Wednesday, May 20, 2009

New Home, Before

by Holly

We finally have possession of our new home in Lubbock! There is much to be done before moving in, including removing wallpaper, painting every room, changing out light fixtures and installing blinds. The rest can wait, but these were on Holly's priority list and had everyone scrambling! My parents, my brother, aunt and uncle and grandparents were all in and out before the actual move-in, and thank God they were! This is a shot of the front of the house, a little off center, but you get the point. Eli's bathroom light fixture. The same one was hanging in our bathroom. Vintage? Yes. And if anyone is going for that 70's look, we have them both for sale! Also note the wallpaper.

The entryway. Beautiful crown molding and... Well, we scraped the wallpaper off, restained the front door and are dealing with the tile for now.
The kitchen. Thankfully the previous owner had installed wood flooring, new countertops and tile backsplash to help the sale. It worked! We did remove this wallpaper as well and replaced it with texture and paint.

View of our bedroom and into the bathroom area. Yes, the carpet is pink but is in very good condition so we are embracing it. This bathroom also had wallpaper which has not been dealt with yet. Its my last hurdle to making it home!





3 comments:

TheLudlows said...

So retro- the hanging light!
And the pink carpet- maybe you can tell yourself it's a shade of beige.
Can't wait to see the after pics!!!

Lehmanns said...

Can't wait to see what it looks like now! I'm not sure we could have done all those projects. We don't like projects.
-Teri

Amanda McNeely said...

Minus the "vintage" light fixtures, and wallpaper....it looks great! I love the kitchen! I know when Holly gets done whipping this place together it will be unbelievable!