Goodbye bachelor pad couch and carpet!

I was surprised by my reaction to the transfer station. I know trash is a reality, but seeing so much of it while throwing huge items over the edge and listening to the screeching noises actually made me shake a little.

A discovery

No more glossy blue ceiling!

Some color choices

more colorful doors

My 7 year old student, then my friend's 5 year old both suggested "rainbow"

the lovely MLS photos

When Nick and I were house hunting, we kept avoiding our house because the listing was just that bad. The pictures were taken when the house was a mess and they were terribly blurry. We only house hunted for a month, and it was listed the entire time. So when they finally dropped the price, we decided to stop by just to see if it really was the fixer it looked like it'd be.

I actually love the blurry pictures. If this house was staged, we would have missed it.





See our pictures on Hooked on Houses.

Let's play with colors

Some very evil trick will have to happen for the house to not go through at this point. I'm not celebrating yet, but I am making plans!

Here's the plain house as it is in the listing.

I'd like to add some detail,

or some color,

or a lot of color,

I've been leaning towards red,


now I'm getting creative.

Too much? :)

What do you think?

colorful kitchen

I know I should stop looking on Redfin- at least until we close, but it's become such a habit. Look at this adorable listing! I still feel really good about our house, but this one although a (doable) reach out of our price range would have been a great possibility. Plus, it's literally half a block away from a friend of ours. Darn.

beautiful

Blue Kitchens are nice

(hooked on houses)

(where your heart is)

(Alaina Marie)

(lonny)

But green is nice, too!
(Alaina Marie)

buttons

This button art by Ran Hwong was made with just buttons and pins...and a wall.

rockers, colander, shoe, clock

(design mom)

(target via oh happy day)

(zara)

(Urban Outfitters)

A nice warm place to sit

This sauna is posted on craigslist in Indianapolis for $95. Sounds just terrible! Here's more.

sweet furniture

The wonderful news about moving into a house with very limited furniture is you get to start all over. Since most of our pieces are taken from alley ways or are from ikea, I'm hoping craigslist can lead me to some great pieces that I can refresh like the ones below.

(where your heart is)

I love the big prints in these upholstered blocks.
(decor8)

This could be great in the living room. I love the yellow.
(where your heart is)

(oh happy day)

(oh happy day)

I love this table. I'd want to paint it.
(decor8)

outside

The Daily News has a great photo gallery of this Mod house in Pasedena. I was happily surprised that it's by the old newspaper group (LANG) that I worked at in Long Beach. I like the patio edge + rocks.

less tasty

...we have sewer problems