Big News!

Cody and I made a big big purchase this month...

A new house!

It is a one-story three bedroom/two bathroom house located on the north side of Austin, under a mile from our old apartment. We were thrilled to find a house in this location that we have come to love over the past 18 months of living here.

We absolutely love it and we hope you do, too. Although, it is a lot of work. We have begun calling it our new "work in progress" instead of house, and from what I hear from other homeowners, it will stay that way until we sell it! We are already planning all of our future projects. Check out what we've done so far:

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After:

We power washed the entire outside of the house (including the driveway) to prep for paint. We painted the outside, added some trim around the windows and cut back some of the trees. We also lined the front "landscaping" (that will be our next big project after our bodies and bank accounts have recovered from being really over-used lately) with some awesome rocks we found in the back yard. We also had a lot of help. We think it looks a lot better.

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After:

Before we moved in, we also painted almost every wall on the inside. Here is the living room. The house was listed with a formal dining room, but we turned it into a study. It is much more useful for us this way. Keep in mind that all before pictures feature the previous owner's stuff...

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Another angle of the study (after):


Master Bedroom Before:


Master Bedroom After:



Master Bedroom/Vanity Before:



Master Bedroom/Vanity After:



Guest Bed Before:



Guest Bed After:



Guest Bath (we didn't change anything):



Kitchen (we didn't change anything...)



Another angle of the kitchen including our dining area:



Back of the House After (we didn't take pictures before):

We have not yet posted pictures of one room - my new project room! Unfortunately, it is where we have been storing some boxes while we find a place for everything. We will post the dramatic before and after pictures as soon as it is done, so stay tuned!

We still have A LOT of work to do, but we have completely moved out of our apartment (yay!) and have only a few boxes left to unpack. We feel like we have done so much and I just wanted to thank all of our wonderful friends and family for helping with the move. We couldn't have done it without you (some of you even made a special trip just to help us - thank you!!!).

Now that we have a guest bed/bath we are hoping to lure some guests!

*click on any picture to go to our online album of our house for more pics!