before and after

I realized after I posted last that I hadn't put updated pictures of the kitchen, so here is the before picture...

and here is the after, well almost after there are still things that need to be done but you get the idea.

soon to be craft room

This is the leftover room...after the kids picked their bedrooms, so now I get a craft room and it's the perfect room for it, it is pretty spacious allowing for variety (considering my attention span ;])

Notice the lovely blue walls (got to go)
...and all the many treasures that the previous owner left (also going to go).
Check out the shimmery wall paper (only on half of the room??)
...and the groovy multi-colored rug, hey Brian when do you want us to deliver it?

more house pics

Here is a photo of the front of the house. About a week ago the landlord changed out the windows (they were pretty bad) and it completely changed the look of the house...I love it!!

This is the backyard...it has a lot of work to be done to it, in fact the pool on the left hand side of the pic will soon be hauled away...yay, it is disgusting!!! The landlord wants to take out some of the concrete (there is a lot back there) and replace it with grass. Chris has already started working in the garden area (the brown spot on the right) so it will be ready for us next spring (can't wait!!).
This is the boys bathroom...lovely colors don't you think? The landlord wants to make changes and we're okay with that.
Here is the tub in the boys bathroom...at least it matches. Again, this should change also.
Master bathroom...Pink and Blue??? Whatever.
I didn't get any pictures of Ari's bathroom...it needs a lot of work, but she just loves having her own.

Just a few pics of our home...more to come

Okay, so here are just a few pics of the new place (sorry I'm posting at the library so I'm not totally prepared).

Above is the photo of the kitchen that will soon be changing, our landlord had "the cabinet guy" come over to measure our kitchen, he has another home that he ripped out (sounds so violent) the kitchen to update it...it was 2 years old!!! So we get the "old" stuff...darn it, I really liked the retro oven ;].
This is the photo of our living room...I think it's my favorite room, it really has great potential.
This is our family room...don't mind the mess, just moved in you know. This picture does it no justice, it really is a large room and around the corner to the right is the office space. By the way the log thing some call a couch is NOT ours, it's the last tenants...got to go!!