Finished, Finished, Finished!

 This is what the house looked like when we took possession of it.

Here it is 6 1/2 months later.

 

 

 

 

Before....

After!

Backyard, Finished

 Oh, the backyard.
Do you remember this?

 How about now?

 Remeber the old deck?
Those were some shaky stairs, let me tell you.

 This was looking up towards the street from the back corner of the garage.

This is what that side yard looks like now.

 Here we were looking down the side of the garage towards the backyard.
In the end we pulled 5 lawnmowers out of there.
Unused.
Obviosly.

 This is looking down the side of the garage from the street now.
No lawnmowers.

Here is the back patio now.
I don't have any "before" pictures from this particular view, because back then I was afraid to walk out this far into the back 40.  I was so thouroughly unnerved from what I had seen inside the house that I wasn't willing to venture off the deck.
I told you, I was a softie back then.

Downstairs, Finished

Here is the downstairs TV room. 

Here it is from another angle.  

And lets go stand in this corner and look at it.

This is the front bedroom.

I know, again with the lighting.  Sorry.

And this is the back bedroom.

This is the downstairs bathroom.

And the downstairs tub/shower.

In case you were interested.

Here is the horror of what we started with.

Here it is again.

Thats the door to the backyard.  The new one is in the same location, but that's about the only thing that is the same.

Bathrooms, Finished

Ah, the bathroom.
Where do I even start?

Here's a good look at the cabinetry.

Remember the hole in the floor?
Notice all of the above pictures were taken from the doorway of the bathroom?  That's because I was afraid to actually go into the room.  That was before I picked up a dead rat.  I was a softie back then.

So here we have one of the new bathrooms. 
The old bathroom plus part of the old hallway became two new bathrooms.

Here's the shower in the hall bath.
Plus a self portrait of me.

Here is the window wall of the master bath. 
If you scroll back up to look at the first picture, you can see this wall.  That's the same window opening, just a new window.  Thankfully.

Here is the master bath cabinet.

And here it is again.

Here is the master bath shower. 
As a plus, the new one isn't filled with mail.

This is in the master bath shower. 
Those shelves, for soap, shampoo or whatever, are triangles cut from the countertop grainite.  That Chris, isn't he clever?

Back Bedroom, Finished





Here is what the back bedroom, now the master bedroom, looks like today.

 

 

 

 

This is what it looked like before. 
So much to look at.  Do you remember the Snoopy phone?  Or the latch hook loom?  What about that window that hadn't been washed for a few years?

Here is the other end of the bedroom.  With the new walk in closet.

 

 

 

 

 And this is what that side of the room looked like before.
Sigh.

Front Bedroom, Finished

 Hey, remember this?  The front bedroom!

Here it is again. 
Or was again.
Wow, hard to believe this was once considered the nicest room in the house.
It's all relative.





This is what it looks like now!

 Here, just to freak you out, I'll show you the old view again.

 And this is what it looks like now.

Here, to make up for the extra "before" picture, I'll give you an extra "after".
You're welcome.

Kitchen, Finished

Here is our kitchen. 

Here is our kitchen before.

Here is our kitchen now. 

Here us our kitchen then.

New kitchen.

Old kitchen. 

Let me give you a closer look. 

New kitchen.

Old kitchen.

 Admittedly, I'm at the very edge of the new kitchen, but the cabinets on our left are on the original wall, and there used to be a wall with a doorway to the dining area in front of us.

See?  There is the wall and doorway.

And here is a little more of that floor.
You're welcome.