As of October 31st, 2012 we moved into our first house here in NJ! Halloween marked our one year anniversary and we have come a long way from where we started... Here are some pictures of all our projects and a tour of our home! I have been enjoying HGTV a little too much, so for dramatic effect I posted 'before and after' pictures!
Entryway Before
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| I am pretty sure wallpaper removal is my least favorite home improvement chore. |
Entryway After
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| Paint, no more textured wallpaper! |
Den/Playroom Before
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| That TV is making me nervous... |
Den/Playroom After
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| Paint & curtains do wonders :) |
Dining Room Before
Dining Room After
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| Close up of our gorgeous fall tree! |
Powder Room Before
Powder Room After
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| Removed wallpaper and painted |
Here's some pictures of our kitchen... it is the reason we bought the house! I love the range, soft-close cabinets and wine fridge. We plan on getting stainless steel dishwasher and fridge eventually to complete it :)
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| Love to cook on my range |
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| Wine fridge and glass front cabinet |
Living Room Before
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| The previous owners were huge music fans... those shelves held tons of cd's and records. |
Living Room After
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| Paint, Roman Shade and Furniture |
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| Loving my built ins :) |
Master Bedroom Before
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| The windows made it hard to arrange the furniture in the room. |
Master Bedroom After
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| We centered our bed under window, added curtains and paint. |
Master Bath Before
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| No storage, leaking pink 50's tile... |
Master Bath After
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| Still tiny, but brand new with storage and no leaks! |
Girl's Bathroom Before
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| Tiny sink, no storage and peeling bathtub |
Girls Bathroom After
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| New tile and tub, clean and white with storage! |
Lindsay's Room
Madison's Room
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| Her room isn't always this dark... it's just a dark cloudy day! |
Guest Room
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| Found a place for all my navy blue Pepperdine décor...Bed is comfy and ready for visitors! |
I can't believe we have lived in our home for a year...in some ways it feels like we just got here, and others like we've been in for years. Over the past year we have made NJ our home, and jumped into our new lives with gusto. I am pretty sure we suffered from a bout of insanity while we feathered our nest. We completed 2 bathroom renovations, painted the entire house (including closets), removed wallpaper and hung pictures in our home all within 3 months... with two young kids!! Needless to say, there was a lot of painting during naptimes and after the girls went to bed. On the weekends one of us would do a project, while the other one watched the girls, then we switched! It feels SO fantastic to simply live in our house and enjoy it without seeing projects everywhere. I have new appreciation for all the home renovation shows and the huge undertaking it is live in a construction zone. Jarrett and I both agree we will not be spending our retirement flipping houses...LOL. Thank you again to Papa for coming to help out with our renovations... couldn't have done it without you! A special thanks to Grammie for coming out, too, and babysitting so we could get a few projects done! And thank you to Gigi and Nonna for helping make it all possible. (:
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