House

On September 14th, Doug and I bought our keys to our first house!  It was a short sale, and we got a great deal on the house!  We love it!  The previous owners were artists, and messed up the house pretty bad.  There were hundreds of holes in the walls, random paint splotches everywhere, saw dust everywhere, and even peanut butter and jelly on the ceiling (apparently it was fun to throw food up there.)

We got the keys to the house on that Friday, moved everything into the garage the next day, then for 2 weeks we stayed with Doug's parents to clean up the house.  We couldn't move in until our appliances came, so we decided to make the most of it.  We, including friends and family, cleaned up the yard, chopped down trees, pulled a lot of weeds, cleaned the whole house, fixed holes in the walls, cleaned carpets, and painted the entire house.  We finally got to move in on October 1st.  Here are some before and after pictures.

Before

After

Living Room - Befores

Living Room - After

Kitchen Befores

Kitchen Afters

Chloe's Room Before 

Chloe's Room After

Blue Room Before

 Blue Room After

Master Before - We are missing a picture of the giant hole in the wall.  

Master After

 Stairs Before

Stairs After 

 Family Room Befores

Family Room Afters

Unfinished Bedroom

Laundry Room

Basement

Basement

Outside Before

 Outside Afters

We have made so many improvements on the house and we love all of it.  We are excited to continue to make it our own.  We still have some painting to do (a lot of touch ups), and we will hopefully be redoing the kitchen next year (significant water damage to the floor and counter tops).  We know exactly what we want to do with the laundry room, basement, and unfinished bedroom, and hopefully in the next 5-7 years we will be able to finish the rest of the house.