New Household Tour!!!!

Hey y'all. It's finally novel work solid tour time!

Thank you for beingness thus patient amongst me. I've wanted to percentage these pics amongst you for nearly a calendar month now. But, I've been busy...and also busy...and also scared.

I'm used to sharing ugly earlier pics followed past times a dainty after picture, in addition to it's really difficult for me to live vulnerable in addition to only live like, 'Hey await at my house! It's however ugly, y'all!'.


But, I've been thinking a lot well-nigh it, in addition to I realize that I fille out on thus much when I don't percentage the entire journeying amongst you guys, thus let's only create it. I'll live uncomfortable. I tin create it. There are worse things.

So, we've been living inward our work solid for only over five days now. I've already met amongst iii contractors, a kitchen designer, in addition to I've painted the dining room. I am pretty much foaming at the mouth.

Just to give you an thought of how crazy things are around here, hither is what the finally calendar week has been like.

We moved all of our materials out of the quondam house. And in addition to thus I had a mild meltdown for well-nigh 24 hours where I questioned all my decisions in addition to decided I was an awful idiot in addition to cried myself to sleep. It's difficult to explain, but I spent six years inward that house, painstakingly remodeling it, in addition to fifty-fifty though it was fourth dimension to movement on, in addition to fifty-fifty though nosotros were moving to our dream portion of town in addition to to a five acre wooded property, I was also moving into a work solid that needed everything redone, in addition to the feelings were overwhelming. Mostly because I receive got a 1 twelvemonth quondam babe who needs my constant attending in addition to I renovated this rootage work solid when I had 24 hours a twenty-four hours to dedicate to myself, basically.

I mean, I receive got perspective. These are non fifty-fifty problems. At all, which is why I was dorsum to normal after that rootage day. But, I am a human, in addition to moving is hard, in addition to I'm only beingness honest...I had a difficult fourth dimension amongst it. Also, allow it live known, moving amongst a babe is only impossible. I mean, I did it. But, I recall I must receive got blacked out because I can't fifty-fifty tell you how nosotros pulled it off.

So, anyway, that twenty-four hours the movers hauled all of our materials to the novel work solid in addition to nosotros pose it all inward the garage. Because nosotros are going to live doing the flooring throughout the entire work solid inward less than a calendar month in addition to at that topographic point is no argue to movement all of that inward only to movement it dorsum out. So, nosotros moved inward a distich couches, Ava's crib, in addition to our bed, in addition to the residual is inward here.

It's a weird feeling because I've lived without all of this materials for a calendar week in addition to I don't fifty-fifty fille most of it. But, also at that topographic point are a few things I am living without that are driving me crazy. Like chairs, a refrigerator, in addition to also living out of my suitcase, clothes-wise, is kinda a pain. It's similar a really weird opor-garai inward someone else's house. In fact, that's just what it feels like.

So, we've basically only been hanging out inward our novel 1970's fixer upper, enjoying the finer things inward life. The sellers took the fridge (surprise!), but nosotros had planned to supervene upon it anyway, in addition to since this kitchen is getting gutted in addition to replaced inward well-nigh a month, nosotros are roughing it amongst a mini fridge until then. Jesse somehow flora the bass magnet, thus it feels similar home.
Kinda.

Other than that, nosotros receive got couches in addition to a television setup inward the living room (temporarily) thus that nosotros tin at to the lowest degree relax until everything gets started. I wasn't certain if this work solid would experience similar habitation or non yet (since it feels thus outdated), but it almost forthwith did.

I recall a large portion of it is view. The work solid is nestled inward the woods on well-nigh five acres, in addition to our street dead ends at the lake. It's totally private, in addition to you can't fifty-fifty run across the work solid from the road. Deer wander around our yard, in addition to it's only the craziest thing.

The work solid is terribly outdated. It sat on the marketplace position for 2-3 years earlier nosotros flora it. But, the work solid is inward 1 of the best parts of town, in addition to on a huge someone property, in addition to nosotros know that nosotros tin brand this work solid a beautiful identify for us to savour for years to come. And then, 1 day, if nosotros ever desire to create it all over again, nosotros recall this work solid has the potential to pay off only similar our finally work solid did. 

Just to exhibit you what really sold me on this house, despite the interior....this is what you run across when you are on the dorsum deck.  Our holding draw goes well-nigh iii acres dorsum behind our fence, although it's unlikely nosotros volition ever create anything amongst it. Our finally work solid was inward a really busy neighborhood, crammed inward amongst other houses, in addition to it rapidly became my dream to detect somewhere Ava could run around 1 day.

This is the front end yard. That petty wooden trail (that needs major repairs) leads upwardly to the front end door. I'm really looking forwards to landscaping all of this 1 day, similar 2 years from now. :)

Standing on the top deck, only off the living room...

And in addition to thus our driveway. You can't fifty-fifty run across the work solid from the road. It goes way dorsum there. It genuinely feels similar heaven. Besides that fact that the work solid smells similar someone else's dogs.

You win some, you lose some.

Here's a motion-picture exhibit of Ava inward the driveway dorsum from when nosotros were getting the work solid inspected, well-nigh a calendar month ago. She was plainly really into it.

So, I've rambled long enough. Like I'm making my illustration or something. 

Let's receive got the work solid tour. I'm only going to trust that you guys believe inward me in addition to are also the sort of ladies (and gents?) who tin await beyond what's there. 

So, let's start inward the kitchen. This was the pic inward the existent estate listing. It's non bad at all. It's only thus non me.

This is a pic from my camera, in addition to it's much to a greater extent than honest. This work solid is a bounding main of orangish upon chocolate-brown upon tan. I am gutting the entire kitchen (selling it on Craigslist) in addition to starting over. Except for the appliances....those stay. Don't larn mad at me if you similar granite or those cabinets. I only receive got a totally different vision for this kitchen, in addition to it's a really small-scale space, in addition to I am determined to maximize my petty kitchen situation.

Also, this volition live my rootage total kitchen renovation, in addition to I couldn't live to a greater extent than excited. It should live underway inward well-nigh a calendar month 1 time the cabinetry is ready. And I hope to verbalize to a greater extent than well-nigh it soon.

Here's the thought of the kitchen from the reverse direction.

So, this is weird. Ava's room is really to the left of the kitchen. You become upwardly a petty laid of stairs in addition to she has her ain petty massive bed in addition to bath upwardly there. There isn't a door to her room. It's a giant hurting in addition to kinda drives me crazy. One of the rootage things nosotros are doing is having someone come upwardly frame inward in addition to create a doorway. Because uh-uh.

This is her petty bathroom. Full gut. Again, non bad at all, but I only receive got a vision for it.

It has some weird laminate tile. More beige.

This is her room. It looks similar it used to live 2 rooms, but they left a giant partitioning inward the middle. We are removing the partitioning in addition to replacing it amongst a header since it's charge bearing.

The thought from the other side. That door to the correct is her bathroom.

One to a greater extent than view.

When you come upwardly out of Ava's room in addition to plow the corner, at that topographic point is some other laid of stairs that leads to a basement bird bedroom. The motion-picture exhibit below is of me standing inward the kitchen doorway. The stairs to the correct become to Ava's room, the stairs to the left become to the invitee sleeping accommodation in addition to also out to the garage.

This is the invitee sleeping accommodation that's downwardly those stairs.

Opposite view. There's literally a petty hole cutting inward the wall in addition to a tiny sliding door. There's zero inward there. And I receive got no answers for you.

Oh, in addition to the popcorn ceilings create delight. It's similar popcorn times 100. Luckily most of the ceilings inward the work solid are already smooth. But at that topographic point are several areas that nosotros receive got to receive got someone come upwardly in addition to re-drywall. Because the texture is thus thick. But, hey, 10 points for making some petty floral swirls. 

So, hither are the stairs when you come upwardly out of the invitee bedroom, leading you dorsum upwardly to the landing correct past times the kitchen. This work solid has such a funky layout, in addition to that's only the truth. But, again, peaceful ground situation, thus I'm rolling amongst it. 

So, if you walk around the kitchen peninsula, at that topographic point is some other petty hallway. And at that topographic point you detect the stairway to the basement in addition to also some other total bath.

This bath volition live a total gut. The tub is inward really bad cast (although it looks okay inward the pic) in addition to the vanity looks to live from 1970 amongst 10 layers of pigment on it. That beingness said, it has a dainty granite countertop, thus I'm passing it along to a friend who tin usage it.
All I really know thus far is that I'll live using this mirror inward here.

Here's the reverse view.

When you walk out of the hallway, you travel into the dining room. This principal expanse feels really spacious in addition to has nifty views of the outside. We'll live redoing the wainscotting in addition to replacing all the fixtures, epitome in addition to redoing the flooring, etc. I haven't decided on my flooring computer programme yet, in addition to it's basically been consuming me (thanks to this flooring debacle in addition to this flooring debacle), but whatever nosotros take volition become through the entire principal bird in addition to bedrooms, only similar inward the quondam house. I'll become into to a greater extent than exceptional well-nigh all of that later.

Another thought of the dining room.

There's the entryway. As in...you opened the front end door, in addition to you receive got entered.

And here's the living room.

Another thought of the living room. Not a dead trunk inward there, only a pile of quondam curtains.

Also Federal Reserve annotation that sugariness Tuscan (?) inspired wall texture. 

I've been really enjoying sanding that off.

From the below pic, you tin run across how at that topographic point is a laid of stairs in addition to on the other side is the kitchen. 

All of the stairs inward this work solid (all 4 sets...gonna live werkin on my fitness) volition live redone amongst hardwood. I'll live leaving the atomic give away 26 balusters alone, but epitome the newel posts.

I've been epitome a lot this calendar week already in addition to everytime I pigment over something that's orange, it's similar Mario running over a mushroom.

So, this laid of stairs leads direct upstairs to the master copy bedroom.

And you literally walk upwardly to our room. Again, at that topographic point is no door. It's really no mystery why this work solid sat on the marketplace position for years. There are well-nigh a 1000000 reasons, but the no door thing seems pretty high upwardly there.

We'll live fixing that asap.

Here is the master copy bedroom. It has its ain petty balcony in addition to it's a pretty decent size. And for some reason, I've slept thus practiced upwardly here. It only feels thus peaceful, fifty-fifty amongst quondam domestic dog carpet.

You guys know how much I loved our quondam master copy bedroom, but the truth of the affair is that it was inward a busy neighborhood in addition to I could listen cars constantly zooming around our house. It's thus dainty to only listen crickets. I've ever been a chip of an insomniac, thus for me to only live falling asleep the infinitesimal I larn into bed feels similar some sort of life changing event.

Here's the thought from the reverse side. You tin run across the staircase leading downwardly to the principal level, that's the walk inward cupboard straight ahead, in addition to the door to the master copy bath on the left.

Master closet. Not huge, non small. I tin bargain amongst it. I'll rework it.

And hither is the master copy bath. These are the professional person pics from the existent estate listing.

I've met amongst a distich different contractors to verbalize over options. We've discussed making a bigger shower, replacing the large tub amongst a gratuitous standing tub, etc. Or fifty-fifty only retiling the entire thing in addition to epitome it. It volition really come upwardly downwardly to the budget, thus nosotros volition see. 

These are pics from my ain camera, in addition to again, a much to a greater extent than honest await of what's really there. 

I mean, inward all honesty, it feels similar a large upgrade from our finally master copy bathroom, thus fifty-fifty though I know it's non really stylin', Ava in addition to I receive got used that tub almost every unmarried day.

And also, there's this.

And in addition to thus finally but non least, hither is the basement.

Scary steps leading downwardly (will live redone)...

 Here's the principal room. Keeping that sugariness lite fixture (no).

The beam volition live removed in addition to replaced amongst a header, since it is also charge bearing. But, that way it volition live 1 large room, rather than a large room amongst a beam inward the middle. And plainly some other things volition live done, similar flooring, paint, etc. We dearest a practiced basement hangout, thus I know we'll larn a lot of usage out of this space.

Also downwardly inward the basement is a really awful laundry room in addition to an piece of work space. I receive got some plans for this infinite that include adding a bath in addition to drywalling inward the laundry room area, but those are depression on the renovation totem pole. 

This is the thought from the walkout basement. There's a huge deck downwardly hither that nosotros computer programme to plow into a screened inward porch. Eventually. The lake is inward walking distance, only downwardly the street, thus you listen a lot of H2O noises. It's heaven.

 And at nowadays you tin become dorsum upwardly my shaggy carpeted basement stairs in addition to the tour is over.

That's the social club I took the pictures on my camera, in addition to my fourth dimension is express these days amongst a feisty thirteen calendar month old, thus only saving the best for last.

Thank you guys SO MUCH for believing inward me in addition to for next along on this journey. Your comments in addition to dearest via Instagram over the past times calendar week or thus receive got seriously kept me going. I only can't fifty-fifty tell you how much that way to me.

I'm thus excited to live getting started on this projection in addition to I'm thus glad you guys are coming along amongst me.

Until side past times side time.

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