Our Home: Now (July 2011)

So I finally got around to taking some “after” shots of the house so you can see the progress we’ve made since moving in. The word “after” should be taken lightly because clearly there is still some work to be done (like finishing the mantle…a project I’m working on right now and will hopefully share the finished product soon). Okay – I admit it – the house was only clean enough to take pictures of because we had people over last night.  I think we should have people over more often just so we are forced to keep the house clean!

Living Room: View from the front door before…

and AFTER!

view from the hallway into the living room before:

now:

another after (without the mantle) of the living room – this poor picture doesn’t have a matching before, but it will survive.  oh..and yes, it is July, and yes, we have a Christmas tree.  that’s how we roll.

view from the living room into the dining room before:

and now!

view from the kitchen into the dining room before:

and now:

master bedroom then:

and now:

and I don’t have a before picture of the master bathroom, but here it is now:

Guest Bedroom then:

now:

and the office:

now:

bathroom 1:

now:

 

Clearly decorating (and adding some COLOR!!!) needs to be a priority, but I think it is so much better than before!!!

Our home: Before–the bathroom

When we first purchased the house we had 1.5 bathrooms.  The bathroom with the shower/bath combo was in the hallway and the master bath was just a toilet and a sink. Unfortunately I only have a before picture of the full bathroom – you’ll just have to imagine the half bath – it had the same seashell sink as the picture below and had beautiful bows and flowers stenciled on the walls like the master bedroom did.

Semi-Before:  the main bathroom (we had started painting this bathroom – the true “before” bathroom was all that sunshine yellow color)

Before–the outside version

Our Home: Before

Looking back on our home remodel project, I’m really disappointed we didn’t do a better job of taking before pictures of our house.  (I guess that is a note for next time!) 
Here are some of the before pictures we actually have – they aren’t true before pictures because the day we were handed the keys to the house I pulled up the carpet.  The previous owner didn’t believe in cleaning and had WAY too many pets for this size of a house – add that to 20 year old carpets and you’ve created a recipe for disaster on my allergies.
These pictures are from the weekend we moved into the house.  I’d apologize for the mess, but for the 4 (going on 5) years of our remodel our house has been in a semi-constant state of disorganization.  I’m actually surprised we both make it out of the house fully dressed for work every morning.  Well – I guess it isn’t actually that bad, but some days it sure feels like it.
Alright – here it goes…
Our living room – view from the front door:

view from the hallway into the living room

view from the living room into the dining room:

view of the stylish orange wall down the hallway:

View into the kitchen from the dining room:


Master bedroom (let me ask you – who doesn’t want a princess pink master bedroom with frilly white curtains?)

guest bedroom 1:

Guest bedroom 2:

it looks like I still need to dig up some before pictures of the bathrooms before sharing the after pictures.