Our New House

We decided to look at houses this past spring and felt rather road blocked with our price range. Everything we looked at was either too small, needed too much work, or wasn't in a neighborhood we wanted to live in. Until our realtor called us and told us that great split level house was coming on the market. It had two living rooms, an open kitchen, a fenced in back yard and three bedrooms in a great neighborhood. It did need some work, but mostly updating. It was exactly what we were looking for. And so we put an offer on it and it was accepted.

And so our adventures began. Since we got back from our honeymoon, we've been very busy. Everyday has had some project of some sort. Our goal is to move in by the end of next week. (Especially since our lease is up Aug 1st) Here are the things we knew we needed to do before moving in:

New paint (which required wall paper removal, and priming every room)

New appliances

New flooring( in every single room)

Install central air

New furnace

The old owners weren't the cleanest people. They smoked in the house for over 20 years and all of the walls were covered in yellow tobacco stains. They also allowed their dogs to potty alllllllll over their house. And by allllll over I mean ALLLLLLL over. Every piece of trim work, all carpet, all vinyl.... the dogs just peed on everything. It was the grossest smelling house I've ever smelt.

They also really enjoyed country cottage decorating.... which is so not our style. But we've been working slowly on making things our own. Our first step was getting rid of all of the wallpaper. And so we did. It took about three days to take all of the boarders off and all of the covered outlets and switches... but it's now done. We have a wallpaper free house. :)

This was the bathroom with the wallpaper from hell.... it would not come off for the life of me...