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KY house  interior "before and after"s

 

                  BEFORE's                                                AFTER's

 

This was some kind of paint job in the dining room

As we have no need of a dining room we made it a reading room.

 

Walking in the front door was a visual assault

 

Now the home is calm and relaxing instead of a garishly colored comic book scheme.

 

 

Living room was a terrible orange

 

Now the living room is a calm green- you no longer have to squint!

 

 

Bare ORANGE

 

 

The orange squeezed the breath out of you

 

Part of our Irish Wolfhound art collection

 

 

We find this much more relaxing

 

 

Did we mention how much we HATED the colors?

 

 

 

Did we mention how much we love the new paint job?

 

 

 

The kitchen really was the worst of all- it was hideous, gross, and just an all around bad idea.

 

 

As much as I would love a total kitchen redo, I think simple new paint did wonders for the space. And the new French door fridge, too.

 

WHO thought this was a good idea?

 

We love the new colors.

 

Door to the side porch on the left

 

And the door to the basement on the right

 

This really was the worst of all- it looks like a box of crayons exploded

 

 

MUCH better

 

 

 

Teeny third bedroom

 

 

Is now an office

 

 

Previous owners had clutter issues in the second bedroom- ya think?

 

 

Not big enough to be more than a simple bedroom.

 

 

They even managed to screw up a simple bathroom

 

 

We put it right in short order

 

Basement was the only staged place in the house- it must have been horrific. But they painted great wads of dog hair into the floor.

 

 

It's still a basement, but it's our favorite place to be.

 

 

Yep- this is the only area they cleaned before selling the place.

 

 

                 It still needs work but you can see where it is going.                         It's Billy's "Man Room".

 

 

Nasty laundry area

 

 

 

Much better now.

 

 

 

Wide view of the basement just after we took possession.

And this is where we spend the bulk of our time.

 

 

Don't laugh- it's paid for!  

The exterior before and afters are even more dramatic- check 'em out!!

 

 

So this represents our initial settling in process. We did not get to do all of the remodeling we had hoped for in the kitchen as we ran out of money prematurely (and are determined to remain debtless), but it can wait. It's plenty functional.

We heated with wood exclusively last winter and loved it. This is next years batch.

Billy is a lumberjack!

 

 

Random photo here for no reason