Because I don’t want to use all my space on WordPress with one post (and because I really want you to read more than one blog post), I’ve decided to break things up a bit.  For those who are interested in how oor wee hoose is shaping up, here are some comparison photos from the main floor.

Kitchen:

When we first looked at the house:

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The day we moved in:

And today:

Notice the pictures and other flotsam and jetsam.  While have gotten quite adept at cleaning up to staging standards, this is how it really looks after Frank cleans up after dinner (which is only fair since I cooked!)

For those who are morbidly curious where all the stuff in those boxes went:

 

Now the study.  How it looked when we first saw it (complete with realtor):

The day we moved in:

And today:

 

(Special photo: Frank’s bar so everyone knows that the whisky made it okay.  The rest of the liquor is hiding in the cabinet.  It’s not nearly so important!)

Dining room: sure sign of a civilized home!

The day we bought the house:

The day we moved in:

And today – complete with wilting flowers from last week’s farmer’s market:

(Note: art on the walls! It was hard to line them up with the crooked floors.  For example, the wine rack has corks from wine bottles under the right side to make it kinda straight sortof:

Yes, that’s just the red wine that lives upstairs.)

And finally:  the living room.  This room is now a combination of the formal living room in the old house and the very informal family room. (I’m slowly getting over the fact that there is a TV in my living room which I don’t really like….)

When we bought the house:

When we moved in:

And today:

 

And there are more pictures on the walls:

Hard to see on this rainy night but at the top of the tower on the right is a turntable! We’re having soooo much fun with all the 80’s vinyl – right now it’s “Faith” by George Michael.  Who doesn’t love library book sales where Men at Work LPs go for 50 cents!

(And the white wine lives here.  It’s just to the left of the small table.

(And isn’t quite as crooked as the photo but notice how many bottles are missing…. )

But to really appreciate how cute it is you’ll have to a) wait to see tomorrow’s pictures; and b) COME VISIT US!!!