My hopes are to take you through my journey rehabbing my own home with my sweet family. This is my “First home” which turned out to be a big project of a dream home; a 1916 English Tudor in the heart of Detroit Michigan’s historical district of Indian Village. Since 2011, It’s been a labor of love. I had my share of delays, setbacks and obstacles to get this far. If you are reading this now I would assume you are a fellow self proclaimed “Fix’er” and hopefully a friend. I only hope that my shared experiences helps someone, a fellow “Fix’er”, a friend, when they feel like throwing in the towel on their home rehabilitation dreams. I know I’ve had my share this far but wouldn’t trade it for anything else.
“Friends don’t let friends renovate ALONE!”
– Confucius
I enjoy being a girl…
I was thinking back on my shoe closet that was in Houston, when it hit me all of my girly stuff got destroyed in the fire here in Detroit. There are so many things that still exist in my mind but in actuality they are gone. And to be honest I wasn’t using them. They…
The Wayne County Tax Auction is back
So, after halting things for a little over a year Wayne county has began the tax foreclosure auctions once again. let me start by saying, in no way do I like the fact that properties in auction are there due to the misfortune of others. These homes were lost by their owners and are being…
Finally lets get started
The FixSomething Detroit team is taking over this job! Kirky is HOME! The fix something team is ready to work. In preparation I printed large copies of the floor plans for Burns Manor. I also printed what I’m calling a “rundown” sheet for each of the rooms. These rundown sheets will be posted in each…