House Update

So I realize that most people only saw our house (via pictures) before we'd actually moved in. So now that we're somewhat settled I'll take you through what we've done.

Disclaimer: I didn't clean especially for this, so what you see is what you get. Don't judge.

Living Room

Before

After

Changes:

furniture

pictures (some)

painted window frame

no window unit!!!

no baseboard heater!!!

Before

After

Changes:

more furniture

painted door trim

no closet door

no nasty tile (well, covered nasty tile)

there is still a base board heater, but it's tied in with the lights somehow, so we haven't taken it out yet
ignore the painter tape around the closet doorway, I didn't get to finish that before my paint ran out

Future plans:

curtains

more pictures

floating shelf above sofa

new carpet

Dining Room

Before

After

Changes:

furniture (imagine that)

pictures

curtains (probably not permanent)

the table serves as my desk and sewing/craft table, so it's always covered in stuff

air vent instead of baseboard heater!!!

 Future plans:

maybe different curtains

decorative curtain for sliding door

Kitchen

Before

After 

Changes:

Stuff everywhere

picture

goal board

Future plans:

more fun toys

curtains

rug

maybe a new dishwasher...

NO MORE ANTS!

Laundry Room

Before

After

Changes:

my awesome new washer/dryer (aka R2 & D2)

food storage

some paint supplies

Future plans:

we talked about someday moving the washer/dryer downstairs and making this room a huge pantry

get rid of nasty floor

probably get rid of garden sink

Man-Cave

Before

After

Changes:

furniture

PAINT!

no more wall paper!!!

air vent instead of baseboard heater!!!

curtains

painted trim and closet door

Future plans:

sewing table

this is our spare bedroom, so when we get downstairs finished we'll move the man-cave down there and make this a real guest room

new curtains?

better bookcases (these are the cheap ones that had to be screwed to each other and into the wall in order to keep them up. They're missing the bottom shelves because of a certain baby)

fix baseboard (yes, I painted it to look like there was one where they took the baseboard heater out)

Hallway

no before or after here, but we did some work

so when we started, the two doors at the end of the hallway (man-cave left, master bedroom straight) were not painted. They were straight-up brown wood, along with the trims. The other doors/trims were all painted. It bothered me. So I painted the trims and took the doors downstairs and painted them. It was a pain because the paint kept peeling off. The other doors have only one coat of paint and you can really tell, so I'm going to have to touch those up too.

Ellie's Room

No before/after pics here either, but I'll show you what I've added since the last post about it

ugly baby elephant

I'm not sure why, but I really don't like it

he has a weird face

then I tried to add some foliage

I'm not incredibly happy with it, but I'll have to do more now that I've started with the plants. Maybe some vines?

spider

I wasn't originally going to do it, but Ellie liked it

yes, it's honking big spider, but I'm not going to claim proportion for any of these animals

I like that it's going down to the chair

I am also in the process of doing a snake, which, unlike the spider, is small compared to everything else. It's a baby snake, ok?

So that's pretty much it for work done inside the house. I'm sure we'll being doing touch-ups here and there until we move out, whenever that will be. But we're happy with the house and there's plenty around for me to do.