Home Sweet Home

Kyler very comfortable in our new home

(I went in to get him one morning, and this is how I found him. I thought it was so cute.)

I have finally started to post pictures of our house!! Yea for me! We have spent a lot of work and time trying to get this house somewhat presentable. We have painted almost every square inch!! Before we moved in, we painted most of the house and did most of the flooring. We had a lot of help from Kenney's family too. It was a great effort on everyone's behalf! Thanks for all the help!!

The living room was completely made over from ceiling to floor. We removed extremely nasty and stained carpet and put in new flooring and painted everything. The furniture was all given to us. I think in total we spent not quite $500 on the living room. The bathroom had carpet in half of it, ugly paint colors, and was very dirty. I think we spent maybe $100 on that room. Kyler's room/Guest room pretty much only got a paint job. I have posted before and after pictures so don't be frightened by the before pictures. I also have only posted 3 rooms. The others are coming.

Living Room Before

Notice the ugly paneling. It was very dark in this room.

3 layers of wallpaper were fun to remove!! There were at least 1 corner shelf in every corner with wire coming from everywhere and over 100 holes to caulk in the walls.

After

Besides the decorative items, the rug, and the DVDs, everything was given to us. We really appreciate all the efforts made to furnish the house.

We love love love our tall ceilings. I think it is my favorite part of the house.



Bathroom Before

Too bad we had to get rid of our lovely ocean view!

The toilet seat had to go too!! I didn't get a picture of the carpet, but from the cabinet to the back wall there was carpet. The window above the toilet had seashells and rocks glued to it. We haven't quite remove those yet.

After

I actually thought the purple was going to be a little darker, but it works! The floor is 100 times better! We still need to get new hardware, but that is coming.

Indoor light fixtures would be nice also. We'll get some eventually.

Kyler's Room Before

The walls were nicely sponge painted and this awful brown color. The ceiling was blue.

He has the best lighting in the house!

After

We have put the guest bed in his room for now. I was trying to go for a beach theme in his room, but we could not find the kind of fabric we really wanted. My mom and I settled for the red fabric with palm trees, cars and surf boards. I wanted something like the material hanging from his crib. Oh well, this is cute too!!

His walls are actually striped. You can't see them very well because of our camera, but there are stripes of the same color: one stripe is high gloss paint and the other is flat. I love it!! You have to be here to appreciate it.