Remodeling a Mid-Century House - Labor, Costs, Renovation, & Pink Bathrooms
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- čas přidán 10. 07. 2024
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It's been a while - been busy with work lately (but shouldn't be a problem much longer!). This video represents the totality of how to remodel a mid-century modern house. I go into details about going the "DIY" route, what it's like to try to renovate a house that you also simultaneously live in, as well as the final tally if we wound up turning a profit or not.
Chapter List:
0:00 Part I - Introduction
03:47 Part II - Wall Paper and Flooring
07:52 Part III - Electrical, Outlet Covnersion
08:48 Part IV - Yard Work + The Wildflower Incident
14:15 Part V - Deck Build + Sliding Glass Door
15:19 Part VI - Ceiling Fans
16:25 Part VII - Bathroom Remodel
20:49 Part VIII - Kitchen Renovation
25:29 Part IX - Conclusion + Final Tally
25:47 Summary sheet
31:45 Final thoughts
Kitchen Renovation Playlist:
• How to Remodel a Kitch...
Bathroom Remodeling Playlist:
• How to remodel a bathroom
How to Remove Wallpaper:
• How to Remove Wallpape...
How to Convert 2 Prong to 3 Prong Outlets:
• How to Convert a 2 Pro... _
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Adding that dark stain absolutely RUINED those beautiful floors.
They can be resanded, and the stain color can be changed later. :). That is why hardwood floors are such a great choice.
Not ruined, but I, too, would have preferred if they had been left light-wood, maybe with a pale-taupe paint wash to prevent them from going orange down the road. Light wood floors reflect ambient light so much better than dark wood floors!
Using white paint over vintage mid century solid wood cabinets = OUCH😢
Watching you tear up that classic patterned bathroom floor and replacing it with a…less classic option…just hurts 😢
I am very happy to see that you did your best to preserve the wood floors 😊
Truthfully, I've come to a point in my life where I don't disagree with you. Looking back on it, by the time we started doing the bathroom and kitchen renovations, it became less about making a home for ourselves, and more of a home for somebody else, so we started doing things that looked good for a sale to get a better offer, so to speak. That's not to say that we didn't do our best to avoid giving someone the "landlord special", but even still, it was far from ideal. I wouldn't do this again, or at least, I wouldn't put myself into such a position because it's kind of a disservice all around, both for myself, and future owners.
One of my favourite videos hands down. Why? You are real, the renos are real, I love your quips as you summarize your project, a lot of wisdom there with enough cynicism in all the right places 😂 ( unrealistic hgtv budgets, realtor fees) I agree with so much of what you talk about, all of it really. My husband and I did something like this first when we were 25, while both of us working full time and living in it, we gutted that first house, and it looked abandoned for periods during renos, we drive by it sometimes now, and I get emotional thinking about what we did, we did good, and how it was only the beginning of a long love affair with renovating. We are in our 60s now and we just bought another fixer upper. What’s happened in between had been much, but by enlarge a great ride. Husband is a natural builder, I’m a natural designer, it’s been, and continues to be the thing that is us. You seem super hardworking, smart, determined and interested - I wish you a great ride too!
That house was insanely well maintained. ♡︎
It was - amazingly occupied by the original owners from 1960 or so.
All hail for the return of the master!
o7 salute!
I don’t know which I love better the narration of this video or the gem 💎 of a property this is I love the vintage homes to update something’s ❤️ absolutely beautiful
Very kind, thank you!
I would have matched the existing refinished flooring to the new floor for a contiguous look. As for the front lamp, we replaced ours with a solar, no digging. It's been working for 9 years now without a bulb change.
This was so comical. Love the humor! Been looking at houses in my area and they all need the same work as this house.
Thanks for taking the time to post this ! It’s nice to see what it really takes to restore an old house.
I’m impressed with the research you did with the outlets. Very important to replace those. I have a 60s brick ranch with cloth wiring & the 2 prong outlets literally began to melt my cords!
Thank you! And that's concerning, almost sounds like the outlets are supplying way more current than they should be. And if that's the case, the circuit breakers (or fuses) may no longer be doing their jobs.
Indeed!
Purchased a 1970s brick ranch, I'm a 80s baby and one of the best things ive ever done. Love a MCM home. So much character! Also one owner home as well very very well taken care of.
Great job. Yes! You did breathe new life into this beautiful home.
Thank you!
Yet another banger of a video. Well done sir!
Thanks man, I appreciate it!
Very well-done video! Nicely organized to flow through your assorted projects and totally appreciate your sense of humor. Would note that it's surprising how many mcm/older homes have no access to the back yard (I find that totally bizarro). The sliding door/deck was a much-needed solution.
I've been through this twice, first with a Sears home built in 1910 that was a total repair & rehab money pit for 25 yrs. Got a 1956 brick ranch in 2018 and moved quickly to pop on a new roof, remove dead tree & shrub, new hvac, gut & reno the appallingly ugly interior of the sunroom, blow insulation into the attic as original layer of vermiculite insulation was down about about a 1" loft (shockingly expensive), plus painting every single room, and replacing ghastly 80s-era "disco-ball" light fixtures and the royal blue shag wall-to-wall carpeting in the liv/din/hallway. Have opted to keep the obligatory pink bathroom with pink tub and pink sinks because it's in near perfect condition. The second bathroom has to be completely gutted - it's on my to-do list.
Most recently replaced the gas cook-top and the original 1950s GE wall oven. Had to laugh when you dropped your hood on your brand new cook-top - whoops! The original 1950s copper hood is still over my cook-top - my contractor suggested simply taking off the fan cover and cleaning the components rather than trying to replace the fan. It's far too cool to replace that hood, so we'll see how the cleaning attempt fares.
The "wildflower incident" was pretty hysterical. Live and learn. Agree that blue-grass lawns are a bloody pain in the butt! However, as you discovered, wildflower beds quickly turn into weed beds. Suggest if you attempt to replace a lawn at a future date, try using clover. It's eco-friendly and doesn't need to be mowed very often. It's also drought-resistant and honey bees love clover.
I was rather shocked that your property didn't sell for more considering the extent of the major improvements you made. Even if you only owned it for a couple of years, the sale price should have been closer to $100K over your purchase price. Guess you had to accept what the local property market would bear and nearby comps would allow. Timing is everything - too bad you couldn't wait one more year before selling! Good luck in the future.
Enjoyed that humourous summary!
Bloody hilarious and 💯 entertaining voice over. Loved this. 🇦🇺
@@happyf971 I'm really happy to hear that, thank you!
YOU ARE SO HARD-WORKING and talented! Very inspiring!
Thank you!
This is actually a beautiful home. Great layout from what I can tell.
This is so cool - super useful.
Loved the video. Thanks for sharing all this! Love your humor btw
I appreciate it, thank you!
Great video. True video. Love the humor!!!
This was a super entertaining and helpful, thank you!
Didn't want a nice lawn? You must hate your dad.
Just kidding. We just bought a 1968 time capsule home that we plan on renovating. Your video was pretty good.
Nice video! Very inspiring to do some work on the own house
I am so incredibly glad that I found this video! I’m about to purchase a house with a very similar style, and I will be doing a lot of the renovations myself. Thank you for taking the time to share all of this! If everything works out, I’ll tag you in some of my renovation videos. Also, I’m in Central Massachusett!
Sure thing, glad you found it helpful! The only thing I'd avoid from my own advice (lol) is reglazing tiles/bathtubs.
Your pronouncation of "Hügelkultur" sounded like an actual German Öko Dude talking about the latest gardening trends on public television. Very well executed, 9/10.
Lol thank you. Perhaps I should channel mein Görman more often.
Great video. I don't see too many mid century remodels.
Really liked this video, and your channel in general. Keep up the great work.
Thank you, glad you enjoyed it!
Nicely done and break down of the time and costs.
Wow, great job!
Thank you!
Loved that end title card.
If you know, you know! Thanks for watching until the end!
Your video on how to clean a dishwasher lead me here. I found that video to be hilarious, and decided to check out more. You’re very comical, and I love the video edits.
You did an awesome job on the house!! Definitely will come back to this once (if?) we finally buy a house. Two millennials here, perpetually saving for a down payment :’)
Oh thank you, those are all very nice things to say! I know that feeling. I thought the market was pricy when I entered it in 2018, but good God, it has now simply gotten way out of hand. Even so, the good news is you only need 5% down. Maybe by the time you're ready, this nutty housing bubble will finally pop.
Absolutely Helpful, interesting my Home has a very simular layout only difference is my Home is Brick.. I too have a "wack" pink bathroom which I'm currently working on.. annndd yes the brown "Shit cicles" 😂😂😂😂 hilarious yet accurate experience. Hilarious & Helpful! 🙏🏾👏🏽
Amazing video brother, buying my first house now. Looks very similar to this one
Nice man, congratulations! Hope this info helps a bit.
Thanks for sharing the transformation dude I bet it’s a niceeeeeeee feeling getting the keys to the house and feeling like the world is at your disposal. I’m putting things in place to buy my first house I’m excited to say the least.
It is! It's very exciting, and for a while you can't believe you've got your own place. Later comes the responsibility of the ownership of said place, but it's certainly worth it.
Was thinking the same. I think appliances & such would be easy and I’m sure it’s hard at first but after a while of owning a home you probably know what to do when something goes wrong.
@@_cohen yeah, it'll come with experience and also knowing how you personally want to spend your time. Right now, I'm striving to be in a position to pay someone else to fix a lot of problems, because it'll allow me ultimate freedom.
I am only half way through. But damn. So many laughs and so impressed by the work put in- to the house & the video.
…….(edit): I got to the range part and I was laughing hysterically but also kind of crying.
PS awesome subscribe smash
I appreciate you taking the plunge on my longest video ever! For me it was the reverse - crying first, followed by laughing.
if there's anything I've learned from watching house flipping shows, just replace the tub, the glaze doesn't last but 3 years and it could've saved a lot of time. and the ceiling fans! I wouldn't have wasted the money and time assuming someone else wanted them, but hey you were itching for a project. I can understand that. All and all really impressive transformation for your first go. I hope to find my own handy partner to do this with some day soon. You definitely seared it into my brain to save the floors for last. Thanks for sharing!
Well..Ahem ...I am single AND pretty handy.. Just saying. Shot in the dark.
I'd say that a DIY enamel kit is probably par with "contractor chic". The result for $40 is fairly good but yeah, probably won't last beyond 2-3 years. I'd advise against replacing the tub because these cast iron enamel tubs (or porcelain) aren't really made new anymore, at least in this style. Anything remotely close in style and quality runs $1500+, and is a very large amount of labor. Almost all decisions we made were made to preserve as much of the mid-century character as possible. I'd pay a professorial re-glazer who use fancy things like acid etchants before considering a replacement. The fans at first glance probably seem excessive, but they added a much needed ceiling light where there were none before - mid-century folks sure loved their plug-in lamps. As for the floors, only do them last if you don't plan on living in the house, it's a very messy process and everything will be covered in sawdust. Are you planning on flipping a house?
@@Bootstrappin With the preservation of the character in mind I can see now why you kept the tub! I just love hardwood as opposed to carpet. My curiosity to expose the subfloor would probably get the better of me. "Planning" yes but still in the saving phase! I've always been a DIYer and technician for a long time so the idea of making it into a stream of income in the long term is exciting! I'd probably flip until I had enough to do it on the side with an additional house.
You can do anything!! Wow
With the power of CZcams and a touch of self-confidence, yes!
Very well done video and narration. You captivated the audience. Just really refreshingly done. 31/32? YOUTH!
Thank you! I feel young and old at the same time.
I also bought a mid-century home that was decently preserved (not as good as yours though). I wish the nutone built in kitchen appliance base still worked. Replaces the motor base of a stand mixer, blender, etc.
Big projects. Cant wait to get my house done do I can sell it and buy a bigger place. Hoping to get a big shop and get better and more consistent videos.
That's the dream!
The kitchen cabinets were beautiful and period correct 😢
The bathroom remodel was hilarious. We're doing that now in our house (built in the mid 60s). We have the exact same tile as you guys down to the color and how it goes up half the wall. We wanted to rip the tile off but then we saw that it was on cement. After trying to pull a couple tiles off we realized it was built like a brick shit house and if it's still holding up after 60 years I figure why bother messing with a good thing. Also appreciate the heads up with the wildflowers- I wanted to do the same thing. What would you suggest instead?
If you're in the northern half of the US, clover is a good option to replace grass. Bees love it and it doesn't have to be mowed.
looks really sharp, but ...
if you thought you would keep us from asking about the wild _turkey_ incident by distracting us with a wild _flower_ incident, you have failed! mwahaha! 😆
What turkeys? No turkeys here, certainly none in the yard, and most definitely not a lot of them...
29:40 Doom nostalgia 😉
Watching your video gave me some anxiety but at least you got some experience under your belt by doing it yourself.
This house looks like it was very well taken care of. I had the opposite. The original owner let it go to crap after her husband died, then the people who bought it from her made a bunch of "updates" which may have caused some issues with the structure of the house. Not to mention that everything they did that wasn't detrimental to the house was poorly done and wrong.
Oh yeah, the electrical is all crap.
Yeah really felt fortunate with this one. Almost zero "landlord special" fixes in this house. It's such a gamble buying a house, especially like 3 owners later so I know exactly what you mean.
I watched this at 3x speed and I guess it's so slow that 2x sounds normal
I really appreciate the wallpaper as ive done it many times... one of my rooms (my house was built in 1947) and it had 7 layers of wallpaper and mudding/taping and lots of scraping so annoying
Good googly moogly, and here I was complaining about a single layer. Lol - I wonder how many layers of wallpaper it would take before your interior space becomes noticeably cramped.
@@Bootstrappin Oh mine was you wont believe how big feeling it was after
HAHAHAHA I died at Shitcicles
How's it going in the new house ?
Pretty good! Grateful for the general lack of projects, it's in good condition. Although - I'm already done with the city life, and I'm starting to put my antennas out into the countryside, thinking about moving again already lol. How's things with you?
@@Bootstrappin Good to know your new house is in a good condition. And, yes, the countryside is the way to go (especially with the rona)! I'm fine, thanks for asking. Bought my house "far" from the main city (some 28 miles away, which is very far for Europe, and since I work there and I have to do a "long" commute -- I know, you're laughing now) and I am very happy about that decision. I have to do A LOT of work in the house, haven't found the time to carry it out yet. Looking for a gf right now :p Not in order to get her to help me as your gf helps you, but hey, you never know. Good to see you're back in the yt vidjayos making. Take care!
Hardwood floors throughout used to be standard in midcentury.
my house was built in 1950 and i have painted wood wall panels and i noticed theres wall paper behind that because I saw it closer to the door edge. I stated to rip it because I was curious but I had no idea about possibly being toxic. I have no idea what I did now we all going to die. I only ripped a small piece and stuffed a paper towel in between the door and wall where it was.
Too bad about the wildflowers, they are excellent for all kinds of bees and butterflies.
Agreed. Next time I'll do it right! I think it works best if you have a large swath of property that you don't plan on frequenting.
Can't you just knock the wildflowers down once or twice during the growing season? Still a bit of mowing but only once or twice
Yes that's true -- unfortunately didn't stick around long enough to give that a try, but assuming the flowers don't go nearly as hogwild the following year, it'd probably be fine.
Did you not install a bidet or am I suffering the Mandela Effect?
Oh no I definitely did, you can see the bidet in this video - your marbles are all there. Just among the things I didn't include at the risk of turning this into a one hour epic.
houses were built well then
Cool Video, but this turns out to be $40/hour profit. Considering the risk, I would say this project was ONE major problem away from being a massively bad investment.
Like I said, this wasn't intended to be investment, so there was not necessarily a right or wrong decision to be made. But definitely not atypical in the land of house flipping - tons of people routinely lose their pants, something shows probably don't mention very often.
Was there asbestos everywhere?
Not to my knowledge - didn't notice anything out of place. The usual suspects like shingles and insulation all seemed modern.
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This was a good video. Very interesting to see what you did to the house. Though the language got worse and worse as the video went on. Had to stop watching while my kids were around. 😕
That is a midcentury house but not midcentury architecture, it is a farm house
I don't want to launch into a pedantics/"well ackshyually" competition, but technically it is by definition a midcentury house due to when it was built, it was midcentury architecture (but not midcentury modern), with French country house styling on the interior. I suppose you could call the red front door farm house style though.
I had to stop watching before you destroyed the perfectly preserved pink bathroom.
I thought this video was going to be about restoring (as in saving and preserving) a mid-century time capsule that was essentially in pristine condition. How sad!
Eric Andre.
Bird up!
😂😂😂😂😂😂
you lost me at painting the kitchen cabinets white.... what a crime to take away the character. ugh
Honestly, you're not wrong. I wouldn't do that again.
congrats now you have a boring uninspiring house
Yeah? Well, you know, that's just like uh, your opinion, man.
@@Bootstrappin Yeah, try not to house flip anymore for the sake of people who want these homes
@@hahahala-zs3cn I was being facetious. I mean it's kind of obvious, but I found my house plenty inspiring, otherwise we wouldn't have done the job. And the buyers we sold the house to were elated as well. I don't really know why you feel the need to comment. You're not changing anything with your negativity.
@@Bootstrappin You needing to respond shows how much a youtube comment affects you so much it's pathetic just like destroying vintage stuff to make not much of a profit at all
@@hahahala-zs3cn I guess the irony of your own words is lost on you lol. Anyways, just to be clear - the goal wasn't profit. This was our first house, purchased as a "fixer upper". For what it's worth, the aesthetic we were shooting for was as much preservation as possible without removing too much character. Clearly, it's going to be very subjective whether or not we were successful in that.
Was going to let this video keep playing in autoplay while painting but was irritated by the awful language. Cannot be played anywhere near a toddler. Thumbs down.
What you choose to watch in the presence of your toddler is your choice and your choice alone. If language is a concern, I recommend turning on 'restricted mode' on your CZcams account, or setting up parental controls. None of my videos are marked as "safe for kids", so this is on you.