We've come a long way baby!

We have lived in this house for a little over 8 years in October. It's gone through a lot of changes since we first got it. It had sat empty and abandoned for 3 years prior to us getting it....the outside was trashed and the inside was 1970's ranch in all it's glory- shag, mirrors, paneling, you name a bad decor trend and we had it. Well, here's the outside...

This first pic is really of the horrid wood thing someone had attached to the house. It had lattice on it too..but this pic was taken after we removed that and had painted the house green.....

see, here's the house being painted green.....those big things aren't flowers by the ladder, those are weeds...

So, below is two pics of the house that I have combined so you can see what it looked like once we removed the portico thing, made the porch (out of that wood) painted the house green and added shutters.

Here is what the house looks like now....

and here is with some of our flowers blooming.

We still need a new front door, and soon, it's be time for a new roof and new siding. Yippee (not) but it's come a long way baby.

keep dreaming!