Joanna Hansen
Ken and I have spent the last 3 months rehabbing our townhouse rental to get it on the market. When I say we have a rental property, it may sound hoity-toity, like we can afford multiple homes.
Bottom line, the townhouse was under water when we bought our current house, so we wanted to try and rent it out to wait for the market to go back up. Long story short, at the beginning of March, we finally got the tenants to move out.
The good news being the market had recovered enough that we could finally try to sell it now without losing our pants. We had to clean, declutter, paint and fix up every area of the home with a goal of spending the least amount of money possible.
Over the next few weeks I’m going to share the primary fixes that we accomplished in small budget fashion. All of which contributed to helping us get this townhouse sold in under a week after it went on the market!
Budget Bedroom Makeover with Dark Gray Painted Closet Doors
And aside from a massive cleaning, wall patching and painting, one of the bigger decisions was what to do with these appliqued shabby chic- styled closet doors. But I just couldn’t imagine these doors looking appealing painted white again, as they were with the appliques. We put ours on a set of folding sawhorses with paint tarps underneath.
Use a paint roller, starting in the center of the door and working your way out to the ends. Consider using a semi-gloss paint, or using a water based top coat for durability. I used an eggshell and no top coat, but it’s a matter of preference, and I do believer both options would keep the finish in better shape in the long run.
Budget Master Bedroom Makeover with Painted Closet Doors for $209
Upon this revelation and since I already knew that I had chosen a whole house color pallette from the Sherwin Williams line. Wall paint color: SW Repose Gray (Lightened 50%)
More Townhouse Rehab Projects that we managed to pull off on a low budget While this is a large master bedroom with vaulted ceilings, the real estate photographer homed right in on these closed doors for the photo of this room for the listing.
