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?