Sunday, August 1, 2010

Home Sweet Home......?

Aleksi and I got the keys to our house on Friday.
What should have been a really exciting day was actually quite overwhelming.
We moved all of our stuff in and quickly realized that we really don't have a lot of stuff.
Aleksi has a TON of clothes and I have a lot of scrapbooking stuff. That's it.
We have a big, empty house that needs a lot of work. A LOT OF WORK.
Aleksi and I spent hours in the backyard yesterday weeding, raking and finding treasures.
Treasure=2 dead birds, tennis ball, dice, a broken gardening tool and a lot of never-before-seen bugs.
We managed to get several huge piles of sticks, weeds, and dead leaves and it still doesn't look like we made a dent. *sigh*
Someday I will be able to post "after" pictures and they will be darling, I promise you that. Until then enjoy these ugly "before" pictures of our new house (not yet a home).


(excuse the boxes and bags--we still haven't completely unpacked the stuff we do have)
Living Room



Kitchen


We are dying to rip down the nasty wall paper border and we thought we wanted to paint the cupboards, but quite a few people have said that we shouldn't. What do you think?



Laundry Room

This room will look much better when a washer and dryer occupy the dirty corner.

Bathroom--the only thing thats semi-new in the entire house.

Aleksi's room


My Room--don't you just love the stars??
Craft Room
This room is mostly windows and will be darling with a fun color of paint on the walls. I'm mostly excited to decorate this room..obviously.

Backyard

The backyard wraps around the whole house..so its pretty decent sized. The open gate you see in the picture leads to our SECOND backyard--which is mostly dead grass and a firepit.

FYI..this picture was taken *before*our yardwork.

6 comments:

Tara James said...

Im sure you two will make this home beautiful!!!! :-) I love it, perfect for you who will be super creative and make something not so cute into somethhing quite fabulous!!

Tenille Gates said...

Nice pad ;0) Looks like you have lots of projects in store! The kitchen cabinets would look good painted Or just how they are...the wood isnt an ugly wood. I look forward to your 'afters!'

winn mom said...

cute house - you will find some really fun stuff to fill it in.
My vote is not to paint the cabinets - they are cute already.
This house is a great find - I know you worked hard to find it - be patient and it will be darling.
love ya

Mamawags said...

I love the cabinets just how they are!! Add color on the walls. That wood has a great personality of its own!

I know you will make this place super, super cute :)

Krystyna said...

Yay! A week from Friday when I am graduated, you better believe I will be over there helping every day! I can't wait for you girls to make it the home of your dreams, because when it's finished it will be totally ADORABLE!

And, don't paint the cabinets. They are totally retro and after you get the border down and paint the walls you will LOVE them.

harmony said...

i knew it about the cabinets! no paint! just rip down that sunflower(is it?) wallpaper. i cant remember what it was. just ugly. but your home is fabulous! I cant wait to come back and see the improvements youve made. getting your beds out of the living room might help, but i dunno, it made a real comfy feel to it. the first thing you should do though is get a telescope so you can spy on the guys next door without being conspicuous.