The first decoration is up!!! Thank you to Jana and Chris, we LOVE it!! We have another plaque from our Realtor that needs to go up as well, but as it was in Joey's car, I didn't hang it. I imagine this particular corner eventually being filled with pictures, maybe with some of my grandmother's old recipe cards as accents (if I can steal them from my mother!)
This is the mud room/rear entrance. Jasper is peeking out the window to check out a noise (or just to see the view? Who knows. He's a dog!) The mudroom has wood floors underneath the awful carpet (I don't understand...) Eventually the blinds will come down, and we'll put up hooks and a bench with shoe storage on the opposite side. You can't see it in this picture, but the basement access is to the right (through a door with a chain lock on the outside--I also don't understand!!) We'll leave the white, but probably will update the light fixture and will paint the lock on the outside door. It is an original door to the house...I LOVE the look of these doors! They're all over the house. I'm so grateful they're still here.
From the other side, a view into the kitchen, which is also carpeted (see above confusion for why carpeting!) The kitchen will get a small facelift for the meantime and will at some point in the future (5 years??) get a major renovation. There's all this great potential space above the cabinets, and there's a useless cabinet above the space where the fridge goes (the ones you never get into.) There's this great big BEAUTIFUL window above the sink, which I cannot waaait to frame out and make it look even better, and add a roman shade instead of the weird lacey thing (with random sewing needles--who knows.) It's nice, but not our style at all.
Oh, and the dining nook. The table is just okay...but the bench is really something else. I forgot to get a good picture of it, I'll do that the next time I get into the house. It doesn't match anything else in the house!! I can't figure it out. The dishwasher is non-functional. That'll be fun for a little while! Not visible in the photo is a laundry chute, useful for
when the children are being naughty and are banished to the basement quickly getting laundry down to the basement.
Puke green carpet! Awesome!! And questionable curtains. While difficult to see in the photo, it appears that there is some nice wood paneling near the fireplace. Don't be fooled, it's plastic. Don't worry, we'll replace it with real wood. I know a guy. ;) The fireplace will also someday receive an update, and possibly an insert for more efficient heating.
The master bedroom (or what we're claiming is the master bedroom anyway) is the door that can be seen off to the left in the living room/dining room picture. The wallpaper is actually quite lovely, but I doubt we'll be keeping it. Again, the great looking wooden beams are covered with plastic. The light fixtures are straight from the 60's, and the carpet is very aged. Not shown in the picture is the very interesting dual closets: the first set is quite functional, with a built-in box for shoes at the base...but the second one is little more than a small walk-in with an ancient window, which was covered up at some point when the exterior was redone. Why the window wasn't removed is beyond me.
While difficult to see in this picture, this is one of the larger rooms in the house. When I showed the boys pictures of the house on the internet from Zillow (where I originally found the house,) Damien claimed this room for Connor and himself! You can understand why I laughed. Visible in this picture is the random office-style insert ceiling, complete with non-functional overhead light. I can't wait to rip it out. The walls are indeed paneling that has been painted pink. Not in the photo is a cute little pink wall sconce lamp. I think Shaena has claimed it. The closets in here are actually pretty neat--LOTS of storage, and the closet farthest away actually contains a built-in dresser.
I did not take a picture of the third bedroom. It is completely dark brown and I couldn't manage to get enough lighting to get a picture to turn out. Currently the only functional light is in the closet. It has it's own kind of "special" to it. Getting that room reno'd will make it a thousand times better!!!
Oh this bathroom...it is the only thing I did not love about the house. The layout is terrible. Also, random window, which does NOT go to the outside, but to the stairwell down to the basement. Why?! Who knows. And, yes, everything is pink. Thank you, First Lady Eisenhower.
The funny looking black thing at the bottom of the picture is the dog. He has not yet been trained to stay still when mama is taking panoramic photos and therefore looks like a mutated spider (which I'm sure also live in this basement.) The basement is very rough and needs a lot of work, but again has a lot of potential. The far wall has hookups for the washer and dryer. The boxy looking thing is the laundry chute (yay!) The sink is functional, but leaks. The water heater is older than I am and will likely be replaced within the coming months. The open door leads to a storage closet. Not seen in the photo but to my immediate right is a spacious storage closet, which likely will be used as food storage. It even has some bins that look like they could be used for root vegetables, but as it is so damp down there I don't think we'll be storing much of anything until we get things closed up a bit more.
It's difficult to see, but we've started documenting the boys' heights on this wall (mentioned in the previous post.) At the VERY top of the photo you can see the growth lines from another child who lived in the house previously. There's so much history to this house. I love it!!
Aforementioned pantry/storage. I'm not totally sure why the picture came out so strange, I promise it isn't as uneven in reality!!
Very "special" living area in the basement. There's some kind of green-tinted covering over the light. I can't waaaait to rip into this area. Say hello, Smethers!
The man cave!! The picture on the wall is 100% attached. I don't understand. The carpet is kind of fun, but ancient. Who knows what kinds of critters live in it!
Originally this room would have housed a coal-burning stove (see the chute above the tank?) The house was updated at some point with an oil furnace. The room now serves as additional storage, plus access to the tank. The house will at some point be updated with a natural gas furnace. For the meantime, we'll survive with what we have!
And there you have it. There are a couple of things that didn't get shot this time, but as we start getting into the house and getting things cleaned up, we'll do a video tour for everyone.
What did your dream home look like when you moved in? Was it quite as rough as this one? Any great stories to share??
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