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 electronic drum kit room

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

Upstairs office

They even managed to screw up a simple bathroom

More weird colors, admittedly not as bad as the rest!

We put it right in short order

Master bedroom my way- more on that antique bedstead later!

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.