Before and After Photos

Okay... so I've had some requests for before and after photos of the house. Eventually we'll get all of our furniture in the right place and pictures on the wall- and then everything will seem like home again. Right now- our only hangup is that we need to do some paint touchups- but do you know how hard it is to pull out a roller and paint with a two year old? That's like death to my leather couches!! So anyway- pictures are on the backburner until then. But... let's get started with the official tour of the house before we painted (I'll upload the after pictures in the next post)! First... let's look at Shaun and my bedroom. When we bought the house it was a dark, dark chocolate brown with a teal trim. Which actually could have been cute- but the room is kind of small- and it just seemed soooo closed in with all four walls dark. Maybe if it had been an accent wall or something- but it just made me feel like I was in the stomach of a whale or something. Just call me Jonah. She had even painted the hall the same dark brown- it was just sooo dark!!

Then came Ty's room- which in all reality looked like a hot dog bun or something. It was yellow and red. I think she was originally going for like a "Curious George" theme- but again- it really made the room seem small. I guess if I really like red or something I could have left it- but the previous owner had let her little boys dip their hands in yellow paint and press it against the wall. I didn't really want lasting impressions of kids I didn't know. It's kind of a cute idea though.... maybe we'll do something like that in the basement or something.

Let's see... We also have a third bedroom upstairs that we aren't really sure what we're going to do with yet. I think it will be a guest room for now- and then once we get to that point- it will become a nursery (no grandma Jacki- we are not announcing anything yet :) ). It was pink though and it just had to go too. It would have made a very pretty princess room- but in reality... who are we going to give that to? Shaun? Maybe he could hang up all his Michael Jordan memorabilia in it... Maybe not. Maybe we could get the paint color for Erica and her little girls- it would fit better.

The kitchen is probably my favorite room in the house (though this could be because we haven't had to do anything with it yet). It's not really a before- but I love it so much- I thought I would upload a picture anyway!