Volunteer Spotlight: Holly Jackson and before and afters of her Cottage House

At in person MAREI Meetings, you will find Holly Jackson behind the check in desk checking people in, processing memberships, and making name tags. Behind the scenes she helps moderate social media, sends out our weekly newsletter and answers a few emails and phone calls.

Day to day you will probably find her in her latest rehab house, which currently is "Wall Paper Hell. Be sure to visit Facebook.com/EcoLivingProperty to get a tour her latest projects and meet her 2 great kids

Holly and her business partner, Robin Mady own and operate Eco Living Property where they focus on creating home environments where individuals can feel confident in the ecological safety of the products used. They renovate and resell homes as well as host a few local short term rental properties. In our projects they work to reduce waste, re purpose materials, improve energy efficiency and utilize sustainable products where possible.

Holly is also a licensed Realtor with eXp Realty where she uses creative ways to solve property problems.

To connect with Holly visit her website at EcoLivingProperty.com or send an email to Holly@EcoLivingPropety.com and when you see her, be sure to thank her because a lot of what we do would not happen without her.

The Cottage House

The Cottage House Before

The Cottage House After

The exterior and bones of this property were in pretty good shape. The white exterior paint was fading in some places was updated with a gray, black and red scheme.

The Old Kitchen

The New Kitchen

Reverse of Kitchen

Revers and new breakfast area

Everything in this kitchen screamed OLD except for the cheap laminate floor. Insert new soft close custom cabinets, stainless steel appliances, butcher block counter, tile back splash, and new hardwood floors.

The Old Living Room

After a Little Paint

The original living room fireplace was surrounded by paneling. Painted to transform into a fresh , hip feature wall.

Why is the sink outside of the bathroom, gotta love the red carpet.

The New Master Bath

The entire second floor received all new sheet rock and carpeting. The bathroom sink was outside the bathroom and there were two doorways on the left side one leading to a tiny bathroom and one leading to a closet.

By combining what was the bathroom and the closet next to it we were able to enlarge the space and create a beautiful new en suite with a large tiled shower.

Visit Facebook.com/ EcoLivingProperty to go back and review the photos and videos of this project from start to finish, see some videos of the project as it progressed, and to follow Holly through her newest project.