To this day, I remember getting the call from Danny telling me he found *the* house. The kids and I were visiting family in New Mexico at the time, but I could hear the excitement in his voice when he gave me the MLS# to look it up on-line. I have to admit after viewing the few photos on-line I was not the least bit impressed, but I did agree to see it in person when we returned home.
As it turns out it was the house for us, but it definitely had to grow on me. It took several showings, (I am sure the original owners were sick of us by the time we finally made an offer) before I began to see a vision. At first, it was hard for me to get past the work I felt the house needed to reflect our style, but today I am excited about this new adventure.
I wanted to share with you some of the pictures I took the day we closed on our house. (I have decided to split the house photos in two posts because the are so many, so today will be photos of the first floor). I hope that this will give you a better idea of where we began and what we are working with. So get comfortable, this post is photo heavy.
This is looking at the front door while standing the the formal dining/living room. The double-doors on the left lead into my office (Yea! I finally got myour room!)
And here is the view of the family room from the kitchen area.
This is the kitchen. It is not original to the house, the previous home oweners remodeled it in 2002. One of my favorite things they did is the pull-out drawers in the cabinets.
Another kitchen photo.
Our laundry room is off the kitchen as you go into the garage. I love the location, but I must say this was a HUGE sacrifice on my part. I really wanted a larger laundry room and this one is nothing to write home about.
Our master bedroom is off the kitchen as well. At first, I thought it was a strange location, but it is growing on me. This room and the master bathroom by far require the most updating. We pretty much want to gut the entire area and start fresh. The pluses in our bedroom are the three very large windows and nice shelving systems in the closets, but otherwise we have our work cut out for us here.
Here is the shelving system I mentioned above, the color of the closets however....well it speaks for itself. There's nothing like a purple hue casted on your clothing when your trying to find an outfit.
Now, to the master bathroom. Ugh! I don't even know where to begin here, but it is all going! Someday. And if I have it my way, it will be sooner than later!
Well there you have it, the first floor. In a few days, I will post Part 2.
As it turns out it was the house for us, but it definitely had to grow on me. It took several showings, (I am sure the original owners were sick of us by the time we finally made an offer) before I began to see a vision. At first, it was hard for me to get past the work I felt the house needed to reflect our style, but today I am excited about this new adventure.
I wanted to share with you some of the pictures I took the day we closed on our house. (I have decided to split the house photos in two posts because the are so many, so today will be photos of the first floor). I hope that this will give you a better idea of where we began and what we are working with. So get comfortable, this post is photo heavy.
This is looking at the front door while standing the the formal dining/living room. The double-doors on the left lead into my office (Yea! I finally got my
Behind the double-doors we have my office. I am super happy about this room and I am even happier it has a walk-in closet!
When you open the front door this is the view. You are standing in the formal dining/living room.
Here is the other side of the room. As of right now, we are not sure what we are going to do with this space. We have thrown around the idea of putting up a wall and dividing the two rooms, but we are not sure. Right now, it is a catchall room, which is probably not the best idea since it is the first room you see upon entering the house.
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If you keep walking towards the back of the house, you will find yourself in the family room. These large windows were a selling point for me.
And here is the view of the family room from the kitchen area.
And this is the breakfast nook (another selling point for me).
This is the breakfast nook's hideous wallpaper, but I sure do love those windows!
This is the kitchen. It is not original to the house, the previous home oweners remodeled it in 2002. One of my favorite things they did is the pull-out drawers in the cabinets.
Another kitchen photo.
Our laundry room is off the kitchen as you go into the garage. I love the location, but I must say this was a HUGE sacrifice on my part. I really wanted a larger laundry room and this one is nothing to write home about.
Our master bedroom is off the kitchen as well. At first, I thought it was a strange location, but it is growing on me. This room and the master bathroom by far require the most updating. We pretty much want to gut the entire area and start fresh. The pluses in our bedroom are the three very large windows and nice shelving systems in the closets, but otherwise we have our work cut out for us here.
Here is the shelving system I mentioned above, the color of the closets however....well it speaks for itself. There's nothing like a purple hue casted on your clothing when your trying to find an outfit.
Now, to the master bathroom. Ugh! I don't even know where to begin here, but it is all going! Someday. And if I have it my way, it will be sooner than later!
Well there you have it, the first floor. In a few days, I will post Part 2.
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