A Tour of our Home

It is probably time I do a post on our house now that we've been here for over 3 months. Kate told me that I should do this post since I did more of the work. Luckily the house was in really good condition, so we didn't need to do too much, but we did want to make it our own. We painted everywhere but the kitchen and the three bathrooms, replaced all of the carpet, replaced the railing, and put tile by the front door. We had a lot of help from family and friends and couldn't have done it without them. Thanks everyone.

I'll start by showing you the front living room. The walls were all a flat white before we did anything, and the carpet was blue. You can't see the carpet in any of the pictures because of the furniture, but you can get a little of a before and after feel.


The after picture is a different angle, but you can see the new colors on the wall. We love the painting. Kate spotted it while we were shopping for a couch and the colors went perfect with everything we had already picked out. It was 50% off, so we had to take it.


Here is a picture of the tile by the front door. My brother in law Matt put it in for us. Before they just had carpet by the front door.


My dad helped me put in the railing. The old railing had a couple of balusters that were broken and they were further apart. We figured it would be safer for Jason and the future little ones to have a new railing. We used the old post, but put in a new base and new balusters.


My sister Melissa helped us re-stain the handrails and Matt helped us put a piece of wood on top of the wall that goes up along the stairs. As you can see in the before picture, it was just painted. We thought the board would help make it look a little nicer and make it easier to keep clean.


Those are all of the before and after pictures. The rest of the pictures are the other rooms. I have some before pictures, but they mostly just show the furniture that was there before.

Here is a picture of the basement. The basement is mostly Jason's play area and our entertainment room.


Here is a picture of the third room upstairs.


This is Jason's room, with his cool blue fan (the fan came with the house).


Finally, the master bedroom. We love our new bureau. We ordered a bed to match, but it is back ordered and we haven't received it yet.