This past September, Vito and I began looking for houses. We wanted a house we could work on slowly over the next few months because we both live at home and don't plan on moving in together until we're married. The process was HORRIBLE. At first, every house we looked at, we fell in love with. We were so excited to start our life together, we honestly could not care whether or not we lived in a box. We put bids in on a few houses, and lost out on them. I kept getting discouraged, and Vito would tell me that if it's meant to be it will fall right into place. Of course, I didn't want to hear that, and told him he was being picky! Fortunately for my poor fiance, we have two reasonable sets of parents that provided us with guidance and advice during this time... especially Vito's father. My soon to be father in law is amazing when it comes to real estate. He knows all the ins and outs of building a house and can see potential in a house even when it may not be amazing from the start. Perfect example of this is the house we ended up buying. In November, Vito was sitting at his kitchen counter on the computer looking through new listings when he stumbled upon a house that had just been posted that day. Not only was it a "fixer upper", it was in Schalmont school district, had a lot of land, and was a foreclosure. My fiance was in LOVE! So was I... except for the Schalmont part of course! ;-) Before I knew it, we had put in a bid, and the house was ours. It was an amazing feeling! A little overwhelming, yes, but so exciting. This house was a disaster area. The people that lived in the house were... to say the least... interesting. Every inch of open wall in the house was covered by wood paneling, the front yard was full of wooden cows and crocheted bricks, we found cans of octopus in the basement, and a neon green and purple room with hand prints and Justin Bieber lyrics on the wall. Lovelyyyy.
A few weeks ago, Vito and I found pictures of what the house looked like while the people were living in the house. Here are the before pictures, when the people were living there, and the after, when we had moved all of their lovely left over junk out. Enjoy!
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| The dining room. Lots of wood paneling. Give it's that Abe Lincoln, log cabin feel. |
After we have moved everything out of the dining room.
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| The sink in the kitchen. If this picture was bigger you would be able to see that they had their washer and dryer IN the kitchen. Nice! |
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| Kitchen after everything was taken down. |
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| This picture cracks me up. How much crap can you put in one room? |
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| The living room after! It looks so much bigger without the guns and all... |
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| What a room! And a hot tub! MMMM. Love it! |
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| Our "Bonus Room" after we took out the jacuzzi! Not sure what we are going to do with this... Vito is thinking a movie theater?? We will see! |
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Now on to the Bieber Fever Room. OWWW.
We don't have a picture of the lyrics... they are on the other wall. I think Vito and I are not going to change anything about this room!
Looking at these, you probably are wondering what the heck we were thinking when we bought this house. It may not seem like it now, but this house will be amazing when it is done. It is a process that Vito and I will always remember! Looking at these pictures I can't believe how much work we have done. These are just the beginning of a ton of photos we will be adding, so make sure you check in soon!
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