It has taken me forever to finally update my blog on our new home! I was really trying to figure out how to do side-by-side before and after photos in GIMP but that ended with a big #$%! that!
We absolutely love/adore/cherish and are just basically nutzo about our house. It's the "I...I Love You" House (house numbers are 1143 and apparently back in the day of beepers people used 143 to say I love you). My boyfriends and I did not use that and I can't remember what we used!
Not that it hasn't already given our fair share of problems in our one month of living here. For instance, the pool has an algae even the pool company is having a hard time getting rid of and has dumped more than 20 gallons of chlorine in that thing. The A/C quit working. The ceiling leaked. Fortunately, these things have been easy-nothing-major fixes (except for the TBD pool issue). Oh the joys of home-ownership! We are still unpacking boxes. Basically, the living areas, both baths, master bedroom are pretty much done. All the boxes that we don't want to deal with are basically in piles in the office and the guest bedroom.
What did we accomplish before moving in? There's new paint on every surface, new baseboards and trim (also painted), lots of caulking, all the doors have been painted, new pantry, linen, coat and utility closet doors. We have new appliances and a good scrub down made the house seem brand new! Ya'll ready for lots of pictures?
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| Before - Exterior |
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| Before - Exterior close up |
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| After - Exterior painted door turquoise and spray painted the shutters black |
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| After - exterior I love the color! I also love the cute little doormat. Funny how those details can make a difference. |
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| Before - Entry/living room area |
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| Before - Entire living room area |
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| After - Living room |
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| After - new pillows - I love texture |
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| After - entry with Marilyn artwork and vintage record holder |
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| After - entry with new light fixture! |
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| Before - Guest Bathroom - so many wrongs and it was filthy |
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| After - Guest Bathroom - work in progress for sure but so much better! |
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| New Mirror - we didn't have mirrors in either bathroom! |
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| Before - wall on other side of dining area |
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| After - wall o' bookshelves...we used the bookshelves we already had but took the backs off to lighten up the heavy wood color. I may plan to install heavy duty floating shelves on this wall but this will suffice for now. |
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| Before - Roll Tide kitchen with bad paint job and dirt EVERYWHERE. Appliances didn't work! |
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| After - kitchen - major cleaning, painting the walls a soft aqua and new appliances |
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| Before - master bath (part of it anyway) |
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| After - master bath - paint, new mirror, shelving, towel ring....ta da! |
That's about it for now. We are still working on the master bedroom and I haven't taken after photos yet.
We still have so much do. We have big and little projects. Here's just a few things I have up my sleeve (in no particular order):
- replace garage door
- mount tv in living room
- replace fixtures in guest bath with Oil Rubbed Bronze ones
- purchase new dining furniture, buffet table and light fixture
- finish putting up all the artwork
- reupholster tufted headboard in master
- put up artwork in master
- unclutter and de-box office
- unclutter and de-box guest room
- purchase bed and bedding for guest room
- purchase loveseat that also pulls out to bed for office
- build outdoor table and seating area
- build/buy a firepit and seating
- install reverse-osmosis water treatment system
- landscaping
- new mailbox
See it's never-ending but oh so much fun! It already feels like home and a place we will be for a long time.
