This Old House...

Well, we have lived in 521 Hogan for a year now and some things have changed. Hunter and I laid in bed our first night in the house (a year ago) and made a really interesting list of things we would like to see happen to this old house! Well, a year has come and gone and we have accomplished about 7 things on our list- with a few minor set backs of things that were must do's.

This year,we have:

1. put doors back on the laundry room (again, remember the list was not too involved)

This is before we put the doors back on....

This is with the doors back on...again I said it was little improvements...we have not made it to painting the doors...

2. Replace lighting in the kitchen. When we bought the house there was this funky light fixture in the kitchen that was extremely modern- not Hunter and myself. So, we found an old chandelier at an antique store in Birmingham and switched them out.

3. Replaced carpet on the stairs...(Remember me saying that some of things were not known at the time of the house being built...this would be one). After we got Lulu, she decided that this carpet belonged to her. She completely demolished the old carpet and we replaced it with some new carpet.

This is the new carpet...I am too embarrassed to show you the before picture...

4. Redo the corner cupboard. The people that we bought the house from were kind enough to leave us this. It was a older piece of furniture that just needed some love. It was cream and just looked dirty at times, so Hunter fixed it for me...

Before....

After....

Hunter took out the glass and replaced it with chicken wire. We also replaced the hardware and painted..I think he did a great job!

5. Take out dead tree in front yard...CHECK!!

6. Paint all the rooms...CHECK!!!

7. Get the third bedroom complete...ALMOST THERE!! pictures to come!!

8. Finish downstairs family room....ALMOST THERE!! pictures to come!!

9. Last, but not least, we put in a deck!! We are very fortunate to have a HUGE backyard, but the last owners did not have any outdoor space, so we knew we wanted to add something.

Before:

And After....

Next year....

We hope to...

1. Start working on our new kitchen.... Here are a few pictures of our inspiration...

The first picture is courtesy of the McKinney's...I love their kitchen!

2. Put in a fence...

This is a lofty goal...but we do really need to do this so our sweet dog can be outside more often.

3. Finish our downstairs room. This should happen soon. We have bought a new coach and found some great chairs. Now, it is just putting it all together!

4. Buy RUGS! This has been the hardest thing. We have hard woods throughout our house, and I can't seem to find rugs that I really like. This is a goal for myself this year.

Well, these are some lofty goals, but I am hoping that we achieve them next year...I would say that we have done some great stuff this first year! We love our house and our neighborhood and could not be happier.