Our new house.

We recently purchased a foreclosure about a block from where we live now. We outgrew our current home about 6 months after we moved in. Anyway this was such a steal we couldn't pass it up. So these are the "before" pictures, don't judge yet, because when were finished you wont even recognize it!!

Front view of the house.

View from the back yard, looking at the deck which will be replaced and some sort of wooden dog area I guess, that will come down as well.

This is what wont be the living room anymore. Its long and oddly shaped. Were knocking down part of the wall on the right.

This is from what wont be the dinning room any more once the wall is gone, looking into the kitchen, I hate that opening it doesn't fit and looks pretty crappy in my opinion.

This is one shot of the old kitchen, All of the cabinets are coming out, new ones to be delivered next week!! That flooring is coming up as well, new tile in the kitchen, and hardwood in the living and dinning rooms.

Above is two shots of the old dated cabinets that will be coming out.

This is the first bedroom, the "red room" this room I despise, it was the first thing I changed. No more Mickey Mouse wall paper and red paint. What you cant see from the picture is the trim and base boards. The trim is painted blue, black and gold. The bottom half of the base boards are gold while the top half and bottom inch of the wall are black. Wow, what were they thinking?

Second bedroom, Lily's future room. This one wasn't in that bad of shape, cleanest carpet in the whole house which of course has been ripped up.

The master bedroom, with an orange wall. What more can I say?

Hall bath with carpet.... gross. New vanities and sinks will be installed. Tile in the vanity area and on into the tub area and of course mirrors.

The master bath, my little headache. This will have to be completely gutted down to the studs and rebuilt. It is awful! Painted tile on the sink, green tile floor, poorly installed shower which led to sheet rock and some flooring damage.

This is the "finished" area in the basement. Paneling that's not installed properly will be replaced with sheet rock. A new drop ceiling will come after the wiring is brought up to code. New flooring to cover the concrete, and a few new walls and doors will make it so when you come down the stairs your in the finished area and we will have a den/play room/ storage place for exercise equipment which never gets used (but now we will have a place for).





So the past week has already made me sore, a lot of late nights starting demolition. Good bye wall paper.... and nasty carpet. All the cabinets are gone and most of the wall has been torn down. Ill be posting "progress" pictures soon hopefully. Of course the "after" pictures will be the ones I'm most proud of.

We are excited, so if you want to come hang out and paint or lay tile or scrape wall paper by all means the more the merrier :)

Pray for us that we make it through renovation, that our current home sells and that our new home will be as blessed as this one and as filled with love, laughter, family and friends as much, if not more.