We Bought a House

Yes, we bought a house on Thursday, February 7!  We've been looking for a great house for about six months.  We bought a foreclosure in a wonderful neighborhood just north of Missouri Southern. It obviously needs some work.  It has two stories, 4 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms and a nice fenced yard.  Built in 1989, it has a great floor plan and lots of potential.

FAMILY ROOM

I procrastinated a bit on the before pictures.  All of the drywall patches were holes.  I plan on painting (or having someone paint) the brick dark gray.  I would like the brass on the fireplace to be flat black.  The walls will be medium-light gray.  The floors will be dark gray large ceramic tiles.

BREAKFAST NOOK

The kitchen and breakfast nook will be a light turquoise.  We'll redo the whole kitchen later in the year or next year.  There was a built-in desk and other cabinet to the left where the white is on the wall.  They're already gone!

STAIRS AND ENTRYWAY - VIEW FROM FAMILY ROOM

The railing will be replaced with something much better and straight.

FRONT ROOM

The front two rooms have really nice hardwood floors and the walls are decent.  This room will just get paint.

DINING ROOM

Hello wallpaper!  This room is in good shape and a big project.  We'll just leave it for now.  It will be a great place to have tea with the neighbors.  

LOOKING DOWN THE STAIRS

I'm glad they ripped up all the carpet.  More gray coming your way.  We picked out gray carpet for the stairs and pretty much the whole upstairs.  Don't worry, I'm not depressed.  

1/2 BATH DOWNSTAIRS

I feel bad for this poor little bathroom.  It is covered in wallpaper and it looks like a dog was kept in it all the time.  There is about at 2'x1' hole in the drywall.

MOM REMOVING WALLPAPER IN GUEST BEDROOM

Alan was so sad to see the sports wallpaper go.

MAIN BATHROOM UPSTAIRS

We are just having the tile replaced for now.  

MASTER BATHROOM

This will be a future project.  Everything is fine, it's just dated.  There's a shower to the left of the tub.

"POSSIBLY THE FIRST PROGRAMMABLE THERMOSTAT EVER SOLD" - the heating and air guy