House to Home

This post is mostly for my own satisfaction. We've been in our house over 3 years now, and thanks to being homebound and fairly crazy, we (mostly I, Barry's not a fan) painted every room in our house this year. I've posted before and after photos with pictures from the original house listing. Pictures don't really do it justice. The house had been a rental for 15+ years and no one had taken very good care of it at all. The carpet had holes, tears, and pet hair in it. The white linoleum in the kitchen also had holes and was no longer white. The downstairs bathroom had a linoleum that can only be described as a yellow poop color. The curtains all were caked in dust and spider webs. The yard and garden were a complete disaster and Barry has brought it back to life and we painted/replaced the fences as well. 

We were fortunate to get the carpet and kitchen floor replaced before we moved in, but everything else was fixed while living here, including bathroom/laundry floors, light fixtures, painting all the cabinetry and the railing in the kitchen and bathrooms, whitewashing the mammoth 80's fireplace, cleaning and organizing over and over again to make our stuff fit in a downsized house, framing the bathroom mirrors, and so much more. The dining table we had when we moved in was way too big. We bought another one that was too big as well, so I finally made one to fit the narrow space and it works so much better. We were also able over time to get the windows replaced (they let in so much cold/hot air and some you couldn't even see through) as well as the countertops with new granite ones. Moving to Utah from Idaho was fairly agonizing, considering how much more money houses cost here and how much less space you get for your dollar, but we were very blessed to find a fixer-upper in a tricky market and nice neighborhood and make it our own.