The "before" pictures"

We just did not know how much of a fixer up it would be, and that we would still be fixing it up almost a year later. But when this picture was taken I was so excited. It did not matter that there was a lot of work ahead of us, it was our house and our work.






Pay close attention to where the front door is in relation to the window...we will see a "switch-a-roo" here soon. But, on to the rest of the "before" pictures. Also note where the garage door is in this picture below. Street view.













So here is the living room, or well, back on Oct 29, 2009. Kim and I coming in the front door that I am standing in front of in the picture above.













You can see the light reflecting off the floor from the open front door where Kim and I are standing. Again, pay attention to where this window is, it will later make a swap with the front door. This picture is taken standing in the dining room, which is the picture below.











Pay attention to this window. It will be put into the new living room (where the garage door is in that picture above) and be replaced with french doors. To the right is the doorway to the garage which the back quarter will become the laundry room (and the rest will be the new living room) and to the right is the kitchen, which half will become a second bathroom and half of the dining room with make up for the lost kitchen space used for the new bathroom. I know, confusing. I did say remodel right?







Here is the old kitchen. The window is going to be moved over. See that doorway in the very back there to the left? That is going to be the doorway to the new bathroom...I will keep walking you through it step by step, but you might have to scroll back up as we move on and it gets more confusing; just to reorient yourself.









Notice where the tub is, that will be changed. The wall to the left of the tub will be removed and become a doorway. The person taking this picture is standing in the doorway, which will soon be a linen closet accessed from the hallway. Hopefully as more pictures come this will make more sense; not less.













Ok, see the last open door below, across from the heater? To the left. That is the old door to the back of the kitchen I pointed out in the picture above...the doorway I said would go to the new
bathroom. Nothing special about this picture, just put it in to help give you direction.












Ok, here is the master bedroom, if master bedrooms existed in the 50's.
The wall to the right of the window will be knocked down to make a doorway to the old bathroom, which will become the master bathroom. The doorway leads directly to where the tub is in the picture above. There will be another picture later with the doorway punch out and it will make more sense.











White walls and green carpet in room across the hall from master.














Quite possibly the ugliest pain color in the bedroom off of the living room.















The back of the house...