Showing posts with label dining. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dining. Show all posts

8/02/2010

Some house-ly additions

Well now that we live in a fairly large house and not a small apartment we decided we needed a large vacuum. So good bye mini vac (who does well on small jobs) and hello Bissel! Kiss the cat hair good bye!

The next item is our new king size mattress! It isn't a hammock like our old queen mattress we dumped as soon as we could get it out of the apartment and it is much larger and nicer than my old full bed (now in the guest room). We also love our new bed ensemble...Bran actually picked it out! He has nice taste. Very comfy and my new favorite place in the house.
Then there is George. A smaller addition but just as classy. Got him for $2 from a thrift store and spray painted him white (he looked like a clown before). He is quite dashing.


We also finally picked up Great Aunt Mary Jane's dining room table from Aunt Rita and Uncle Dick who were nice enough to store it and some chairs for us. It definitely makes a difference to have furniture in a room. Next we need the china hutch!

Lastly, my pride and joy. This dresser I found and bought from a thrift store. After being talked to by a furniture enthusiast for a good half an hour about what a solid piece this is....I left....and then went back the next morning and bought it. I love it. Solid wood (cherry?), dove tailed or whatever, and pretty large. $75. A pretty good deal I think. So proud of my dresser. I get giddy when I see it. Please ignore the radio and picture on top of it though.







6/02/2010

We all start somewhere...

I guess to be able to see the progress we have made, we need to see where we came from.


This is the front of the house....or at least I think it is....kind of hard to see behind all the freaking trees and bushes!


This is the side of the house from the back...it looked just as awful from the front. There is a poorly constructed enclosed patio on the front and glass greenhouse beside that.


The backyard....well the neighbors say it was a pond...the husband would like it to be one...


My beautiful retro kitchen....yuck.


The lovely dining room....the lady who had lived here LOVED Green...with a hint of yellow.


The huge living room! With more green...including pale lime green carpet.


Our master bedroom...aka room with the biggest closet. Sorry for the lame pictures...I am not good at taking pictures of rooms.


Second bedroom...guest bedroom. Love the paneling and mustard carpet.....


Our last bedroom...probably will be an office because it is tiny...not sure if you can see it but there is a window on the side that actually looks into the ghetto laundry room...what a view


Our not so sunny sunroom...with foam beams!


Master bath...well it will be one day...right now it is just sad and small


And then their is the guest bathroom right out of the 70's...it used to be the master bathroom so at least it is a good size.

As you can see we have our work cut out for us