| Jul. 20th, 2008 @ 08:05 am Moved in... |
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The house is a two story Arts and Crafts style home, built in 1920. It is a livable fixer, it does need work, but it's the summer, so we have time.
Three bedrooms upstairs, two of which have large walk in closets, the third, used as an office by the landlords, has a small walk in nook area that I originally was going to use as an altar room/meditation room...BUT...we decided to move the bedroom to that room so it will become my closet. The room we're using now as a bedroom, the closet there will be for storage and for Spike's closet.
The full bath is downstairs, the upstairs bathroom is a 1/2 bath but has a large walk in closet....well, not even a closet per se. It's bigger than the bathroom itself and needs to be finished. We're thinking maybe a shower stall and some cabinets or shelves.
The upstairs hall, stairs, and two of the bedrooms will need carpet. I'm painting the rooms as well, so while my bedroom's color is already chosen, we're not sure about the other rooms yet. I'm trying to find colors that would suit the house.
Downstairs, has a kitchen, living room, and bonus room/den. We're using the bonus room as an office. There's no door, just a large doorway/entryway, so I hung up a curtain to go between the two areas.
The kitchen is OLD...the cabinets ancient and the counter tops ugly and damaged. Needs new cabinetry and counters, but it's large enough to put in a table and chairs. I can see one of those farmhouse benches and table setups, that go in a corner.
The house has a basement that looks like it had been a garage at one time Part of the door was framed in, so now there's only a small door tat leads room the basement to the outside, and the basement is ground level in the back. It's got a workbench for Spike's tools, as well as the washer and dryer, and holds out small chest freezer and will hold the extra fridge we're getting from my sister.
The outside definitely needs work. All the windows need replacing, the gutters need replacing. The front porch and deck needs replacing, the house needs a new coat of paint.
We have a detached double garage but the landlords are using it for storage right now. We're not being charged full rent at this point because of that.
Small actual yard, although technically, the property line runs all the way to the road and it contains a small field in the front, though the fencing is white panel and broken down. Would need to be replaced. The landlords are thinking of subdividing the property and selling that front half. I think if we tried to get the house on a contract, we'd want that property.
All in all, despite the work this places needs, it has a good feel to it. Even my mother said that when she first walked in, she got a good feeling about it. I did too but I cleansed the house and smudged it with Sage as a precaution.
Master bedroom will be a Chinese Lacquer Red color, although not sure what the trim color will be. The kid's room is a dark lavender color now, we'll probably keep it that way. The extra bedroom, which will be used as a dressing room/guest room, I have no idea what color just yet. The stairway and upper hall will be a teal green blue color, I think. We want something cool yet soothing and welcoming.
I might look into Art Deco colors to get an idea. |
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