The Love Shack

Welcome to our home.

This post took a while to put together, 

it was a hard one.

Being new at blogging I just pretend I'm having a conversation with someone, 

hence the terrible sentence structure,

bad grammar, 

lack of direction.

I just blurt out what I think, 

throw in some pictures, 

and hit publish.

It works.

But when you have a story to tell it becomes overwhelming.

A few times I have sat down planning to write this post, 

usually I ended up showing you pretty jewelry, 

art that I like, 

things I have bought. 

Things that I love.

I will continue to do that, don't get me wrong. 

But damn I love this house, 

The journey we took to get here.

The relationship we built and the lessons we have learned.

How do you blurt out the last 5 years of your life?

I guess you don't.

Somehow it will all weave itself in here.

It's a journal, not a novel right?

I'll tell you how we ended up here eventually, 

don't worry it's nothing horrible or dramatic.

Just a LONG story.

but for now....

Let's take a gander.

That's me and my husband Chris. 

Taken in July 2012.

We look really really happy here, 

that's because we just got the keys to our first house!

The following pictures are the before shots.

Taken the day we got the keys.

It is a four level back-split, 

an 80's baby just like us.

While we have spent the last 25 years growing, 

this house sat preserved in all of it's glory.

The decor was horrific.

Trust me, we do not live like this!

 It was so ugly, 

so pink.

Here is the front entry.  

Check out the dirty blue door. Yum.

Imagine yourself walking in the front door, 

to your left you would see this.

Living/Dining Room.

We use it simply as a dining room.

Two views, one from the front door, 

one looking towards the front door.

Sheers!

At the end of the Living/Dining room are a set of stairs, 

they lead up to the three bedrooms.

More pink.

To the right of those stairs is a small set going down into the family room.

Now, back to the front door. 

When you walk in the house looking straight ahead is the galley kitchen

These are particularly scary.

We were moving, 

We were setting up for a week of painting.

Garbage everywhere.

There was drinking.

Those walls aren't painted yellow, 

they are wallpapered solid yellow.

Yeah.

Here is a view from the family room looking up, 

towards the front door again.

My step-dad doing a great job at hiding behind that pole.

The family room.

All we had were lawn chairs at the time,

we didn't officially move in until a week later.

Off of the family room is a small three piece bathroom.

To the left of where the picture was taken.

Remember the bathroom post?

Well this one is his...

So much baby blue.

This one is mine...

It's upstairs with the bedrooms.

So much pink.

And another view...

There are three bedrooms upstairs, 

I'll only show you one because we have yet to touch the other two.

The master.

 I'm in the process of taking some after shots of the rooms with the most improvement.

This just gives you an idea of what we were working with.

Pink walls, green carpet, no character.

It gets better, 

I promise.

Blurt, pictures, publish.

Done.