BEFORE & AFTER

When we pulled up the carpet to replace it, we decided to have the original hardwoods refinished instead. I'm very happy with the results.

We are in the process of tiling the kitchen and bathroom, and will paint everywhere. We think we have it rented to an ideal tenant; she has lived in an apartment for the last 10 years (prim and proper, nonsmoking), but the owners have sold the complex to a nearby university, and although they are making the tenants have to move, they aren't willing to let anyone out of their lease early before the actual sale goes through... later in the year. So, she's trying to work it out.