Our house

Rich and I have found house.  Not only have we found a house, but put in an offer had it accepted, and actually bought it!
So let me introduce you to our house.  She is a 35 year old beauty that has weathered the years with a few bumps and bruises but overall has some great bones for us to work with.  (Ironically, this is the same thing Rich said when we got married.)
Let me give you a tour...

Walking up to the front door around the garage, you have a cute little entry with landscape that needs some love. 

Walking up to the front door. This landscape includes a Charlie Brownish tree, that will be going sooner than later due to its proximity to house.

Open the front door and walk on in. There isn't a formal entryway or foyer, but it is a nice welcome into the house.  

The Entry Way.  There is a storage closest on the right and coat closet on the left. The big mass of bricks is the back of the fireplace. To the left from here is the living room, to the right is the kitchen, dining room, and family room.

So let's look to the left....  The living room. 

The Living Room.  These lovely railings are going to have to go but the sunken living room is a great big space (not as big as the picture makes it seem, but big none the less). Of course we don't have any furniture to fill it but one day it will be home to the TV and coach potato inactivity.

Now to the right from the entry.... The Dining Room, Family Room and Kitchen.

Dining Room. With a pocket door into the kitchen.

The Family Room.  Yes... that is a weirdo cat door built into the sliding door, odd wooden shutters on the sliding door and a lighting fixture with a fan that is so low I can actually stick my hands in it, so ya all of that is going to go.

The Kitchen. It is currently sporting some lovely laminate countertops that look like 'butcher block'. Currently there is no fridge, as we have to buy one. We like the layout, but this room will need alot of TLC down the road. We are excited to get into the space and see how we use it and star imagining its grand future state. Also, straight ahead that is a door to the garage.

The wood burning fireplace. As of right now it woud be a no no to use due to some cracks in the terra cotta chimney lining. We will look into solutions for this down the road, as well as, cleaning up the brick and working out a solution for that brass fireplace surround.

So now to the back half of the house... Back the hallway you have a Master Bedroom with an on suite bathroom, two bedrooms, hall bathroom and a laundry closet.

The Master Bedroom. It is sporting a wall length closet with wooden built in shelves. I'm standing outside the doorway to the master bathroom. No pics of that as of yet but I'm sure as we make improvements you will see some of its lovely flaws features.

The back hallway.  This picture makes it look way longer than it is. First on the right is the hall laundry closet, then on the left the hall bath, then on the right the entry to the house, then on the left the HVAC closet, then bedroom #2 and at the far end the third bedroom.

The Hall Bathroom. It is a good space with outdated fixtures. This will be an area that needs some love, as it will be used by all guests at our house. I'm ok with me living with 'less than pretty' but I really don't want to advertise it to all guests.

The third of the bedrooms. Bedroom #2 and #3 rooms are pretty much the same. Bedroom #2 will be the guest room and it is slightly smaller, due to the width of the hallway. Bedroom #3 will be my office once we move in. The built-ins in the closet will be housing all of my crafty/ arty supplies.

Well that pretty much covers the interior tour of our first house.  She's got some potential, right?  Some other items to note... the sellers painted all the walls in the house and intalled all new carpet- nice clean slate for us to start off with.  There is a two car garage attached to the kitchen.  There is attic space above the garage as well as shelving and some cabinetry in the garage. 

Rich and I are very excited about moving into our first house.  Tomorrow morning we are going to go up and do some cleaning and get things ready to move on in.  If we get movers lined up we will move in next weekend. 

Now all the work to turn this house into our home begins.  Next up... A tour of the exterior quarter acre where these crazy kids are setting down roots.  And an introduction to the main attraction of our backyard.

Much Love- Shanna