Before

For being a blog about my house, Musings from the Front Porch has very few pictures of my house. So today we’ll do a tour of the house the day I closed on it.

The pictures aren’t perfect, but they’ll give you a good idea of what I was starting with.

Luckily, no heavy lifting was required. The hardwood floors running throughout the house were refinished a week before I put my offer in. The whole house had recently been painted a very, very pale yellow. All I had to do was buy a fridge! I always thought I would be ok with doing work on a house, but move-in-ready has it perks. Lots of them.

Without further ado, let’s begin!

The banner shows my house on a snowy winter day (I plan to change it out with the changing of the seasons). Here’s a shot on a beautiful sunny day in June. How I miss the warm weather!



From the front door into the living room and dining room



The dining room



Kitchen, sans refrigerator



My first dishwasher! And other half of the kitchen



Office (notice the double chair rail!)



Guest room



Guest bath


Master bedroom


Master bath



Basement


½ bath in the basement. With no walls.


And there you have it! The “before” shots.

Thanks to Emily LaMaster for many of these photos and for all the help cleaning the house the day I moved in!