Before and After

We've had several requests from family and friends to see what our house looks like on the inside. I had the foresight to take some photos when we first got here (before our stuff arrived), but I was waiting to take the "after" pictures once they could be a little more final. But then I realized that we have so many projects that we want to do that it could take forever to be "finished"! So here are the "for now / after" photos, which will still change more as we continue to settle in. :)

Oh, and here's a reminder of what the outside of the house looks like:

from the "front" driveway, looking northwest 

from the "back" driveway, looking southeast

Okay, now for the big reveal of the inside!

From the front door (on the deck), looking into the main living space (before)

And for now/after.  (We are removing the wall that goes down to the basement - on the left - to help circulate the heat/cold better throughout the year. Also, I had just taken a bunch of clothes off the line outside - otherwise we don't normally keep full baskets of laundry on our couch! And please ignore the pile of art behind the table. We have a lot fewer walls now, so we're still figuring out where to hang things.)

The reverse view of the main living space, looking back at the front door (before)

And for now / after. (In addition to the open wall to the basement - which will eventually just be a post and railing, I also LOVE our new dining room light fixture!!)

And a final view of the main living space. The front door is off to the right (before)

same view, for now / after:

Kitchen and hallway to the bathroom (kind of straight ahead), pantry (to the right behind the kitchen), and Rose's room (to the left) -  (before)

for now / after. (Please ignore the fridge being pulled out, since we're in the middle of fixing it - long story. Also, eventually I want to replace those track lights above the stove, and also make it into a live-edge bar between the kitchen and dining room. Eventually.)

Bathroom/laundry room (before)
And I didn't take "for now / after" shots because it's still basically the same, other than more stuff on the shelves. (To do: paint, put in shelves and a drying rack around the laundry side of the room, and fix the fact that NOTHING in this room is centered  - not the mirror above the sink, not the light fixture above the mirror, and certainly not the shelf between the washer and dryer!!)

Looking up to the loft from the living room (before)

for now / after (notice the awesome new ceiling fan? And eventually the railings on the stairs will be updated and will match the future railings up on the loft and also the future railings down to the basement.)

The loft (before). This is standing right at the top of the stairs and looking out toward the Juliet balcony, which faces south.

for now / after. (we'll eventually remove the studs on the right and make the whole right side open. I think the left side will stay closed because that will eventually be my closet in back, but I plan to paint it white since I don't like wood paneling at all.)

the "summer bedroom" - aka my room  (before)

and for now / after (Mike's first project, once he gets electricity out in the Quonset, is to build me a nice bed frame. I CAN'T WAIT.)

and my closet (before)

for now / after. (clearly it's on the docket to eventually build some more shelves and to put up a clothes rail. One of these days...)

Before:   this quarter of the loft will eventually be storage for wrapping paper, suitcases, office supplies, etc.

For now / after:  it's just a mess of boxes that need some shelving in order to be put away!

Before:  this quarter of the loft will eventually be my quilting area.

For now / after:  Mike is eventually going to build us a new dining room table, and then the current table can become my sewing table. And we'll eventually build some shoe storage in the basement, so those will get moved downstairs eventually.

Okay, back down to the main floor again...


The hallway pantry (before)

and for now / after. (I love the pot rack that we hung up instead of that huge  cupboard on the top right. The previous owners must have been much shorter than us, because that cupboard corner was right at the level of my forehead. OUCH.)

The back pantry (before)

and for now / after. (eventually the winter gear will all be in the entryway down in the basement and this will just be pantry/storage. And I will paint the ugly paneling white at some point.)

Rose's room (before)

she loves her TWO closets!

Rose's room (for now / after). This is also our guest bedroom, for anyone who comes to visit! :)   (we'll also get frames for those beds eventually too!)

And now down to the basement...


Basement entry (before)

for now / after (eventually this will have a bench, storage for winter gear, etc. But we are able to watch TV now! Priorities!)

Basement bathroom (before)
I also didn't take any "after" pictures of this room since basically nothing has changed. We took down the valence (just like in every. single. other. room.) but that's about it.

Basement TV area (before)

and for now / after. (Mike did offer to clean up for my pictures, but I told him that we could go for candid, "real-life living" in these shots.  But we will clean up if you come visit us, I promise! And we will also even out those pictures because they drive my OCPD crazy!!)

The summer bedroom - aka Mike's room (before)

and for now / after. (yes, Mike's bed is backwards. He wanted a nice breeze from the window, so the long-term plan is to cut down the headboard a bit. But the short-term solution was just to turn the bed around backwards. It would drive me crazy, but he says he doesn't mind!)

And that's the whole house!

Here's a bonus picture of the view while sitting at the kitchen table :)

We have a guest bedroom now, so let us know if you ever want to visit!!