We transformed our 1970s home! BEFORE & AFTER one YEAR of renovating + all our DIYs 

Let me know how long you’ve been following along! And give my awesome mom a shout out - she’s the real MVP! 👏🏻🥰

A thought about your green tub and sink…what if you kept them and embraced an MCM Florida-inspired tropical theme? Using dark jungle-type wallpaper (but not anywhere near the tub/shower)? Fun for the boys, but in an elevated way that also works for adults? Unless you want to carry the neutral color pattern through the house. Your optimistic and fun videos make me feel creative. But it’s also fun because it’s not my house!!

I started following you because I was following the thrifting channels, and you were doing a thrift haul. Then I got invested in your house. Enjoyable!❤

What are journey you’ve had and will continue later. The work ethic of your parents and you has been fantastic to watch. Love the fact that you discussed that at the end of the video with your mother and the role you have played with them and the role the boys are playing with all of you. I loved hearing that the bones of the house were great and what attracted your parents to this home. We enjoyed the home for 38 years . We love the home because of the traffic pattern. It was so conducive to entertaining and getting large and small crowds of family and friends together We love watching the transformation and seeing the joy that your family brings and will continue to bring to this house that is becoming a home, thank you for sharing the journey. Elaine and Steve

Emily, what a delight to have your mom as the star guest - such a beautiful touch! Your video was absolutely wonderful, and those floors? Pure magic. Bravo to you for creating your home so heartwarming and incredible! 👏🌟

Great update! Your mom is lovely!!

I really enjoy your videos…I’m probably your mom’s age, but they are so fun to watch. I think I started watching here and there before your move…but I just subscribed today, when I realized I hadn’t yet! ❤

I have been watching since your life in the townhouse and I have watched all your renovations in your new home. What an amazing transformation. Anyone who has undertaken home remodels knows the ups and downs involved. I think your faith and amazing family got you through this phase. Enjoy your home and beautiful family. Blessings and prayers...

You are so blessed to have your Mom and Dad close! I started watching after you moved in...we live on the other side of the Skyway!

You and your mom are precious together. I started watching thrifting videos and came across yours. I loved that your faith and your family were integral to your videos. I'm always excited to see a new video from you.

Great to see your mom and you talking about all the projects that were done to the home ❤

What an absolute blessing your parents are! Not only did they put up all of the money to buy the house, but they put in all of that work to make it to your liking.

Love this! So great to see you and your mom reminisce. I totally understand what you’re saying about that second bath - the vintage vibes are so fun but I can completely see how un-functional it would be to live with it 😂

Consider a built in ironing board...goes between studs...really easy to install..apx. $170 online....Soooo convenient!!! You will love it in your laundry room. :). House looks fabulous!!

Hey Emily! Ive been following you for about a month now, and I love your style and personality! Im also a per diem OT in Western NY renovating our 1976 Colonial home. Would you be willing to share the color you used on the boy's bedroom wall? Keep up the beautiful work!

Awesome Video!!! It brought back memories of my father and his "holiday projects" for the week of Thankgiving & Christmas!!! He would renovate our kitchen with long island with eight stools or replace flooring in the bedrooms!!! It's great that your sons are watching you & your family create a new renovated home for to live. They will see the importance of "working" on a project until the completion.

Love your mom! Such a sweetheart. The home looks amazing. Great selections.

I’ve been following along since you were scraping the popcorn ceilings! Why I found that fascinating 😂 I don’t know, but I have loved the journey. Nice to meet your mom!

I’m new to your channel so this video gave me the background of your projects.

Follower since day one!!! I remember the wallpaper you used in the bathroom of your first place- loved it!!

Wonderful to see Heather!! It was a great video. It all looks amazing!!

I just love your videos. I found you a few months ago! You are so sweet and I so enjoy your videos. It was so wonderful meeting your mom! She is so sweet! Thank you for sharing! God bless you and your family!❤

We built our house in 1974 and some of the carpet you pulled out we had in our home!! 😂 we have completely remodeled our house and just this year we took out ALL the carpet and put in real hardwood floors! We love it!

Maybe just add picture ledges to the stone wall. Simple, they can go modern or transitional.

Your mother is just lovely. And such a hard worker. This was a nice video

Iv followed since the beginning of this house,❤

Started following when you were in your townhome

Hi Emily, I started following you just a few months ago. I just started watching some thrift videos and you showed up on my feed . I just found you to be so sweet, have such a nice laugh, and just be such a beautiful person inside and out. Gosh , your mom and dad are such hard workers. I lost my mom when she was just forty nine. For years and years I envied people who still had theirs. Anyhow, it was nice to see your mom sitting down. Your house makeover is just wonderful. My husband and I inherited a house that his grandmothers but after her passing was owned by his uncle. He died very unexpectedly but had willed it to us. I remembered my sister saying you will never be able to live in that house. Your carpet took me back to those early days. It really was a mess everywhere. It was so much work, but I remember it as some of the best times...us working together and my mother in law working with us and putting some of her money in to help us. Ours is a forties home and I have to say I love it so much, but it is still a work in progress. Our kitchen floor is painted blue. We dont have a modern kitchen. We do have beautiful wood floors . You so deserve to take a break and just enjoy your baby's arrival. Take care and will see you whenever you post .❤❤❤❤❤ Now, will you rent to own? I do agree with redoing the rock wall to givebitva brighter lighter finish. You all have so much to be proud of. We live on five acres and sometimes when the weather gets pretty outdoor chores come first. Incan not wait for your new little baby boy to be in gour videos. Take care Emily.

Wow, you look so much alike 🌸❣️🌸

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You have done so much.

What are the countertops in your kitchen? I love the color. Are they soapstone? Love your style!

Emily, your home looks so good. You all have woro

I started watching your videos after you had moved in. It’s been a lot of hard work for y’all. However, your videos made it look easy and I knew it wasn’t. It’s a beautiful home and you are very blessed.

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And after a year of construction your family is still speaking to each other. Nice to see mom getting a few minutes of rest😅

So fun ❤