An upstairs tour Part two

From the "media room" to Rachel's room there are double French doors because who wouldn't want everyone in the house to be able to watch you sleep? Rachel's room is dark maroon at the moment.


David's room

This we call the "Cowboy Room." It has very cute but very peeling cowboy wallpaper. We will use it for the gamecube and such but right now it's just one of those "extra" rooms we have right now holding boxes we haven't unpacked.

Well, I haven't shown you the attic or the basement but we'll leave those delights for another time. I'll be gone for a week so when I get back I'll post some pictures of what we've done so far.

An upstairs tour

In my last post I left everyone in the kitchen so here we are at the bottom of the back stairway ready to go up to the second floor. This is the stairway that the previous owners were using because the front main stairway was blocked off.

First we come to the upstairs bath with lovely carpet on the floor. It is a nice size for a bathroom but that carpet has got to go!

The next room is the one that we will use for our bedroom. Apparently it was an apartment at one time. The sink will be going even though Doug suggested keeping it.


Next is a large bedroom that connects to our room and Rachel's room as well as the hall. The previous owners were using it as a TV room and so will we. We grandly call it our "media room". And, yes, we do air quotes every time we say "media room."

I'm new to blogger and don't seem to be able to post any more pictures in this post so I'll continue with "An upstairs tour Part Two."

A downstairs tour

The living room

The room off the living room-the main stairway is behind that ugly cabinet. It has been closed off for years.

The dining room

The guest room

Downstairs bathroom

Kitchen

Room off the back of the kitchen-maybe originally a porch, we will use it as an office

Tomorrow we will tour the second floor.

A brief tour of our new house

Ok, so we closed on the house, starting moving things in and then I left for a week to see my neice graduate from high school (a great homeschool graduation) in Montrose, Colorado. Congratulations Becky!

Now I'm home for about a week until we leave for a convention in Louisville. We have done a couple of minor things to start the restoration but I will use the next couple of posts to give anyone who is interested a tour of MY old house.

You will quickly see that it's a bit rough around the edges but we love it and are anxious to get started. As you can see, most of the original outside features have been "simplified" by the acres and acres of aluminum and vinyl siding (yes, there is a mix). We have had several people tell us how lucky we are that the house has siding and not wooden clapboards! Obviously, not restoration enthusiasts.

There are two large windows and 2 doors that are completely covered by siding and can't be seen from the outside but are still completely there on the inside.

The front

East Side


Back


West side (impossible to get a view of the whole west side due to a nearby fence)