House 43

The number on our house is 43, hence the blog name House 43. That's about as creative as I can get for a title. The house has 4 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms. There is a roughed in bathroom in the basement which we will finish at some point. There are 3 living areas, the den, the formal living room and the basement rec room.  There is a double garage and eat in kitchen. Here are the pictures we took when we first got possession.

Entrance (front door to the left)

Front Foyer looking up to 2nd level

Laundry Room and Door to Garage

Main Floor Half Bathroom

Family Room/Den

Kitchen

Living Room/Dining Room

Guest Bedroom

Upstairs Bathroom

Upstairs Hallway

Master Bedroom

Backyard

Bedroom #1

Bedroom #2

Front Foyer with new paint colour

I will upload basement pictures another time. The first thing we did was paint the main entrance a neutral color. There was no way I could handle walking in to a dungeon so it was a must to have it painted. You can see the new color in the last picture. It definitely brightened up the entrance which was what I was going for. So there is the first official home tour.

The Beginning.

Recently I purchased my first home! Yikes! It's been a goal of mine for a long time and way back in December 2012 I was able to start looking.  I basically knew what I wanted in a home and I wasn't going to settle for anything less, well, maybe I had to give up the dream of a house with a pool, but that's not to say its not on my wish list!  So in December, right before Christmas (i know right?!, who buys a house right before Christmas!?!  I do!) I started the search.  I kind of had my heart set on a new build but couldn't wait for 9 months while they built it! I'm somewhat of a compulsive buyer, when I want something, I want it NOW! So after looking at new houses and realizing that they were at the top of my budget and not completely finished I started to look for something a bit older that had a complete house.  To be honest, I looked at about 10 houses online and in person before I came across my house. At first I saw it online, I was like, "no way! that's ugly! who would buy that?" etc. etc. and then 2 weeks passed and I was starting to feel the pressure of never finding my home.  So reluctantly I went back to the "ugly house" and asked my real estate agent to show the house so I could see it in real life.  So long story short, it ended up having basically everything on my wish list, minus the pool.  I could definitely work with it.  I wanted a house with a lot of windows, windows that you could open and have a fresh breeze coming through, 4-5 bedrooms (don't ask me why, I like options), 2-3 bathrooms, 2 living areas (one for me and one for the kids), a decent backyard (but one that could fit a future pool), privacy ( a must!), a garage, and last but not least, POTENTIAL!! and I found it, in the "ugly house"!
We've been in the house for 3 months and are still not complete unpacked but that's on the list of things to do.  The purpose of my blog is to have a diary of sorts so that I could look back at my journey of renovating my "dream" home and so I can always look back and realize how far its come.  With that, here we are at The Beginning.  BEFORE pictures coming right up......