So it is official, I have the keys to my new home. Yay!
I love when other people document their creative and decorating process, and so I am going to do the same. Over the next months I will update the blog and show “before”, “during” and “after” pictures as I go along. Taking pictures of an empty space is a challenge but I needed to get some before shots completed before I move all my things in. So, here is my attempt at the “before” tour.
The living room:
The kitchen:
The entry way:
The bathroom:
The workroom:
The master bedroom:
I know it all looks pretty plain at this point but it is a great canvas and a space I am excited to fill. I move my stuff in Saturday so I have basically spent every night this week hanging out at the empty place, cleaning, patching walls, and painting. I have never painted walls before and had a very ambitious plan to paint the accent wall (hallway and kitchen wall), bathroom, and spare bedroom this week but when I finally got in and gave the walls another look I realized that I don’t yet know what (if anything at all) I want to do with most of the walls so I am leaving them as is for now. The exception to this is the spare bedroom. Or as I will be calling it, the workroom. Yes, this is my craft/office/storage/creative space. And I am painting it yellow. Stay tuned…
Oooh…I love it when people blog about their home decorating/remodeling projects too! I guess I just like to live vicariously through them and look forward to when I get to do the same thing with a new place someday. I look forward to your posts!
Congratulations!!! I love home redo/decor. Thank you for documenting your process along the way! Love love love your new space!
can’t wait for more! love the space so far and i’m excited to see what you do with it!
Congratulations! You have a beautiful house! I will be following you. It may give me ideas! Have fun!
Beautiful. Can’t wait to see it with your touch.
What great “bare bones” you get to work with. Wish my first house was this cute before decorating!
It looks like a great home! How fun to have a blank canvas to work with. Have fun with the process!
It reminds me a little bit of your place here in Denver. Just a little. It is way nicer but the overall feel is there. I agree with the paint choices, sometimes it is nice to feel what the space will be first. Congrats, it is a beautiful home.
Erin, your place is gorgeous! Seriously, it’s very beautifu already. Love those floors!
Very nice! How exciting and yay for yellow.
OMG what a great house!! Congrats!! I love the idea of yellow. Can’t wait to see it
wow! gorgeous! congrats!
Wow, what a gorgeous new place! Lucky you that the decor is already pretty nice – love the floors – so that you don’t have the pressure to redecorate everything right away. All your ideas can have time to marinate!
congratulations!! It looks like a great home, with lots of great features and light. The decorating process will be wonderful!!
Wow! That is a really great canvas to start from. I know you think it is plain, but the neutrality just makes it so much easier to imagine things, and your things specifically, in the space. Our first condo was not like that and it took some real creativity to figure out how we would use the space.
cool Erin! I can’t wait to see it all, it looks like a beautiful place already
Wow! It looks so beautiful. The floors are gorgeous. The kitchen looks perfect. Even the bathroom with the pedestal sink and bead board is dreamy. And in the Avenues. I don’t know how it could suit you better. So exciting. I’m looking forward seeing how you put your personality on it. Congratulations, Erin. You deserve it.
ps. Katie was just remembering how you took her on a marathon trick or treating jaunt last year. That was so nice of you. We sure miss you.
Thanks for bringing us along. I am so loving the wood floor, they are beautiful! The place looks roomy. Congratulations!
Your new home is lovely!
It looks wonderful! Congrats!
It looks like a great space! I’m looking forward to seeing what you do with it.
Such a lovely home, I’m jealous of those gorgeous floors – and a yellow craft room, how perfect! I love watching people decorate too, I’m watching this space to see what great things you do
Wow, what a great place! Can’t wait to see what you do with it!
Congratulations! I had never painted anything before we bought our house. Home projects are very rewarding.
oh it’s lovely, erin dear. so glad you are in and ready to make it your own.
love you!
I can see why you wanted this place…love it! those are beautiful hardwood floors and that is a great kitchen!…adorable bathroom too! excited about the future updates!
wow pretty!! i’m so in love with you place!! i cannot wait to see your design details
Congratulations! You have a wonderful place to work with, bright spaces and lovely windows. I am so looking forward to future posts!
I thought you should know, I really, Really, REALLY like the yellow.
Lub you.
It looks beautiful!
Holy moly, it’s amazing.
What a fabulous place! I can’t wait to read your home adventures!
Congrats Erin! Your new space looks awesome!! Can’t wait to see it with all your stuff in it!
Your new place looks beautiful. And you get a craft room – that is ideal!
amazing! Really, really amazing! can’t wait to see how you make it your home.