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For those of you who've been curious what this house business is all about, I am posting some pictures of the pre-destruction phase of my new little abode. :)

First, let me say that the Lord has been so kind to work out all of the details of this house. I haven't been anxious to buy a place of my own and have loved living at home, and actually will continue to do so for the next little while. But the Lord just provided the right place at the right price (thanks to Jon Vosburgh for finding this for me!) and has worked all of the details out from start to now... and I know He will continue to do so as we complete the process.
SO, with that said, thank you to all of the friends and family who have helped me in this demolition (kind-of) project. Who knew with one little change there would be so many changes to follow... once you start, you just can't stop! It's been exciting!

Obviously, the front porch... with very large, overgrown shrubs. :) This is one of the
first things to go when spring hits. I hate to wait that long, but the boss (dad)
says there is a time to pull and a time to plant. :)

Living room/dining room:
 The door on the left far side goes into the kitchen. It will be moving
more towards the center of the room to create a natural separation between the two "rooms"
and to give a little more wall space in the "dining" room.

Den/small eating area/awesome room:
Gotta check out the GORGEOUS tile... Ronnie and Jon spent many hours peeling this stuff up (well, they bent
a really big metal tool taking it up... along with the original lenoleum underneath). Then we
had a big party and a few friends came and helped pull up the sub-floor. (some kind of party!!!)

Den:
Thanks to Josh for ALL of the help! He's been so sweet to let us borrow his truck to haul all of the
tile, cabinets we've destructed, carpet, sub-floor, etc... AWAY! Thanks, Josh! Right now
we have a nice insert in the fireplace, but we're going to be replacing this with gas logs for ease. Very
excited about that!!

 

Kitchen:
This is my cute little kitchen.
We will be doing some sort of fun something to the cabinets, replacing countertops, replacing the
gas range ... minor changes here until the demolition down the road. Hardwoods will
be installed here. . . can't wait to see them installed!

Kitchen:
This is the other side of my kitchen. As you can see, there is very little wall space for cabinets therefore
there is VERY little storage for kitchen items, so we will be doing al litte work here. The door  will be moving about 4 feet to the right, and the window will be sheetrocked in (along with the whole kitchen/den area) to allow for more cabinet space in the future. This is all in
preparation for the next phase of the remodeling process (which will not be an immediate change... give me a couple of years) :)

 

Master Bath: :)
This is by FAR my favorite room in the house! (haha... kidding!) I am learning to appreciate tile of shapes, sizes and colors, and the blue is starting to grow on me. (just wait till you see the yellow towards the end of this post....) This bathroom will eventually be remodeled completely, but until then we will simply be changing out the light fixtures and ceiling fan, installing a base cabinet where the pedestal sink is located, changing the mirror above the sink and then installing a medicine cabinet above the toilet. Mom and I have been taking a furniture refinishing class and have learned all sorts of neat finishes, and she has re-finished a base cabinet from Carrie's bathroom (they just remodeled...) and a matching medicine cabinet. It's going to be snazzy!



"Office":
The bedrooms are all very similar... but this gives you an idea. This room will actually become an office... but for the time being it is a furniture warehouse. The previous owners actually called and asked if we'd like for them to leave these things for us, so we were very thankful. Sarah has actually refinished the dresser and bed for grad school- I'll have to post pictures of what she's done- such a creative sister!

Guest Bath:
Yes, if you come visit me at my house, you will more than likely get a close-up of this gorgeous yellow. :)
This will also be staying for now but eventually compeltely remodeled. For now, fixtures will change... and we'll
enjoy a bright, yellow bathroom. I'm actually a little excited about working with the yellow!!



Guest Bedroom:
Day 1 the family was over helping pull carpet out of the bedrooms, trim bushes, trim trees, pull up flooring...
just the beginning of the work. :) So thankful for the family and friends who have already been
a huge help!

 

Note that the paneling will be sheetrocked in, and the desk that Jon is standing at has been removed... ceilings
have now been painted white and the beams will be painted the trim color.
All of the walls will be changing color, outlets replaced, fixtures replaced (not one fixture matches
another right now... it's pretty humorous!) , hardwood installed in the den and kitchen, other hardwoods refinished,...
LOTS of work to be done! (along with finding a new gas range, installing gas logs in the fireplace, . . .)

Never a dull moment during this process... never a dull moment at all!

This gives you a glimpse of what we are looking at right now. We've actually begun painting the bedrooms/hallway, we've removed the chair rail in the living/dining rooms and worked on patching those walls, the subfloor in the den/kitchen has been removed. . . and the contractor will begin his part in the next week. Lots of changes soon to come. . . very blessed and excited!!

(I apologize for those who read this earlier today... I just went back through and found SO MANY misspellings and type-o's. :/ That's what I get for trying to get a post up early. :))