What Have You Done That Has >"TOTALLY CHANGED"< Your Home?

[CADplans]

We have lived in our home for over 39.5 years,, and LOTS of changes have occurred,,
Some good, some not so good,, BUT, a few have TOTALLY CHANGED the home!!

Spring will be here soon, I might need time to get materials for another project,
so, I am hoping that you will share some of your home changes that REALLY made you much happier with your home.

Some of our big hitters have been (in no particular order)
1) Changed from carpet to hardwood floors

2) Replaced ALL the light fixtures that previously had incandescent light bulbs
(YES, we had to change all the fixtures, not just the bulbs)

3) Added a screened-in porch.

I could write a chapter of a book on how each of our changes have enhanced our life,,
(like the light fixtures, the heat from regular bulbs destroyed ALL of the wire insulation,, I am sure we were close to a fire)
but, that is WAY too much for this thread,,

I am sure that I could come up with more than 39.5 changes that we have made to our home,
that is because we change something MAJOR every year,,
(My wife ALWAYS jokes about how we have had to buy grass seed EVERY year we have been here,, I ALWAYS dig something up)

So, share with us your favorite home changes that have happened at your place,,
(or even someone else's home,, that will work, too!!)

 

[CalG]

Hydronic heated stone and tile floor in the kitchen /dining area.

NICE!

 

[jk96]

Hired a professional to take care of the fertilizing/chemicals for the lawn. Looked better in 12 months without seed over what I was trying to do myself for several years.

 

[Doofy]

Added a downstairs bedroom and a flat,level,carpeted walkway to the front door. Slate was not a good choice for the amount of ice and snow we receive.

 

[Oaktree]

My house is close to 200 years old, and has had who knows what done to it (with various levels of skill and taste) over those years. We're trying to keep the spirit of its era with modern conveniences.

We replaced the 1930s-vintage fuse box and wiring, while I was at it pulled CAT5 to 'most every room.

Re-plumbed the house with pex. It had copper, but it was not in good shape, many of the valves were stuck. Looked like the "last guy" plumbed it with all the odd length scrap pieces he had on the truck.

Insulation and much plugging of gaps.

Floors were all wood to begin with, but most had been covered with something by the PO. Tore up all of that, had the floors sanded and then polyurethaned them. The floor in our bedroom was the most puzzling...it had particle board with badly installed linoleum over it. My wife was all set to get some sort of engineered wood floor, but I held her off. Pulled up the particle board, expecting the worst. Other than some rather large gaps between planks, it was a nice wide pine floor. Sanded & refinished, looks great. Have some before & after pictures, but the room is so small it was hard to get a good angle.

 

[5030]

Installed bio mass heat.

 

[5030]

Running right now on mostly field corn btw.

 

[quicksandfarmer]

Spray foam the basement walls.

House is quieter, warmer in winter, less humid in summer. Haven't seen a mouse since we did it either.

 

[hosspuller]

Got a Wife ...My home is "TOTALLY CHANGED"

 

[RalphVa]

Best choices for us were the whole house 12.5 kw generator and the solar powered gate.