House Tour - The Befores

Admittedly, we've done a pretty crappy job of taking before photos of the new house. We got to work within hours of getting the keys, so there wasn't much time. I'm already regretting not taking a second to snap some pictures because its so important to really see how far you've come. Luckily, we have a few pictures from the listing and some when we had our walk through. Its better than nothing! Anyway, here she is in all of her poopy brown glory!

 

The Living/Dining Room

 

 

 

This room has probably come the furthest of all of the rooms. The very first thing we did was hire a contractor (due to time constraints) to divide this one large room into two rooms. One is a front room that's open to the front door, and one that is enclosed into an office. Here's how it looks today:

 

 

Front door is immediately to the left

 

Prior to carpet installation

 

 

The Kitchen

 

 

 

 

We've made little baby steps in this room. The drywall media center has been demo'ed and is one large open space now. The window you see in the upper right hand corner was also drywalled over. We are planning on doing a built in recessed media console here (DIY, of course). We've also removed the frilly curtains and prepped for paint. Down the road, we will paint the cabinets and put in new countertops!

 

 

Hunter's Room

 

 



Holy blue, Batman! This room has been pretty transformed with paint and new carpet. Here it is today (sans furniture and décor):

 



 

 

Guest Room

 

 

 

 

I'd love to say this room looks totally different and beautiful, but it pretty much looks the same. I'm going to be getting my paint on tomorrow, so I'll be sure to share the progress.

 

 

Play Room

 

 

 

This room also looks the same, with the exception of new carpet. Its a HUGE room (20'x16') so its going to be a big undertaking.

 

 

Master Bedroom

 

 





 

This room is the same, except for the carpet, too.

 

 

The Backyard

 

 



 

We love love love the backyard. It is so relaxing and beautiful. It was one of the main reasons we love this house.

 



Not Pictured (Yet)

 

Family Room

Stairway

Upstairs Hall

Downstairs hall

Avah's Room

Downstairs Bathroom

Upstairs Bathroom

Master Bathroom

Laundry Room

 

 

So there you have it! We have lived here for 3 weeks now, and we've accomplished all of this with our own two hands (except the building of the room) during nights and weekends, I'm pretty freakin' impressed with us. There is still so, so much more to do, but we are loving every step!