old & new

   So I've been really busy with stuff around the house lately on top of football practice, football games and just life in general. I wanted to share with you today before and after pictures of the outsides of both our old and new house. This is just one of those posts to just show you some older projects while I work on my master bath.

  The house we lived in before was a house that was given to us by my parents as our wedding gift. It used to be my grandparents home until they passed away and my parents kept it in the family renting it out over the years. They gave it to us about 5 years ago knowing we were going to sell to get our kids in a better school district on top of the fact we needed a bigger home. It was a cute little 1400 lv sf home with 3 bedrooms, 1.5 bath, den, kitchen and a sunroom. I was really sad to sell because this was also the home my dad grew up in and the house my kids started growing up in. The entire time I lived there, which was even before they gave it to us, I always wanted to paint the brick....it was PINK!! Yes PINK...so of course we put it on the market and our second relator suggested that we paint the brick...so we did. Here is a blurry pic of the before....this is actually the picture our first realtor took....

      And here is the after...don't mind the plywood backboard on the basketball goal....

 

 

   I was so happy with the outcome that I almost didn't want to move...also I just notice that the front door wasn't painted all the way when I took this picture. We painted the shutters and doors a light sage green and the brick is actually kind of like an antique white, it has a hint of light cream in it.

 

  Now on to our new home.....it's 2500 lv sf with 4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, kitchen w/ breakfast area, dinning room (that we use as a study/office) den and a big bonus room for the boys. Here is a before when we first moved in..... 

 

 

  

 

  I knew I would want to eventually paint the shutters, front door and garage door. It finally happened about a year ago and I could not be happier. We also ripped out all those bushes and got a new roof. I am now so much happier with the outside! And now the updated exterior....

 

 

 

 



It doesn't feel so dark anymore. Eventually we plan on planting some more stuff in the flower bed but right now it's fine the way it is. Now on to do some more painting in the bathroom...come back to see the end result.