Purchasing a home took forever; 19 months in total. And we certainly didn’t end up purchasing the kind of home we thought we would. We originally thought we would purchase relatively done home and have one or two projects where we could put our finishing touches on. What we ended up purchasing was much farther to the fixer-upper side of the scale.
So much wallpaper, so much cigarette smoke staining. There were spots on the wall where we could see the outline of two previous hanging pictures. And don’t forget the most disgusting “feature” of the house: carpeted kitchen! It’s horrendous but on the upside it makes a great tarp for painting/cleaning purposes.
I can’t help but admire the dedication the previous owner had to preserving the original design of the house. From the harvest gold stovetop and dishwasher to this absolutely revolting light fixture. It’s almost in so-bad-it’s-good territory. But falls just short.
I’m beginning to think that the ceilings were painted yellow, not white. But it’s more likely the previous owner never painted anything. Anything! That’s purchasing a house in 2003, living in it until 2016 and not changing a single thing.
I argue the makeshift bookshelves need to go, Daniella likes them.
This front door set is common to houses built in the 70’s. We might need to paint these bad boys sooner rather than later.
This is basically how every bedroom looks. They all have the same ceiling fan and window.
More pictures to come once we start tearing into the house.