Before & After

Hello from the outskirts of Charlottesville!  Long time no blog. 

We have now lived in our house almost two years.  A LOT has happened in those two years!  We had another baby! An adorable baby girl named Annabel, "Annie" for short.  I finished graduate school!  And we worked our butts on on this house!  I decided that I wanted to do official before and after photos of the rooms that are done, so I can breathe a sigh of relief and put all of that stress behind me.

For all of you mommas of young kids out there who may be looking at these photos and thinking to yourself, “my house will never look like that! My kids are tiny tornados!” Let me reassure you, that our house doesn’t look like this either!  I cleaned one room at a time and photographed it over the course of a month!  Cleaning your house with young kids around is like brushing your teeth while eating Oreos.  It’s never really done.  In short - our house is always a mess.  ALWAYS.

So without further ado, welcome to our humble abode.

 Our Whole House

I know the "after" looks worse - but it's only because it was taken on a rainy day, and we haven't trimmed our bushes after the long winter.  Otherwise, take a look at the front door, the shutters, and the screened in porch.  Paints works miracles! Plus - NEW ROOF!

The Dining Room

Kitchen

 We took out walls!  It looks awesome!  Look at our new bar-height counter in lieu of wall!

 

The Living Room 

 Screened in Porch

Office

For real - paint is an amazing thing!

 Master Bedroom

Forgive the lack of symmetry in our photos hanging over the mantle.  The third open space is supposed to be a picture of the new baby ... who is 10-months-old today.  Someday we'll get around to putting it up.  Sorry second children!

 Master Bathroom

 Lucy's Room

Annie's Room

We're still working on the basement - Caleb's work room, the T.V. room and the laundry room.  Those pictures will hopefully be coming within the next two years!