The House

I am SUPER proud and excited to announce that The Boyfriend bought his first house this month! We are both very excited and as we further plan our future together, there will be lots of new and exciting adventures to share! Its really a great house and won't require "major" renovations right away, but there is actually lots to be done in superficial and cosmetic updates.  We are taking full advantage of its current state of emptiness to get those things done.

The Boyfriend, of course, was very excited that this new adventure will provide more than enough projects to keep the blog fully stocked for the foreseeable future. No, really, he was excited! He might try to deny it now, but he really was! :) Being the HUGE fan of projects that I am, not to mention the AMAZING girlfriend that I am (wink wink), I am really looking forward to documenting our progress and, oh yeah, making this house a home! Since we are just getting started, I figured I would start out with the nickel tour!

Its a blue house, (YAY!) on a fairly quiet street. There are lots of families and kids. The front door opens to the hallway, which leads to all of the bedrooms.

(Please ignore the torn up bottoms of the walls, we just tore out the baseboards when I took the photos)

The first room on the left, when you walk in, is a good sized bedroom with a HUGE closet! The Boyfriend has deemed this my "sewing room" (EEK!) and has given me full permission to decorate it as I see fit. I have still been asking his opinion on things though. Ha ha!

Next stop down the hall is the bathroom off to the right. Nothing too fancy and The Boyfriend definitely has some renovation ideas for the future.  There is also a good sized linen closet just outside the door.

Back into the hall, the next door on the left goes into the middle bedroom. "The office" as we are affectionately calling it now. Also a pretty good sized room with lots of potential.

The last room down the main hall is the master bedroom.  Also a pretty good sized room, its has windows and a door that lead right into the backyard, which I will come back to.

 

Back down the hall and into the main part of the house, between the front and middle bedrooms, the room veers off to the right and into the living room/dining room area.

 



The living room leads right into the open kitchen, also with windows looking out into the backyard.

A door off  the kitchen leads into the laundry room.  There are a few "down the road" potentials for this room, including eventually adding a door and moving the laundry into the attached garage and adding a small second bathroom in here. I LOVE LOVE LOVE all the potential in this house!

 

The door off the laundry room leads out into THE BACKYARD!! Awesome on so many levels, the yard is, first of all, HUGE! It has a large patio area with room for dining, a BBQ etc.  There is a fire pit! Behind that is a large grassy area including a large tree, complete with a tree house AND a tire swing! In the back corner of the yard is a fenced off garden area.

 



There are also gated off "side yards/walkways" on both sides of the house, perfect for extra storage or what not. The north side of the house, by the driveway, has plenty of space for trash cans, an access gate to the driveway as well as side door access to the attached garage.

Pretty rad huh? So far, The Boyfriend has torn off all the baseboards for replacement.  We have taken everything off the walls and are getting ready to paint the heck out of the place! (Just as soon as we decide on colors hahaha easier said than done!)  Walls are being washed, holes spackled  and the floors are being stripped in preparation for refinishing.

Down the road, there are plans for kitchen and bathroom remodels but the bones of this house are just great! We are so excited and look forward to sharing our projects and progress with you!