DAY 2

So, this is my house. I love red brick houses. Ignore the yard.. that's on the last of my list of "things to do" So, we're on to another new day. Kent (my brother) started moving some stuff out of my house to his. I took some before pictures this morning just to show what a bachelor pad it's been, and how much work it's going to take to fix it up... but I'm totally excited to get started. He's cleaning some stuff out of the back yard today.. wahoo!!! It's a great house on a large lot, so my back yard is big which is fantastic. The biggest project of the house may be re-texturing. Kent did it a long time ago.. but it was more of a trial run and I don't really like it. He just did his house at the end of the block with a different type of texture that I like a lot better, so I'm thinking of having him re-texture this house. We'll see.

picture of the back of the house. I'm standing in the middle of the back yard.

1/2 of the kitchen- the counters are extra tall which I am so excited about. I just have to paint, replace the floor and countertops, and add some tall cabinets to the area I'm standing in which is by the fridge.

the bathroom- will be gutted.. I'm putting in a pedistal sink, new mirror, new lights, tile floors, new window, I'm also going to be cutting out part of the wall behind the door to add a closet door.. there's a closet outside the bathroom that I want to be able to access from inside the bathroom, so that will take some construction. Can't wait until this room is done.. It will probably be the first one to be worked on since I have all of the material for it already.

This is the middle bedroom which will be turned into my office/library. The wall on the left will be lined with bookshelves to store my books & movies. The wall on the right will hold my desk.

This is the front room/dinning area. My original plan was to put new wood floors throughout the house... but since I don't have a job right now.. that is going to be a project to be done after I move in. (6 mo. to a year.) This is going to be painted.. I'll have 2 accent color walls, I'll be adding new floor moulding and crown moulding. Can hardly wait to see my furniture in here.