we bought a time machine...

Yes, it's true.

A time machine, to 1953. And our sole job now as homeowners is to bring this humble abode back to the future. 

So this post is going to be a buttload-a-pictures but I want all of my TX, NV, and CA family and friends to get the real feel of this home without having the chance to walk through it and see the project before we reveal the after!

So with a little drumroll of your own if you please....

 {the house from the street}

three bedroom
1 bath (partial bath in basement also)
1400 square feet

{our street!! this is basically what sold me on the house. Adam drove me down the street when he heard about this house being on the market and I told him,"we need to live here! I love love love this street!!!"}

 {the backyard from the car port}

 {back of the house from the far side of the yard}

 {front porch and flower bed to the right}

 {front kitchen window over the flower bed}

 {gotta love that vintage door!! It is staying but will be changing its color...suggestions please :)}

 {view looking left after entering front door, hallway to bathroom and bedrooms}

 {this is the "wall" that separates the hall from the living room, it is solid glass and about an inch and a half thick..its hittin the road!! Don't get me wrong I totally appreciate the solidity and retroness of it...it's just not really working for my feng shui}

 {another angle of the glass wall and an peek at the living room. The fireplace is working and we are eager to find out if the brick goes all the way up the wall but have decided to live with the paneling for a while. I got some great ideas from http://www.younghouselove.com/2009/08/how-to-paint-wood-paneling/, so we won't find out about the brick for a while}

 {the dining room, left of the living room, this wall and one of the walls in the living room form an L shaped wall for the kitchen...they are both coming down!!}

 

{the walls I were talking about...that's them in the left hand picture...and the right hand picture...those are metal baby blue cabinets folks. THEY'RE ALL DONZO!}

 {The window that looks out onto our front yard }

 {Door to the left is the master bedroom, striaght ahead goes into office, and hallway to the right goes to Belly's room. And yes, that is a laundry shoot.}

 {the bathroom...personally we love the floors...everything else has to go!but not right away...this is one renovation that we will wait to do until later, because we can still use everything...so instead of gutting it and redoing it we will be getting a new toilet, painting and having the sink and tub stained white. The hardware on the vanity will be updated and I will unwillingly have to live with the mismatched grey tile. Let me expand on that for you...

{...(back to the tile) see left hand photo...the dividing wall in the bathroom separates the tub/shower from the toilet and sink. the shower area conntects to the master bedroom. The tile in the first part of the bathroom is all really cool clean grey oldschool tiles...then in the shower area it turns into this misted grey with white edge crap...and then the shower is tiled with smaller lighter grey tiles. AWKWARD. But still livable. All of it is in great condition so we will hang tight} 

{View of bathroom from our bedroom}

 {view of our room from the hall.}

 {view from our front window in our bedroom of the front yard and street}

 {Our closets}

 {the office/guestroom. There is so much great light in this room!!}

{Belly's room...obviously used to be a boys room...blue everything and the light switch is a gold plated eagle u.s. army frame.}

 {heading downstairs to the basement from the kitchen}

  

 

{this will eventually be the playroom area/den}

{that's the laundry area and half bath that is in the basement}

}the rest of the basement is unfinished but we have big plans for years to come for it. Hopefully Adam's office can eventually be down there with a half bath..which is half way there...they got a toilet but never a sink! Maybe an extra bedroom. But for now laundry room, work bench and storage will do! Did I mention that our basement is equal to the upstairs in space...yeah folks thats just about 1400 square feet of basement!! We will for sure make use of it!}

 {belly playing in the front yard while daddy and grandpa work on the chimney}


So now that you have seen what we are the proud new owners of you can pick your jaw off the floor and say it...go ahead I know you're thinking it..."holy crap that's alotta work!".

We are so so so eager to get this project started!!

I will keep you updated with our progress!!! Stay tuned ya'll things are about to get messy!! :):):):):):)