We really do love our cute little home with the red shutters & doors, and I'm sure will love it more and more as we get settled in (and the boxes all disappear).
Here are some pictures of our "clean slate" before we moved in.....
Our cute little front porch just asking for a porch swing and bistro table!
The front door opens right into the little living room. We are still waiting on doors for our fire place. If you know Adam, it has killed him this winter to not be able to burn the mountain of firewood that is just hanging out in our back yard. It is taller than it is wide, so we had to have them custom made which has taken a lot longer than it should've due to some inaccurate measurements. One more week.
The little hallway- notice the grate in the floor. Most old houses have a big metal grate in the floor for their air intake, but when the previous owners repaired & re-stained the hardwoods, they put a wood grate that fits flush with the floor in. Such a great idea. So thankful they thought to do this!
Then you come into the dining area, and huge kitchen with brand new everything. I LOVE it and have had so much fun organizing & "settling into" it.
The dining area from the kitchen
The guest bathroom. They put in a jacuzzi tub in the guest shower. Again, thankful for the thoughtfulness on that one since there certainly isn't room for on in the master bath.
This is one of the 2 extra bedrooms. For an old house, the original closets are surprisingly big.
The beam that runs in from the front of that alcove marks the edge of the original house. The back half, including the kitchen, master & back living area are all an addition.
There are 2 doors into the master.... one from the middle bedroom....
.....and one from the back living area.
Part of the master bath
The back "living area"
It's a really long room.... with a lot of potential.
And for a little glimpse of our reality right now....
That "potential" is cluttered with boxes.
I can't wait until the visions of a lovely little sitting area with a bench seat in this area take shape.....
......with a built in mini-office workspace in that corner by the back door.
The downside of buying an old house- no basement OR garage (or driveway for that matter). So you can imagine my delight that all of THIS.......
is going into the shed that is going to be built TOMORROW! PTL. I'm ready for the yard tools, bike, and other manly things to be OUT of here, and to begin to turn this area into a workspace/office area.
My head is constantly spinning with visions of how I want this area to take shape.
Next step.... painting the whole house.... since it's all currently "real estate beige." We learned about 9 years ago, that we don't paint walls ourselves. Neither of us has the patience it takes to do so.... especially when it's your whole house. Keeping my fingers crossed that the painting process will start ASAP!
And here's a little glimpse of our WONDERFUL back yard with a 3-tiered back deck WITH a built in fire pit and a giant magnolia tree. Love. It.
So that's our big blank slate. I look forward to sharing more with you as time goes on!
