Progress has started!

Over the last week we started taking things off the walls and clearing out the 2 spare bedrooms. A lot of the items in the house are antiques so Jon's mom has been helping us out with getting that stuff out of the house or selling it. We still have a long road ahead of us, but here are some updated photos!

The spare bedroom so far...

Everything is off the walls but things got shifted back to the living room but we are getting there!

Holy Cow

I decided to put up all of our before pictures, so we can track our progress!

First up: Living Room

Need to do:

- Remove EVERYTHING

- Patch all the nail holes and scrape parts of the walls

- Paint

- Put in new carpeting

 

The Bathroom:

Need to do:

- Get new toilet

- Take down old large cabinet and replace with smaller one

- Put up new mirror

- Put in new lights

- Take out the two cup holders and patch up

- Put up new shower rod

- Paint

- New flooring

Bedrooms:

This will be the nursery once we have kids. For right now we are leaving it white and just using it as a spare bedroom.

This is the smallest bedroom. I think we are going to use this as an office/ scrapbook room for me :)

This will be our master bedroom.

Needs to be done in all bedrooms:

- Everything removed

- Painted

- New carpeting

- New window treatments

Ahh the Kitchen:

So much to do:

- Paint cabinets

- Remove old oven and counter stovetop.

- Put in a new oven and use old oven space for a built in pantry

- New floor

- Remove paneling

- Paint walls

The hot mess, I mean, the Basement:

Hoard much?

Need to be done:

- Make it out alive!

Outside:

Need to be done:

- Remove bushes

- Plant flowers

Projected deadline: April 2011.

So it begins...

Jon and I have always known we would eventually be able to purchase his grandparent's home. It is an adorable 3 BR, 1 BA ranch house right down the street from where he grew up. However, we definitely have our work cut out for us seeing as the house still has all of his grandparent's stuff in it! We have 8 months before our apartment lease is up, so we are hoping to have this little project completed by us before then!