'Before' Pictures...Can't wait to see the AFTER!

So here are the oft promised pictures :) These are actually pictures taken on closing day...so there isn't any furniture in the pictures. You may have already seen some of these...sorry :) There will be many 'after' pictures, I am sure...we have plans to renovate/redo every room in the house...and that is probably going to take a while!

Anyway, here's our front door:

Don't ya love the brick? I really do. I love living in a neighborhood that doesn't have 'cookie cutter homes'. This neighborhood is an older one, and is super nice. We love how quiet it is, and the general 'feel' of it.

Our fireplace. When we first decided that 'this was the home for us' I really thought we would get rid of the fireplace. (Not sure HOW we would do that..) BUT, the longer we're in the home (ya know...goin' on night 4...) the more I like it. I can't wait to hang our stockings! I think it will be really nice, and who knows? Maybe we just might have a fire on a cold winter evening :)

The back porch. This is really what made me fall in love with this house. I absolutely LOVE this back porch! It's so nice and big, and the wood rafters in the ceiling make me feel like I'm in a cabin up north. I loveitloveitloveit. Maybe tomorrow morning I'll go out and drink my coffee and read my bible for a bit before Eli gets up...ahhhh...sounds WONDERFUL.

When we first looked at this house, I said I couldn't wait to trash this chandelier...come to find out it might be worth a little something...I washed it last night, and it looks pretty good. Don't get me wrong, we ARE getting rid of it (It's WAY too big for the dining room) but I wouldn't mind makin' a little money on it... :)

The master bath...a little small (understatement) but really, who needs room in the bathroom anyway?! :)

The kitchen. This is going to be our first big project. We have plans to completely gut the kitchen. We had to get a new refrigerator (have I mentioned that before?...) and a range, so that has already changed from this picture. HOWEVER, getting the pictured refrigerator out was no small task (some of the counter top had to be removed...) and getting the new refrigerator in was impossible...so we don't have a refrigerator in the kitchen right now. It's currently in the dining room...or as I lovingly call it, 'the refrigerator room'. That refrigerator is so wonderful it gets a room all to itself...I think I might have to devote an entire post to my refrigerator...Okay...now I'm being ridiculous. (Though I HAVE hugged my refrigerator already...actually, more than once...) ANYWAY, when we gut the kitchen we have plans for removing walls, so the refrigerator will be able to get into the new kitchen. I CAN'T WAIT to see what my new kitchen is going to look like!!!

Our garage is wonderfully huge. It's an over sized 2-car garage. I would say this is the only room with no 'renovations' needed, but I'm pretty sure Edgar has big plans for this room...

So far things are going really well in our new place. It's a LOT of work to get unpacked. It's also hard, because everything I put away I keep thinking 'When we redo this room, I'm going to have to get this all back out...' but most of the rooms won't be done for a while. The kitchen is pretty much set for now, and the living & dining room are settled. The bedrooms are, well...chaos. If I don't get my closet organized soon, I just might go crazy. I can't find ANYTHING to wear...hmmm...maybe that means I need to go shopping...or unpack that suitcase that's sitting on the closet floor...

As we finish rooms, you will see more pictures. And I really just might have to put a picture of my refrigerator up. I would take a picture now and post it, but it's evening, and the lighting isn't good...Okay...I'm truly a dork. But at least I know it, right?!