Home Sweet Home: Before

WE HAVE BEEN HOUSE HUNTING SINCE MAY. IT HAS BEEN A LONG JOURNEY, BUT WE ARE SO BLESSED TO FINALLY HAVE A HOME! WE CLOSED ON OUR HOME ONE MONTH AGO, AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING NON-STOP EVER SINCE. THE HOME WAS BANK OWNED AND NEEDED/NEEDS A LOT OF WORK. EVEN THOUGH WE STILL HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO, WE ARE STARTING TO SEE SOME GOOD RESULTS. HERE ARE SOME BEFORE PICTURES AND THE AFTER PICTURES ARE ON THE PREVIOUS POST. THE AFTER PICTURES ARE STILL NOT FINISHED BUT WILL GIVE YOU A GLIMPSE OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING. THANKS AGAIN TO ALL OF OUR FAMILY WHO'VE HELPED US THROUGH THIS TRANSITION. WE COULDN'T HAVE DONE THIS WITHOUT YOU!

NEEDS A PAINT JOB, BUT WE LOVE THE LOT AND THE MATURE TREES, ESPECIALLY MY BIRCH TREE :)

NICE VIEW OF THE GOLF COURSE RIGHT BEHIND OUR HOUSE


KITCHEN: YIKES :)

LAUNDRY ROOM: OH HOW I LOVE WALLPAPER. A BIG THANKS TO MY MOM FOR TAKING THIS OFF THE WALL FOR ME :)

HALF BATH DOWNSTAIRS

FAMILY ROOM

LIVING ROOM: THE FIRST THING WE DID WAS RIP OUT ALL OF THE URINE STAINED CARPET FROM THE DOWNSTAIRS AND UPSTAIRS. THAT WAS FUN. THANKS FOR SHELLY FOR HELPING US DO THIS JOB. WE WERE REALLY BLESSED AT THE CLOSING ON OUR HOUSE AND ALSO FINDING SOME AMAZING SALES TO BE ABLE TO PUT NEW FLOORING THROUGHOUT THE HOUSE. PRAISE GOD BECAUSE THAT WAS SOMETHING WE HAD TO DO.

DINING ROOM

THREE COATS OF PAINT TO COVER ALL THE WOOD TRIM. TAKES FOREVER, BUT IT REALLY BRIGHTENED EVERY ROOM

MASTER BATH: TO THE RIGHT WE HAVE A NICE SIZED WALK IN CLOSET AND TO THE LEFT IS A SHOWER AND TOILET (WHICH REALLY NEED SOME WORK...YUK)

MASTER ROOM: HAPPY WITH THE SIZE OF THIS ROOM

GUEST BATH

BLAKE'S ROOM

LAYLA'S ROOM

GUEST ROOM/FUTURE NURSERY (NO I'M NOT PREGNANT)

UPSTAIRS HALLWAY: THEY WERE CEILING FAN HAPPY. NEVER SEEN A CEILING FAN IN A HALLWAY BEFORE

Home Sweet Home: After

FOYER: TO THE LEFT IS A LIVING ROOM AND TO THE RIGHT IS THE DINING ROOM

ONE OF MY THRIFT STORE FINDS: MY INSPIRATION CHAIR FOR THIS ROOM. I WOULD LIKE TO TURN THIS ROOM INTO A DEN/LIBRARY/OFFICE

DINING ROOM

THROUGH THE HALLWAY IS THE FAMILY ROOM: LOVE THE BUILT IN BOOKSHELVES AND BEAMS IN THIS ROOM. WE WERE BLESSED WITH A GIFT FROM MY REALTOR THAT YOU CAN SEE ABOVE THE FIREPLACE :)

MASTER BEDROOM

BLAKE'S ROOM

LAYLA'S ROOM: ANOTHER GOODWILL FIND...MY INSPIRATION CHAIR FOR HER ROOM....LOVE IT :)

Candy Please

Lol...Eric laughed when he saw this picture and said "is that what I look like when we're trying to get the kids ready and out of the house"

Mommy's eyes :)

Blake made it down one street and said "sit down?" :)

Blake was a puppy dog, and Layla was a kitty cat. I couldn't really get Blake to say "trick or treat," but he would say "candy please" sometimes. We only made it down 1 1/2 streets, but he got double the candy...still trying to get the concept of "just one, blake" across to a 2 year old :) They both had fun!

Grandma's Lap

"I want to sit on grandma's lap!" Lol, going through pictures, I had to post this one. Also, to say a big thank you to my parents for letting me, my children, and my two dogs stay with them for the past few months. My children are not always little angels :) A big thank you to Shelly and Brian for letting Eric stay with them also. We finally found a temporary furnished apartment to live at in Indy, and we should be closing on our house next week :)