Okay, so here are some pics of the house and what we have done. The bedrooms are not in on here yet, but will be as they get done. This is Sean's handy work in the bathroom. His cousins came over to help him with the tiling, but he did a lot of it on his own. Patti (Sean's mom) and I went to Lowe's for something and came across this fabulous tile that was so inexpensive. We immediately fell in love. Sean really wanted to have a trim and I wanted it to stay as inexpensive as possible… but we also found the trim for very little as well, so I think it was meant to be. This is the inside of the shower window, and the same trim goes around the whole shower. You can see it better in this pic. As the boys were measuring the tile they began to notice that the bath tub was not even. It took them a long time to figure out what they were going to do, since removing the tub was not an option. Bradon, Kenton (Sean's cousins), and Sean are such perfectionists that you cannot tell one bit that some of the tiles are cut differently to make them all straight in the end. The finished result looks so wonderful and professional. I never realized that I was marrying someone so handy... Lucky me! I never thought so much dust could be possible! But I guess it didn't help that they had to cut half of the tiles in the house because it was snowing outside.. But everything cleaned up really well and looks so amazing. Thank you so much Bradon and Kenton, and your wonderful wives for letting us steal them away!
This is the kitchen. It is pretty nicely sized. We have a ton of storage and plenty of moving around space. The house was built in 1957 and at that time they did not have a lot of the luxuries that we have now. But there is a place right next to the sink for dish washer! There is not one there now but hopefully there will be someday. Sean's dad put in a disposal when he was redoing all of the piping as well. All of the appliances are new, and everything works really well. The washer is in the kitchen and there is no dryer, yet, but there is a clothes line in the back yard! ha ha never in a million years did I ever think I would ever use or have a clothes line! There is room for a dryer next to the washer which we will have before I move in, since all of the washing is being done at my apartment.
In the family room there was this perfectly fitted rug for the entire floor space that was forest green! We looked under it and there were “almost” perfect hard wood floors, the bedrooms have it but we were so happy that the carpet was just lying on top, not stapled in or anything. The previous owners painted the whole house white before they sold it, so for us it was a perfect blank slate. We painted all of the walls a light tan and have an accent wall of "Buffalo".
This is what you see when you first walk in. This is probably my favorite area to look at in the house (there is not much to compare it to yet). With the lamps on at night and all the lights shut off I think to myself what that picture will mean to me and my family someday. That saying "All because two people fell in love"... This is the picture I want up there. The one I want to represent our family and our future. It is so peaceful; I can look at it and think about the future and what it holds for us. We are so excited for all the new things to come and feel really good where we are at right now. I hope you all like the pictures and can get some sort of idea of where we are at. I will keep you posted and take more pictures when all of my stuff is in here. By that time I will officially be Jill Brown!!!
