Welcome to my humble abode...

For those of you who personally know me, you know the boyfriend bought his first house down here in Pensacola.  This has been quite the adventure as the house was a foreclosure (hello savings).  When escrow finally closed (read: about a month late thanks to some new mortgage requirements enacted at the last minute), we hit the ground running doing all sorts of demolition  which included removing an awkward den at the front of the house and thus creating more of a "great room" feel to the house.  Unfortunately, progress has slowed down quite a bit since then, due to the fact that things cost more than we anticipated and I also can't find a job.  However, this weekend we picked things back up again and got a little more done.  Here, you can see a few "before and mid" style pictures (mid, because things clearly aren't completely done yet, so it's definitely not time for "after")...

Hello, little house in Florida!  And hello Frank and Mary!  (Frank and Mary were Boyfriend's realtors and completely fantastic throughout the entire process- we highly recommend them!)

Welcome to the entry way to the house, also known as the "entry way of epic proportions."  Look carefully and you'll notice four kinds of flooring within five square feet.  Interesting, no?

Here we spy boyfriend and two of his friends removing everything left from demolishing the random "den" room.  Just to the right of them is the front door.  Ladies: if the guy in the middle looks appealing to you, call me he's single!

Kitchen before.  Note gold knobs and fantastic (not) veneer cabinets.  Unfortunately, there's no way those are going to get replaced before this house gets sold or rented out in a few years.  Otherwise, there would be a pretty awesome kitchen standing before you!

Other than the fact that the ceilings were scraped, the oven is back in its appropriate place, and the entire room is cleaner in general, this is essentially what the kitchen looks like right now.  Our fridge is still in the garage, I don't feel like moving it in, back out when we tile, and back in when it's all done.   If you look closely, you'll see there is an absolute ton of quick-set left from the old flooring.  Boyfriend has to rent a special machine to grind it up before he can lay any of the new tile.

Master Bathroom- Before.  Notice the fantastic green marble-y linoleum.  There were also FIVE towel rods throughout the bathroom- a little bit of overkill if you ask me.  Like most of the house, was painted a dreary gray color that wasn't too bad at first glance but got depressing over time.  Also notice the fifth type of flooring seen within the house.

More before bathroom- and yes that is a jacuzzi tub (a big selling point!) and Boyfriend's closet.

Woohoo!  A painted bathroom!

I definitely like this color a LOT more than the gray.  The trim and door still need to be painted, and the hinge is going to be changed out (like all the other metal items in the house) to an oiled bronze, so I'm really excited for the way that will look.

This is probably the most entertaining change in the house- it came with a pink bedroom (that housed our sixth different type of flooring).  It was, to put it nicely, violently pink.  So pink it made us want to gouge our eyes out!  Rest in peace, pink bedroom.

Isn't it just lovely?

Here is said pink room, minus the fantastic fake wood flooring.  If you look carefully on the right side of the picture, you'll notice that the closet doors had even been painted pink (I'm still trying to cover the pink up on them).

The pink bedroom now.  Although it isn't pink anymore (and is the ONE room in the house that is pretty much finished, minus closet doors) we still refer to it as "the pink bedroom."  In fact, I'm pretty sure we always will...

The super dreary master bedroom, gray in color.  It was also very hot in here frequently, so in addition to painting, scraping the ceilings, and changing the carpet, we added a really nice Hampton Bay fan.  It keeps things a lot cooler

The master bedroom on carpet installation day (one of my favorite days so far).  We had finished painting the walls, ceiling, and trim, and had already added the ceiling fan and blinds making it a lot more inviting.

There is still a lot to be done, so expect to see another post full of house pictures really soon!