the first year: some progress
It's been nearly a year since we bought our house, and I'm still in
love with it. While we haven't done any major changes, It definitely
needed some freshening up. The previous owners were a very sweet old
couple who had lived there since the house was built in 1945! They
took tremendous care of it, but it was, well, like a grandma's house.
Things we attended to right away where the ancient carpet with great
oak hardwoods underneath, popcorn ceilings, and a lovely 80's dining
room pendant. The list goes on of things we'll eventually change. But
for now, since I always love a before and after, I thought I'd share
some of the changes our house has been through over the past year.
We just took off the screen door and painted the door yellow today! The new house numbers were put up a few weeks ago as well. We're trying to modernize our 40's house.
A new light fixture here was done pretty much immediately, as well as refinishing the hardwoods.
Look at all that carpet, it was old and gross and a pain in the butt to haul out.
ah, progress!
love with it. While we haven't done any major changes, It definitely
needed some freshening up. The previous owners were a very sweet old
couple who had lived there since the house was built in 1945! They
took tremendous care of it, but it was, well, like a grandma's house.
Things we attended to right away where the ancient carpet with great
oak hardwoods underneath, popcorn ceilings, and a lovely 80's dining
room pendant. The list goes on of things we'll eventually change. But
for now, since I always love a before and after, I thought I'd share
some of the changes our house has been through over the past year.
We just took off the screen door and painted the door yellow today! The new house numbers were put up a few weeks ago as well. We're trying to modernize our 40's house.
A new light fixture here was done pretty much immediately, as well as refinishing the hardwoods.
Look at all that carpet, it was old and gross and a pain in the butt to haul out.
ah, progress!
posted by andrea at
12:43 AM
7 Comments:
good lord that yellow door is blowing my mind!! And I'm happy to see your numbers up now, in my fave typeface ever.
You already knew I was totally impressed with the rest of the fix ups:)
Guys, Andrea has the cutest, most jealous-worthy house ever. EVER!
whoo-hoo! I'm glad you like the yellow door. That first stroke of paint was so nervous-making, especially since the neighbors across the street were working in their yards. Luckily, they love the color as much as we do!
you're too sweet, thank you :)
the yellow front door is amazing!
It looks soooo great!!! good work!
what a great house! the yellow door is fantastic, and so are the other updates. i wish i had a house like this.
it's so cool to see before and afters.
I love it! You're making it even more unbearable for me to wait to get my own home :)
Just out of curiousity - if someone asked you what your style was, what would you say?
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