Man Cave MakeOver {Renton General Contractor}

Who doesn't love a good garage makeover? Here's is a fun one we did on a buddy's garage recently. As you can see in the before shot there was no walls, and your standard concert floor. Boring! The TLC Handy Solutions team sheet-rocked all the walls in, put some nice baseboards, and painted the walls and doors to match the new race style floor. The perfect hang out for the guys when the wife kicks us out. :)

Among the ashes {home remodel, Auburn General Contractor}

The last few months have kept the guys of TLC Handy Solution's out of the rain, but in the ashes of a fire. The ashes, that is, of this little 1912 Auburn home that experienced a pretty nasty electrical fire just last year. The home was in need of a face lift regardless, so not only did we repair fire damage, but the home was completely flipped. Among the ashes we restored this 1900's charmer into a livable, safe, and beautifully modern home. Some of the many projects included; a full electrical rewire of the home, making it not only making it safe from another fire, but bringing it up to today's electrical code. We also restored the attic, where a lot of the major structure damage took place around the roof. Then the rest of the home got new hardwood, wall to wall carpet, paint, mill work, double pain windows, title, and wallpaper.
Check out the before and afters

Doesn't this entry look great? Wait till you see prior.

 

This is wall paper with a pattern on it that we painted over

 

The Finished Room

 

 This wall was in bad shape. We also replaced these 1900's windows

 

The build of the walls

 

 

 Then came the stairs. Notice the light switch? New wire in the house all up to code and safe. We also got rid of that little single pain window on the stair level.

 

A shot of the new floors and paint - before and after

 

Another before and after. Groovy Green Doors prior :)

Most these walls were restructured as well.

 

The mud room got a new utility sink and fresh paint

 

In the bathroom we painted, replaced the floor and added tile. We also fixed the roof above that suffered a lot of damage from the fire. Which you will see below.

 

 New floor in the kitchen

 

And now the Fire DAMAGE.....

 Making the roof and floors safe again. This was above the bathroom 

 Making new walls

 

There you have it. Cleaned up - and safe. Another great job from the crew at

TLC Handy Solutions.

 

NEW YEAR - Time to get Inspired

Happy New Year. 

We at TLC Handy Solutions enjoyed a wonderful break and spent it with our families. Now its back to business. Let's start 2013 out right. Is your resolution to get that bathroom or kitchen organized and updated? How about more quality time with the family? A new deck for entertaining this spring and summer sure would make for that. 

Give us a call - we can help. Estimates are always free. 

253-732-7074 or email at tlchandysolutions@hotmail.com

 

Deck from start to finish

 

Been a while since I stopped by with a new blog post. Here is one of our projects from a few months back where our client wanted a little deck built off their back door.

 

Set the posts

 

Frame the base

 

 

Install the rail

 

The Finished Product

Summer Projects {Decks and fences galore}

We at TLC Handy Solutions enjoyed a great summer of business. I have to say we were extremely blessed to have a summer so busy with work I barely had time to post images of the work we had been doing. Our bread and butter this summer was decks and fences with a dash of painting homes. The team kicked out some great looking decks this year. I pretty proud of the crew we have built and know our customers appreciated them as well. The work will soon change from outdoor landscape to indoor tile, flooring, and remodels, but in the mean time here are some of the favorite transformations from the last 3 months.

before and after

A Fence with a little Curb Appeal

If you are like me you might always be looking for the next best way to make your life a little easier. I love a clean yard with well maintained grass right up to a fence line. However sometimes if can be hard to get your mower up that close. You might drag out your weed eater to get in tight next to the fence. Or have items that grow under it. Well I wanted my next fence to not face those challenges.

I had a thought not long ago when I was trimming my law near my fence how great it would be to have a concrete curb the separated the grass from the fence. That way when I was mowing I could get in tight enough to the fence and get that great clean line without having to take out the weed eater.

Our latest fence project I got to test my theory and if you ask me I think it looks pretty great and is super practical. Another advantage to a curbed fence is animals cant escape. My dogs are old now but in their younger years they liked to dig their way under our fence. So if you have a crazy digging dog this would be a great way to correct his behavior.

If you are in the market for a new fence or a repair consider a concrete bottom.
We also got creative with the gates on this project by adding planter boxes and solar light tops on one and trellises on the others.

Summer, with a side of freshness

I'm not your average contractor. I tell people that often. Contractor's get a bad rap, we have all heard the horror stories from friends. But I try hard to operate my business differently. That being said I'm not always on home remodels or outdoor landscape projects. Sometimes I like to take on a special project. Some thing that can bring some joy to someones life and at the same time fill my need for creativity. Last summer I worked on this lemon-aid stand for a clients children. Being a Dad myself, I really enjoyed this project and it was fun to create. I used a desk that I got from the Goodwill as my base for the structure.
Then I added additional pieces like stair railing for the posts, and a chalk board painted the front, and wood top for the sign (covered in peal and stick wall paper); all that I got from the Home Depot.
The sides I decorated with wall paper stickers from a local craft store. No lemon-aid stand could be complete without a few accessories like a basket and money till; all finds from the Goodwill. There you have it, ready for service. So the next time you see an old desk at a garage sale or thrift store - think about how you can get creative with your kids this summer.
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 {photos by Angie Cox Photography}

photos by Angie Cox Photography