Before's and After's

My goodness moving (or rather, unpacking) takes so much longer when you have a 3 month old!! :)  I'm enjoying taking my slow time though.  Normally I am such a pro mover that I get the house totally set up and ready to go in less than two weeks.  Now, I am at the one week mark and feel like the house is completely disheveled still.  Partly due to the fact that we are getting some new furniture and other furniture is getting a make-over before coming in the house.  This all slows down unpacking since I need the furniture to unpack things into!!

It's also good for me to go slower though because I'm really making an effort to go through and physically touch every.single.thing. so we can have a big garage sale in the next month or so.  It's a challenge to really ask myself, "will I use that soon?"  "Will I really wear that shirt that I've had for 6 years and stopped wearing 2 years ago??" :) I'm one of those "what if" girls.  What if I get another camera some day and need that empty extra camera case??  What if something comes up and I'll need to wear my red cowgirl boots??  You know, those sort of life's what ifs. :) 

Anyway, so for now, here are some before and after's of the house!  This house was a foreclosure so it was not real pretty... My father in law completely gutted it to the sheetrock and re-did everything.  As in everything - cabinets, counters, flooring, etc.

(I hope it's okay to post these WVMLS before pictures because they have their name on them...taken from the house listing on www.wvmls.com)

Living Room BEFORE:

Living Room AFTER:

The paint looks the same, but it's a fresh coat of paint, slightly different color.

Kitchen BEFORE:

Kitchen AFTER:

Office/Craft Room BEFORE:

Office/Craft Room AFTER:

 Nice new and beautiful carpeting!

Yeah...My craft closet. :)

Zeek's Room BEFORE:

Zeek's Room AFTER:

Partially moved into... :)  We decorated his nursery around the green color in his room at the other house, so we chose to keep that the same color here too.

Guest Bath BEFORE:

Guest Bath AFTER:

Master Bedroom BEFORE:

Bleh.  Violet.  Our last master bedroom was purple before we painted it too... I hate purple!

Master Bedroom AFTER:

Master Bathroom BEFORE:

Master Bathroom AFTER:

Close up of the tile.  Didn't he do such a good job!?

Other "after's" that I didn't have "before's" of...

 Front door on the right, looking towards the hallway to the bedrooms from the living room.

 

Hallway to the bedrooms.

 I have a coat/shoe closet by the front door for the first time ever!! Hip hip hooray!!

 

Nice storage closet.  Thrilled. :)

 

Laundry nook!

So there you have it.   Didn't my father in law do a FABULOUS job?!?!  And in THREE weeks?!  I'm amazed.  (And so thrilled that Skyler grew up with such a handy dad.  Skyler learned good handy man skills growing up!)

Now...back to unpacking while the little one is asleep.  :)

Love, K