the beginning

As some of you may or may not know, Matt and I have purchased a home. Even though we got the keys on Friday, the house is not move-in ready by any means. There are cement floors downstairs, cotton candy colored carpet upstairs that has definitely seen better days, an almost leaking roof and a deck with scattered holes and slippery goo everywhere.  These are just the major issues one may notice upon arrival. Problems aside, we somehow fell in love with this place and have now started the major rehab program. With the help of a contractor we will get the main issues fixed and all the other little projects we will be taking on ourselves. Below are a few pictures that show the house without any work done... Look closely, because in the next few days I will share what we accomplished over the weekend and you will hardly believe it is the same house!

The exterior. Gotta love the peaks and large windows. 

Notice the lovely wallpaper (because in the next post it will be gone).

Tiny master bath.

Cotton candy carpet

More wallpaper. I sure would love to meet the previous owners who thought this would be a good idea.

Another angle of the same wallpapered bathroom.