New House

Last Thursday, we closed on a new house.  I say new house, it's really not!  Someone recently told me that every couple gets a fixer upper at least once, and we now have ours.  We've been looking for a larger house since we have a baby coming and Jeff has an office at home and one with a larger yard for the kids.  I think our dreams have come true with this jewel.  It needs a lot of work and I'm hoping this morning that when I go, there will be lots of dead roaches and crickets, but it's exciting.  The flower bed around the house has been neglected for many years, so my talented mother in law has pruned the roses and cleaned out some, and today I'm going to try to clear out the rest of the dead leaves and weeds.  And hope that helps with the little critters that are coming in.  Funny thing happened yesterday.  I was trying to scrap linoleum off the floor in the sunroom, which is going to turn into Jeff's office, and Zane was on a Big Wheel and all of the sudden he got all excited and started pointed and saying, "Ant, ant!"  He was way across the room and how in the world could he see an ant?  I looked, but didn't see anything, but figured something was there because he was quite animated!  Sure enough along came a huge roach-about 2 inches long!  haha!  It was so funny.  We finally got it out the door and it's no longer with us.  I think I'll keep Zane around for "Ant patrol!"

I wish I knew how to put pictures side by side for comparison...can anyone leave a comment to help me out?  I'd like to post some before and after pictures of the house for you to see.  Maybe if someone can help, I'll post some now and then again later.

These are a couple pictures taken before it was cleared out and we closed.

Living room fireplace

Kitchen

Paneling in living room

Sunroom

The next pictures were taken after some work had been started.  I'll keep you posted with house updates!

Getting ready to remove paneling!

Linoleum that needs removing.

Cabinets that will go.

Dining room.

Bedroom

I have since cleaned this shower!

First panel off!

All done!

Removing this built in cabinet.

Wish I could find a before picture.  The sago palms are gone!!!

Pretty rose from the new house.