Home is Where the Heart is

Thursday, August 5, 2010

It's almost been 2 months since Justin and I moved into our home that we purchased together.  It has been amazing having our own home, and being able to do whatever we want to it.  There was not a lot that needed to be done to the house to make us happy.  We just painted the living room, and dining room but haven't done too much else.  We will need to do some updating later on, but for right now we are happy with it.  It's a 120 year old house, with a lot of updates done to it by the previous owners.  We will eventually change the colours in the kitchen, and do some updating in the bedrooms, and bathrooms.

Here are some before and after pictures of the living room and dining room. BTW I'm a terrible photographer....


Living Room Before:


Living Room After:


We still need curtains

Above the shelf will go a huge, beautiful, colourful painting...that I have yet find/purchase

Dining Room Before:

                                   
                                        

Dining Room After:

Here are some pictures of the Kitchen:




Here is the house and the yard....

There are three ponds, this is the medium size one.






So that's my house, ta-da!! I will add pictures of the bedroom later and two guest bedrooms. There is a bathroom and a ensuite bathroom (just toliet and sink), as well as a computer room with a piano that they left.



 

I love everything about it, it's character, and what we have done to it so far.





8 comments:

theTsaritsa said...

Oh wow, what a cute place! I love that you have your own yard and several ponds! Are you going to put fish in them?

Jill said...

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Jill said...

It must be sooo cool to decorate your own house! I have an apartment right now with a roommate, and we can't do much since we can't paint the walls or anything.I love your maroon (or red?) walls and the backyard! I'm posting your guest post now :) ~Jill

Margaret said...

!!!

Oh my gosh (a) You've got a great eye for design.

(b) I've been looking at house-porn for weeks. I'm so ready to have a home I can't stand it.

(c) That house is adorable!

Jess said...

I LOVE the colors you used for your living room.

The kitchen is adorable.

The yard is great too!

Your house is so cute! I love it!

Mrs. K said...

Your home is lovely! I really like the changes you two made.

Lindsay said...

Thanks Everyone! It was a difficult decision picking out what paint we wanted to use. We definately had to compromise. This "tough, macho guy" that I have all of a sudden became a diva and was very concerned with picking the correct paint colours. We stood in Home Depot for a good 1 1/2 picking out colours we both liked.

B said...

your house is to cute! i love how a little bit of paint completely changed the look and feel of the rooms! A minor change but a big difference!

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