So, we bought a house..on Halloween..and I still haven't blogged about it. How sad is that? So here goes:
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| The new casa...before the work began |
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View from the living room into dining room
and front door. Don't you just love the three
different floors in one room? Ughh... |
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| View of living and dining rooms from hallway |
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View of breakfast nook from kitchen...those
charming country counters were immediately
destroyed- what a shame :) |
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| View of the living room from the front door |
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| View of kitchen from breakfast nook |
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| View of other side of kitchen |
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| Because every work site needs a superhero... |
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Master bedroom with popcorn ceiling scrapings
all over the floor |
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Our son's new room..which looks exactly like
the other spare room.
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Master bathroom...leaves a lot to be desired-
but that's the point in remodeling, right?
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The work begins..we started looking at how isolated the kitchen was, and how much we'd like to open up the big room. Then one night we got crazy..and busted the wall down. The I busted my finger. Then we went home. What a night.
So, that's the house. There's not much we loved about it, but plenty to like. I really like the breakfast nook and the master room is huge (compared to our past two houses). Why we weren't head over heels about it? The amount of remodeling it needed. But we got an amazing deal on it (she actually had it listed for 400 more square feet than it was, and that worked in our favor), and my husband is pretty handy, so we figured no biggie..we got this. Four months into it, I've decided I was about as naive as it comes in home remodeling. I figured, how long could it take to paint, remove the floors, build a bar, and put wood floors in? Well, when you only work on a house on the weekends..it takes awhile. However, I've kind of fallen in love with the place. All the walls are gray now, all the trim and fireplace are white, and all the carpet, old wood floors, and tile are gone. What a difference! It definitely gives you the go-get-'em you need to keep going. The rough part is, we think it'll be at least April before we're in there, and possibly May. We're staining and installing about 1,400 square feet of wood flooring, pouring and staining concrete counter tops, repainting three rooms (how the same paint and same color could come out totally different is beyond me), and installing new hardware and fans in all rooms. Can't Ty and his team come to our house??
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