DIY Carriage House Makeover

We are fortunate enough to have a carriage house 1 bedroom apartment on our property. Essentially that’s a fancy way of referring to a garage apartment.

The apartment was rented when we bought the house so we have not been super up close and personal with the space. Until this month when the tenant moved out. We are planning to AirBNB it when we are done updating it.

So many little things need to be done and when you work full time and are DIY’ing it’s a bit challenging.

I forgot to take pics of our beginning process but I won’t going forward!

So far we have filled all of the holes and cracks. I went through not one but TWO tubes of caulk! Did I mention this space was built in 1950?

Next I went to work on the bathroom. The paint was peeling on the ceiling and it needed caulk and paint all around and all of the hardware needed to be replaced. I would like to reglaze the tub and tiles at some point but I am not up for the job and hiring out is not in the budget right now.

The floor grout was also super gross and I was going to use a dremmel and regrout but then I discovered there is a thing called Grout Refresh and it’s only about $10 and you basically paint it on your grout and wipe up the going out of the lines and voila NEW looking Grout! Check it out:

Before:

I did learn that if you wait too long to wipe up the refresh you will end up scrubbing up the stain as well. Much longer than an hour is a no-no. See:

BUT I went back and fixed it pretty easily. Next hard ware and shelves will be going up.