I never updated about our house. We bought a home in Nov 2009. We FINALLY moved in on Oct 2011, just after Oliver was born . It seemed like renovations would never end. We planed to move in my Jan of 2010, yeah we were wrong. Like many renovations once you open a wall up you find all sorts of a mess. The old owners did anything to make a job fast and easy, resulting in a need for new electrical and plumbing throughout the whole home. Luckily I married the best man in the world. He is able to do everything. He hated this house for a VERY long time, but now I think he likes it... We still have house work to do especially outside. We have big plans for the landscaping, but its been tooo cold to do anything and last summer was a mad dash to get the inside livable. We have many pictures from before, but yet to really take good afters, so soon there will be better ones to show all of our hard work. (by our I mostly mean Mikes, being pregnant I was banned from many projects). But her is a good before and after of out kitchen!
The kitchen when we bought the home, ew. On the left there was a wall full on cabinets with a small door going into a sun room that was totally useless.
Now, I painted the cabinets. Mike put in all new lighting. On the left the small counter you can see is actually a large bar with stools, opening into the new dining room. It is now one huge room instead of two small rooms. Originally the sun room was a step down which made it feel like a strange addition, now its all one level and beautiful. I love my kitchen. There is soo much space, counter and cabinets. When we move I am going to have a hard time finding a kitchen I will be okay with after this one.
So one of these days I will post pictures on the whole house. But for now I'm just thankful that it is livable and we are no longer living in a tiny smelly basement with crazy loud college kids upstairs!!!
