New Home Updates

I just wanted to post a few before and after photos of the new house. I am going post some more tomorrow as well, but didn't want to go overboard all in one day. We have been chugging along, getting a little bit more accomplished every day. Yesterday, for example, I unpacked 15 boxes and completed the dining room! Yay! I'll post those photos in tomorrows batch...

Living Room towards the front of the house

It's not done yet (nothing on the walls) but it's getting there!

A good view of the eating area from the kitchen

Ta Da!

Looking in from the double doors into the foyer

The foyer is almost complete now!

Here's another view from the other angle...

The new renters will be moving into the Galahad house this month, which is very exciting. A couple months of having to make double mortgage payments is killing us! I would much rather have that money to improve our Riveredge house...which still needs a lot of work. The stairs and hallway (up) still need to be painted, our master bathroom needs help, guest bedroom needs it's 2nd coat and the big family room still needs to be painted as well. Our main level bathroom needs to be gutted, although the toilet is newer and we'll probably keep that. Tons of other smaller items like door knobs and handles, window treatments, landscaping, etc. will have to wait a while longer.

We've been having fun transforming the house and now that we have set a date for our Housewarming Party (July 12th) we have a solid goal to work towards. I can't wait to see how far the house will have come by then! And to think, by 7/12, we will have only owned the house for 4 months! Wheew!