DIY New House Tour!!!!

Hey y'all. It's finally novel describe of piece of job solid tour time!

Thank you for existence therefore patient amongst me. I've wanted to portion these pics amongst you for nearly a calendar month now. But, I've been busy...and also busy...and also scared.

I'm used to sharing ugly earlier pics followed yesteryear a overnice after picture, together with it's really difficult for me to live vulnerable together with only live like, 'Hey await at my house! It's even therefore ugly, y'all!'.


But, I've been thinking a lot nearly it, together with I realize that I missy out on therefore much when I don't portion the entire journeying amongst you guys, therefore let's only produce it. I'll live uncomfortable. I tin flame produce it. There are worse things.

So, we've been living inwards our describe of piece of job solid for only over v days now. I've already met amongst iii contractors, a kitchen designer, together with I've painted the dining room. I am pretty much foaming at the mouth.

Just to give you an thought of how crazy things are unopen to here, hither is what the finally calendar week has been like.

We moved all of our materials out of the onetime house. And together with therefore I had a mild meltdown for nearly 24 hours where I questioned all my decisions together with decided I was an awful idiot together with cried myself to sleep. It's difficult to explain, but I spent vi years inwards that house, painstakingly remodeling it, together with fifty-fifty though it was fourth dimension to movement on, together with fifty-fifty though nosotros were moving to our dream component of town together with to a v acre wooded property, I was also moving into a describe of piece of job solid that needed everything redone, together with the feelings were overwhelming. Mostly because I take maintain a i twelvemonth onetime babe who needs my constant attending together with I renovated this start describe of piece of job solid when I had 24 hours a solar daytime to dedicate to myself, basically.

I mean, I take maintain perspective. These are non fifty-fifty problems. At all, which is why I was dorsum to normal after that start day. But, I am a human, together with moving is hard, together with I'm only existence honest...I had a difficult fourth dimension amongst it. Also, permit it live known, moving amongst a babe is only impossible. I mean, I did it. But, I recollect I must take maintain blacked out because I can't fifty-fifty tell you how nosotros pulled it off.

So, anyway, that solar daytime the movers hauled all of our materials to the novel describe of piece of job solid together with nosotros position it all inwards the garage. Because nosotros are going to live doing the flooring throughout the entire describe of piece of job solid inwards less than a calendar month together with in that location is no argue to movement all of that inwards only to movement it dorsum out. So, nosotros moved inwards a duet couches, Ava's crib, together with our bed, together with the remainder is inwards here.

It's a weird feeling because I've lived without all of this materials for a calendar week together with I don't fifty-fifty missy most of it. But, also in that location are a few things I am living without that are driving me crazy. Like chairs, a refrigerator, together with also living out of my suitcase, clothes-wise, is kinda a pain. It's similar a really weird opor-garai inwards someone else's house. In fact, that's precisely what it feels like.

So, we've basically only been hanging out inwards our novel 1970's fixer upper, enjoying the finer things inwards life. The sellers took the fridge (surprise!), but nosotros had planned to supersede it anyway, together with since this kitchen is getting gutted together with replaced inwards nearly a month, nosotros are roughing it amongst a mini fridge until then. Jesse somehow works life the bass magnet, therefore it feels similar home.
Kinda.

Other than that, nosotros take maintain couches together with a telly setup inwards the living room (temporarily) therefore that nosotros tin flame at to the lowest degree relax until everything gets started. I wasn't certain if this describe of piece of job solid would experience similar habitation or non yet (since it feels therefore outdated), but it almost forthwith did.

I recollect a large component of it is view. The describe of piece of job solid is nestled inwards the woods on nearly v acres, together with our street dead ends at the lake. It's totally private, together with you can't fifty-fifty run into the describe of piece of job solid from the road. Deer wander unopen to our yard, together with it's only the craziest thing.

The describe of piece of job solid is terribly outdated. It sat on the marketplace for 2-3 years earlier nosotros works life it. But, the describe of piece of job solid is inwards i of the best parts of town, together with on a huge somebody property, together with nosotros know that nosotros tin flame brand this describe of piece of job solid a beautiful identify for us to relish for years to come. And then, i day, if nosotros ever desire to produce it all over again, nosotros recollect this describe of piece of job solid has the potential to pay off only similar our finally describe of piece of job solid did. 

Just to present you what really sold me on this house, despite the interior....this is what you run into when you are on the dorsum deck.  Our belongings describe goes nearly iii acres dorsum behind our fence, although it's unlikely nosotros volition ever produce anything amongst it. Our finally describe of piece of job solid was inwards a really busy neighborhood, crammed inwards amongst other houses, together with it rapidly became my dream to detect somewhere Ava could run unopen to i day.

This is the forepart yard. That niggling wooden trail (that needs major repairs) leads upwardly to the forepart door. I'm really looking frontward to landscaping all of this i day, similar 2 years from now. :)

Standing on the top deck, only off the living room...

And together with therefore our driveway. You can't fifty-fifty run into the describe of piece of job solid from the road. It goes way dorsum there. It genuinely feels similar heaven. Besides that fact that the describe of piece of job solid smells similar someone else's dogs.

You win some, you lose some.

Here's a motion-picture present of Ava inwards the driveway dorsum from when nosotros were getting the describe of piece of job solid inspected, nearly a calendar month ago. She was land really into it.

So, I've rambled long enough. Like I'm making my illustration or something. 

Let's take maintain the describe of piece of job solid tour. I'm only going to trust that you guys believe inwards me together with are also the sort of ladies (and gents?) who tin flame await beyond what's there. 

So, let's start inwards the kitchen. This was the pic inwards the existent estate listing. It's non bad at all. It's only therefore non me.

This is a pic from my camera, together with it's much to a greater extent than honest. This describe of piece of job solid is a body of body of water of orangish upon chocolate-brown upon tan. I am gutting the entire kitchen (selling it on Craigslist) together with starting over. Except for the appliances....those stay. Don't larn mad at me if you similar granite or those cabinets. I only take maintain a totally different vision for this kitchen, together with it's a really modest space, together with I am determined to maximize my niggling kitchen situation.

Also, this volition live my start total kitchen renovation, together with I couldn't live to a greater extent than excited. It should live underway inwards nearly a calendar month i time the cabinetry is ready. And I hope to utter to a greater extent than nearly it soon.

Here's the persuasion of the kitchen from the reverse direction.

So, this is weird. Ava's room is really to the left of the kitchen. You become upwardly a niggling laid of stairs together with she has her ain niggling massive bed together with bath upwardly there. There isn't a door to her room. It's a giant hurting together with kinda drives me crazy. One of the start things nosotros are doing is having someone come upwardly frame inwards together with create a doorway. Because uh-uh.

This is her niggling bathroom. Full gut. Again, non bad at all, but I only take maintain a vision for it.

It has some weird laminate tile. More beige.

This is her room. It looks similar it used to live 2 rooms, but they left a giant sectionalization inwards the middle. We are removing the sectionalization together with replacing it amongst a header since it's charge bearing.

The persuasion from the other side. That door to the correct is her bathroom.

One to a greater extent than view.

When you come upwardly out of Ava's room together with plough the corner, in that location is some other laid of stairs that leads to a basement bird bedroom. The motion-picture present below is of me standing inwards the kitchen doorway. The stairs to the correct become to Ava's room, the stairs to the left become to the invitee sleeping room together with also out to the garage.

This is the invitee sleeping room that's downward those stairs.

Opposite view. There's literally a niggling hole cutting inwards the wall together with a tiny sliding door. There's cypher inwards there. And I take maintain no answers for you.

Oh, together with the popcorn ceilings produce delight. It's similar popcorn times 100. Luckily most of the ceilings inwards the describe of piece of job solid are already smooth. But in that location are several areas that nosotros take maintain to take maintain someone come upwardly together with re-drywall. Because the texture is therefore thick. But, hey, x points for making some niggling floral swirls. 

So, hither are the stairs when you come upwardly out of the invitee bedroom, leading you dorsum upwardly to the landing correct yesteryear the kitchen. This describe of piece of job solid has such a funky layout, together with that's only the truth. But, again, peaceful solid ground situation, therefore I'm rolling amongst it. 

So, if you walk unopen to the kitchen peninsula, in that location is some other niggling hallway. And in that location you detect the stairway to the basement together with also some other total bath.

This bath volition live a total gut. The tub is inwards really bad form (although it looks okay inwards the pic) together with the vanity looks to live from 1970 amongst 10 layers of pigment on it. That existence said, it has a overnice granite countertop, therefore I'm passing it along to a friend who tin flame role it.
All I really know therefore far is that I'll live using this mirror inwards here.

Here's the reverse view.

When you walk out of the hallway, you come inwards the dining room. This chief expanse feels really spacious together with has swell views of the outside. We'll live redoing the wainscotting together with replacing all the fixtures, icon together with redoing the flooring, etc. I haven't decided on my flooring computer programme yet, together with it's basically been consuming me (thanks to this flooring debacle together with this flooring debacle), but whatever nosotros select volition become through the entire chief bird together with bedrooms, only similar inwards the onetime house. I'll become into to a greater extent than item nearly all of that later.

Another persuasion of the dining room.

There's the entryway. As in...you opened the forepart door, together with you take maintain entered.

And here's the living room.

Another persuasion of the living room. Not a dead trunk inwards there, only a pile of onetime curtains.

Also authorities annotation that sweetness Tuscan (?) inspired wall texture. 

I've been really enjoying sanding that off.

From the below pic, you tin flame run into how in that location is a laid of stairs together with on the other side is the kitchen. 

All of the stairs inwards this describe of piece of job solid (all iv sets...gonna live werkin on my fitness) volition live redone amongst hardwood. I'll live leaving the Fe balusters alone, but icon the newel posts.

I've been icon a lot this calendar week already together with everytime I pigment over something that's orange, it's similar Mario running over a mushroom.

So, this laid of stairs leads straight upstairs to the master copy bedroom.

And you literally walk upwardly to our room. Again, in that location is no door. It's really no mystery why this describe of piece of job solid sat on the marketplace for years. There are nearly a 1000000 reasons, but the no door thing seems pretty high upwardly there.

We'll live fixing that asap.

Here is the master copy bedroom. It has its ain niggling balcony together with it's a pretty decent size. And for some reason, I've slept therefore proficient upwardly here. It only feels therefore peaceful, fifty-fifty amongst onetime domestic dog carpet.

You guys know how much I loved our onetime master copy bedroom, but the truth of the affair is that it was inwards a busy neighborhood together with I could take heed cars constantly zooming unopen to our house. It's therefore overnice to only take heed crickets. I've e'er been a fleck of an insomniac, therefore for me to only live falling asleep the infinitesimal I larn into bed feels similar some sort of life changing event.

Here's the persuasion from the reverse side. You tin flame run into the staircase leading downward to the chief level, that's the walk inwards cupboard straight ahead, together with the door to the master copy bath on the left.

Master closet. Not huge, non small. I tin flame bargain amongst it. I'll rework it.

And hither is the master copy bath. These are the professional person pics from the existent estate listing.

I've met amongst a duet different contractors to utter over options. We've discussed making a bigger shower, replacing the large tub amongst a costless standing tub, etc. Or fifty-fifty only retiling the entire thing together with icon it. It volition really come upwardly downward to the budget, therefore nosotros volition see. 

These are pics from my ain camera, together with again, a much to a greater extent than honest await of what's really there. 

I mean, inwards all honesty, it feels similar a large upgrade from our finally master copy bathroom, therefore fifty-fifty though I know it's non really stylin', Ava together with I take maintain used that tub almost every unmarried day.

And also, there's this.

And together with therefore finally but non least, hither is the basement.

Scary steps leading downward (will live redone)...

 Here's the chief room. Keeping that sweetness lite fixture (no).

The beam volition live removed together with replaced amongst a header, since it is also charge bearing. But, that way it volition live i large room, rather than a large room amongst a beam inwards the middle. And land some other things volition live done, similar flooring, paint, etc. We dear a proficient basement hangout, therefore I know we'll larn a lot of role out of this space.

Also downward inwards the basement is a really awful laundry room together with an component space. I take maintain some plans for this infinite that include adding a bath together with drywalling inwards the laundry room area, but those are depression on the renovation totem pole. 

This is the persuasion from the walkout basement. There's a huge deck downward hither that nosotros computer programme to plough into a screened inwards porch. Eventually. The lake is inwards walking distance, only downward the street, therefore you take heed a lot of H2O noises. It's heaven.

 And at nowadays you tin flame become dorsum upwardly my shaggy carpeted basement stairs together with the tour is over.

That's the companionship I took the pictures on my camera, together with my fourth dimension is express these days amongst a feisty thirteen calendar month old, therefore only saving the best for last.

Thank you guys SO MUCH for believing inwards me together with for next along on this journey. Your comments together with dear via Instagram over the yesteryear calendar week or therefore take maintain seriously kept me going. I only can't fifty-fifty tell you how much that agency to me.

I'm therefore excited to live getting started on this projection together with I'm therefore glad you guys are coming along amongst me.

Until adjacent time.

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