Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Before and after pictures of our home

I realized that I posted a picture of our house on Sept 11th with our flag flying and thought I should include a before and after shot to make it make sense. We've done a lot of work on our house and to appreciate it better you've got to see what we were working with.

Here is a photo of our home prior to Spring of 2008 (Jaren and Logan are out front.)


Below is a photo of our home now, Fall 2008:


Note the new cedar fence on the right that Tim built. Our bay window was literally falling off and so we had to fix it. Well fixing the bay window then led to the porch, new siding, new windows, new paint, new back porch, new landscaping, sprinklers, new hardwood floor in living room and dining room, hallway and kitchen, and eventually we will put cobblestone rock along the bottom part of the house. Whew... crazy spring and summer, that's for sure. Tim did the flooring, and painting and helped with landscaping and is planning on doing the rock work too. But it really has been fun updating our home. We really are enjoying it.

2 comments:

Nelson & Valerie Cluff said...

OH my goodness, it looks so fantastic! I love it!!!!!!!

And where did you get those two things on your porch? The swing and couch! I love them!!!!! How much were they? Tell me where to go? :)

Loreen Bliss said...

Hey Valerie! Thanks for your comment.
To answer your question I got the glide rocker and swing online at WalMart. Here is more info:

Delahey Two-Seat Hardwood Glider
$162.00

Delahey End Table
$43.76

Delahey Porch Swing
$109.00

Delahey Outdoor 4' Bench Cushion, Eggshell $27.88 ea

Delahey Old Orchard Burgundy Throw Pillows (2-Pack), Striped
$24.86 ea.

Delahey Old Orchard Lumbar Pillows (2-Pack)
$28.54

They really weren't that expensive and they have been well worth it. I like the swing better than the glide rocker.