be shared on insta-stories because I can't resist!)

If there was any doubt that I have the best clients- we'll be using this Cole and Son fish wallpaper in a family bathroom and it's going to be epic!  I'll post soon about this entire home renovation and give you all the dirt.  This project isn't coming together until next year, so it will be a slow-burn, but the results are sure to be stunning.  I mean, come ON, FISH WALLPAPER!

Since I have a few kitchens in the works and kitchens on the brain, I thought I'd share with you the kitchen that I'm really digging lately from none other than Studio McGee.  After using blue cabinets in my last flip, and green in the one before that, you should know by now I'm a complete sucker for colored cabinets!

Have a wonderful weekend!!!

Friday Five

For today's "Friday Five" I wanted to share 5 instagram accounts that I've been finding some eye candy/inspiration in lately.  

Juniper Studio- If you've been a long-time design blog follower, you probably know Jenny from Little Green Notebook and Jenny's Print Shop, so it should be no surprise that her design studio is one I love to watch!

Moss and Blue- Julianne is an awesome local artist (and soon to be mamma) who's work I have loved for a while!  She's currently working on a custom painting for one of my clients and I can't wait to see it in the room when everything is all pulled together!!  The custom work in progress is the one on the easel.  Can you tell why I'm so excited?!?

Texture Florals-  The name says it all.  Every arrangement looks like it should be a still life oil painting.

New England Loom- Well, because a good vintage rug makes me weak at the knees and these guys have me pegged.  I'll take them all, please and thank you!

Studio McGee-  Living under a rock?  That might be the only way you aren't familiar with Studio McGee these days (And if you aren't, theres about a 97.9999% chance you've seen one of their spaces without realizing it).  I mean they only have 718 THOUSAND instagram followers.  Small potatoes.  Shea McGee seems to have layering textures down to a precise science.