Friday, August 5, 2011

Changes to the outside....

Original street view.



The overgrown bushes were hiding windows sooo...
We ripped them out....
WOW. I can see the HOUSE!

THEN we planted a few nice smaller bushes. And added a nice Brick edge around the garden and then mulched it all.

WOW much better.

My hubby also dug out the couple tree stumps in the back yard.

Up comming projects to the outside, painting siding and shutters. (we are also currently working on the back porch and garden area).

From the Begining

When we first saw our house we knew there was a lot we needed to do. Painting was number one but we saw lots of potential! These are some pictures of the front before we moved in (notice the overgrown bushes begging to be cut. cant even see out the one window its completely smoothered by bush!!!)





Then there was the inside, with the avocado and yellow color paint. Some pictures were after the avocado color carpet was removed too....
Living room (getting ready to paint)



Dinning room (DH prepping for paint)

Kitchen


Down the steps from the kitchen this is the boys playroom has its own bath and porch exit.



The bath attatched to the boys playroom (complete with CARPETING yes avocado green carpet in a bathroom LOL)



The main bedroom



The boys bedroom




Our office (also third bedroom we just use it as an office)



Main Bathroom




AND last the basement. (yes I know EWWW) Part of the basement was finished but the water main had broke and it had to be gutted....






SO we began with paint BEFORE we moved in this way it smelled fresh and was more like home for us. We also put new tile in BOTH bathrooms. Then we brought in our furnishings etc, and this is what happened....



















So while its not complete. its MUCH better. Up coming projects in the near future. Replacing main bathroom sink/cabinet (we have one already so jut gotta put it in) and painting kitchen cabinets. (Eventually we want to redo the entire kitchen but thats not anytime soon) we also plan to lay tile in the kitchen, refinish wood floors and take down the tile on the walls in BOTH bathrooms so stay posted for more changes!!!!