MrsDrPoe: House Progress, Week 4

It's another Foto Friday on the blog!  As promised, here's our progress from the fourth week of home renovations:

Kitchen: painted the hardware black
Living and Sun Rooms: began laying flooring
Upstairs Closets: trimmed and painted white (2 coats where necessary)
Upstairs Baseboards: painted white
Spare Bedrooms: trimmed and painted 2 coats of brown


We're super close to being able to put carpet down upstairs and also to show finished pictures of the living and sun rooms!  The picture I'd like to share with you today comes from Mr. Poe's closet:

This section is about 2.5 feet deep and has a maximum width of 8 inches.  I have no idea why it exists.  So for something a little different today, I'd like to poll my readers...

what should we store in this very narrow, awkward space?

MrsDrPoe: Before Pictures and Week 1 Progress

It's Foto Friday on the blog!  As we shared a couple of weeks ago, Mr. Poe and I recently became homeowners!  Our foreclosure needs a bit of work, so today I'll show you some before pictures* and update you on our progress after the first week.

 

 

 

 

 

 

So far we've:
- Ripped up all the floor, baseboards, and quarter round in the public areas
- Primed the kitchen and the spare bathroom
- Put one coat of paint on the kitchen walls; two on the cabinet beadboard
- Spackled, sanded and washed the walls of the dining room, 1/2 bath, and entry way
- Removed all the wallpaper except for a tiny amount in the stairwell and the master bath
- Hung blinds and replaced a door


I'll keep you up-to-date with our progress and pictures of the rooms as we finish them...as well as some how-tos for those of you who may be interested in tackling some of the projects that we will be.  And so it begins! 

*Pictures from Zillow.com