So, this is our new home. There's a lot of work to do, perhaps more than we thought when we'd first looked round, but we plan on being here for a long time so we'll get it done!
Would you like a guided tour?
This is the hallway, we're going to paint it yellow.
The first room you come to is the living room. Complete with ladders and all the carpet that we ripped up. The previous owners had dogs/cats/cigarettes/an aversion to cleaning, so the carpets were gross and pretty stinky.
Next is the kitchen/dining room. I have a feeling this is where all our money will go! There is a lot of interesting pipe work and electric work going on!
The dining room leads to the conservatory. It's so gorgeous! I'm going to put a day bed in there for luxurious lounging!
The garden, so far I've seen a great tit and a squirrel!
The first room upstairs is the bathroom. If anyone knows how long you have to not clean your bathroom, for it to be completely black behind the toilet, please let me know. Sadly we can't afford a new bathroom for a while, but I spent 3 hours cleaning it so we'll live with it for now.
This will be our bedroom. Hopefully there's room for us to build in a wardrobe.
Spare room.
This will be Joe's computer room. He's painting it gray.
This is the view from our lounge window. I think it's lovely!
We've spent all weekend cleaning, so it's feeling a bit more like 'ours' now. Joe bought a steam cleaner, which has been powering through the years of dog hair and dirt. Seriously, it's so so dirty in there. And the boiler broke today! And we opened the dishwasher to find a George Forman gill, on a pile of newspapers and a curly wurly!
We'll get there! Any home renovation tips?
It looks really nice and sunny! Good luck with the cleaning and renovations!
ReplyDeleteThank you! One of the things we love most is the light in the house! :)
DeleteSo exciting! It looks like your floorboards are in pretty good condition (I'm obsessed: it's the one thing I looked at when I bought my house - were the floorboards good enough to get rid of carpets?!). Good luck with all the work!
ReplyDeleteThank you :) The floorboards are nice actually, but we'll be putting carpets back in at some point! We just couldn't stand the smell of the old carpets, and it turns out there were fleas in them! ick!
DeleteOh gross :( Thank goodness you got rid of them quickly! I wish I'd thought to take comprehensive 'before' photos of my house, it's going to be a good feeling when you're able to properly compare.
DeleteYou have a lot of work in front of you - good luck with that.
ReplyDeleteIf you're thinking of having a new kitchen, my son owns the kitchen/bathroom showrooms in Shifnal - Autumn Leaves Interiors.
Thank you, I think we'll definitely need some luck! I will bear your sons place in mind when it comes to kitchen time!
DeleteWonderful, just a matter of time before you put your own stamp on it. Re the bathroom, my home has avocado - eek - it will take us a few years before we can afford a new bathroom, hope in time your house becomes a home. Warmest of wishes.
ReplyDeleteI actually quite like avocado suites! Thank you for the good wishes, and I hope we both have new bathrooms sooner rather than later! x
DeleteOoh exciting times ahead! It looks like a fab chance to put your own stamp on it, a lot of hard work I'm sure but definitely all worth it in the end! Good luck! :-) xx
ReplyDeleteThank you, we definitely have a long to do list! It will be nice to have everything done (just give us a decade or so to do it in!) x
DeleteBeautiful home especially the dining room. Those Windows! I'm new to your blog and am loving it :) Congrats on the home and best wishes.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much :) I really love how light this house is, it's warm too because it gets a lot of sun all day :) x
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