we've been busy...

we bought a house... and it was a disaster! so we've pretty much been working on it everyday since memorial day, give or take a few weeks of vacay.

this is a lovely glass block window that led from the dining room to the kitchen. that definitely had to go. notice the mirror pieces framing it.

this is the color the previous owner decided to paint every possible door, window frame, baseboard, cabinet, you name it! i think he just loved home-depot as much as we do.

this is a grainy shot of the bathroom. trust me, you don't want to see anything more than 2 megapixels worth of that. notice the saloon door that leads into the shower area.

here is the nasty sink. i wouldn't even wash my hands in it.

sick kitchen.
so basically the previous owner hadn't dusted or cleaned anything in 45 years and he must have lived with a sasquach--that is the only logical explanation for the amount of hair that was in this place.

about 100 consecutive days spent at home depot and/or lowes, here's a little taste of what things look like now and it's definitely not finished.

this is the kitchen... or a few views of it.

as always, dishes in the sink.

this is just a close up of the backsplash for those of you readers who have not visited.

this is the dining room now. those cabinets do have doors, however they are in the basement at the moment.

view from the front door, the living room.

other view.

hallway. duh.

bathroom

it's still a work in progress. in fact, i am trying to get the bedrooms finished this week. should be a challenge.

anyways, come visit! it's not a disaster zone anymore. i promise we won't make you work either. (sorry andie for having to scrape grout off of the bathroom floor for a week. you're next visit will be much more luxurious)