We asked a few friends "in the biz" to stop by and give us their opinions, two cents and creative ideas on how to make our new girl beautiful. We got so many, our little heads were spinning! We stewed a few days and finally came up with a rough game plan.
Now that you know the backstory, here's the ugly duckling in all her glory:
the front door and ugly stoop (Jill loves this door!)
Entry-wish you really see how stained and nasty those hardwoods look
Kitchen-see the leaky spot where the fridge was?
Living Room-not much going on here
Dining Room-I have hit my head on that fixture more times than I care to mention. Thinking about taking the wall down between the dining room and kitchen. Thinking about it.
The ONLY thing going for the main bath is that it does have an AWESOME Kohler cast iron tub. We decided to work around it.
Yellow bedroom-cleanest carpet in the house
Pink bedroom-home of the stinkbug nest. They made a home in top part of the blinds.
Master Bedroom-smells like cat pee in that one dirty corner. See it? Gross.
Master Bath-see that OTHER leaky spot? How do you use this room everyday and not think it needs to be fixed? On the flip slide, this bath also has the AWESOME Kohler cast iron tub in it. I didn't put a picture of that one because 1) you've already seen the other one and it looks the same and 2) uploading pictures tonight is taking A SWEET FOREVER!
Basement room 1
and room 2 or the dead chipmunk room. I (Kimmy) found a chipmunk dead in the floor the day after we signed the papers. If Jill had found him, she would have decided to NEVER come back. She hates any creature that even resembles a mouse. He wasn't there a few days before so he must have came in and got stuck with no water. At least it was cold so he didn't stink. He did make me say a cuss word when I found him in the dark.
Close up of that window. See that big gap on lower right? Rotten.
Downstairs bath. I don't even know where to start. Yes, I do. Remember that leaky spot from the icemaker line/fridge? This is the result of ignoring it FOR A LONG TIME. There are more pictures we could show you, but we won't. You might not come back.
Let's go outside for a breath of fresh air. Watch your step! There's a big hole in the deck.
Ignoring the big hole, take in the lovely view of the pool. Poof! Next go round, this sucker will be gone!
Covered porch-won't be covered much longer. It might not be there at all. We'll see.
Let's walk down and take a look in the backyard/falling in swimming pool area. Hang onto the rail, the steps are a little rickety.
Well, we come to the end of our little tour of Peggy Sue, pre make-over. We would love for you to follow along as we realize our little dream. Check back often as we post updates of our progress. God has truly blessed us with this not so little project and a sweet and patient Daddy who is holding our hand through the whole thing. She's gonna be beautiful, we promise!!
