Landscaping

After cutting the grass we discovered a beautiful yard! Who would have thought? The previous owners had done some landscaping so we can't take credit for it all. But for those of you who know our love for gardening you know we have big plans for it. Our main plan at this point is to get rid of the crab grass and weeds that have taken over. I'll leave that to my husband :)

Carpet

Found this picture of the carpet and had to share. Gives you an idea of what it looked like before we took it all out. I mentioned earlier that we primed the subfloors. Basically, we cleaned every square inch of the floors and rolled an oil based primer on to seal out any smells.

Mailbox

Speaking of wood rot, check out the mailbox. Jason completely rebuit and painted it so we wouldn't be in voilation of our neighborhood covenants. Within a week of fixing the mailbox, two-that's right-two of our friends backed into it!! Now it's in concrete so it shouldn't go anywhere.

Window Rot

The exterior windows had some serious wood rot. We hired this out for repairs. Most of the window trim was replaced with pvc and some of the columns on the front porch had to be replaced as well. The rot is a result of the trim not being painted over the past 10 years.

The deck

Jason pressuring washing the deck. If we have any hopes of salvaging it we needed to clean and stain it. Eventually we hope to add on and build a screened in porch (that's in the 5 year plan LOL). Now if it will ever stop raining we can stain it.

Front Steps Drain System

The front steps were about to collapse because the ground below had washed away. My husband and father in law back filled under the steps with concrete and put a drain in. This was about a day's work but hopefully it will take care of the problem. Below are pictures of the before and after. The drain system uses a pvc pipe to help the water run under the steps then away.

Interior Before Pictures

Here are some more pictures of the interior. Our plan is to repaint everything from floor to ceiling. We even primed the subfloor once the carpet was out because they had pets that frequently used the bathroom inside (hence the horrible smell). Mainly there are a lot of cosmetic changes we want to make but love the layout.