Stacy Jacobi Home

Rain rain go away

I thought when we moved to Oklahoma we would not see rain ever again. I was wrong. I have been wrong for the past three weeks. In fact I was so wrong that we decided three weeks ago on a hot sunny day to start installing a pool as we wanted to be prepared for the long hot sunny Oklahoma summer. I was wrong. We do have water in our pool just the wrong kind. Here is a picture of the rain collector in our backyard. Someday it may get finished but not anytime soon.

Hoping for summer weather soon.

Renovate to sell

Clients that want to sell their homes don't want to spend money. I completely understand. The 13 houses I have renovated for myself all required updates to get them sold. So I totally get when they tell me I don't want to spend any money to sell but the saying "you need to spend money to make money " is very true.

This house was a home in a neighborhood with homes in the million dollar price bracket but it did not look like a million dollar home. It had sat on the market for over a year when the seller contacted me to give my opinion on why no one would pay them 1.5 million. This home would be lucky to sell at a million even with updates as it didn't have a wow factor. It was a custom built home but the seller didn't do anything special.

This master bath is a good example of that as it had a very unattractive porcelain tile, cultured marble counter tops and brass fixtures with a dark brown cabinet

Plus for a master bath it just wasn't glamorous nor was the lighting

We tried to be cost conscious andsaved the cabinets by painting in a Benjamin Moore white dove high gloss

We replaced the tile with a natural travertine stone from Lowes and the countertop was a beautiful marble with undermount square sinks new fixtures in bronze New lighting from Circa www.circalighting.com

New frameless shower door

Shower fixtures in bronze by Delta

Tub remained and we changed gold fixtures to bronze

New cabinet hardware and we have a fresh master. Not over the top glamour but tastefully done and one a new buyer would appreciate.

From a Pink Master Bath to What else: White

Who doesn't love a Pink Bathroom, white tiles and some navy cafe curtains? This bathroom was so much fun to redo. We inherited great space with plenty of room to add a large shower. The original layout had the water closet and the shower inside the same space with no window dark inside and not very pretty. We took down the wall and reconfigured the water closet in the same area but walling up the shower and opening the shower to the bathroom to gain a larger shower and natural light. We ordered a vanity from Restoration hardware as it came with a marble top. We added a new tub and a marble surround placing the tub as an undermount vs. a drop in. I love the way that looks so clean and finished. The pretty tub faucet is functional with the hand held makes it easy to clean you the kids or dogs or all three.