If y'all haven't noticed, I've been a bit M.I.A. from the blogosphere the last couple of weeks. And it's been quite refreshing. I mean, planning a wedding and moving into a new house takes a lot of time and energy.... and yes, I did just say moving into a new house!! Jeff and I finally found a perfect little rental house for the first year of our marriage, and so I'm here today very quickly to share that with y'all, at the request of my dear friend,
Angie :)
Our house is a cute little 2/1, with a front porch, and a side deck, and a non-working, cute little fireplace. It was built sometime in the early 1900's, although we don't actually know when. The owner claims that it was even a speakeasy at some point during the Prohibition Era! How crazy awesome is that?! And get ready to be shocked, because it's a very
bright color. But it's just so ME, and I actually love it! I don't think I would ever
choose to paint my house this color if I owned it, but I actually really like it the way it is right now, and can totally handle it for our rental house.
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| It has two front doors, because it was originally built to be a duplex. |
And now for some photos of the inside. Keep in mind we took these the day we first went to go check it out, so it's basically completely empty, with the exception of the tools and supplies of the property manager, who was still doing some touch-up work on it...
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| Living room, with "other" bedroom behind it. (This will be craft room/office/twins' room when they visit) |
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| Other corner of the living room, with my car through the window :) |
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| Through that doorway is "our" bedroom, and the doorway behind that leads to the closet & bathroom. |
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| Our bedroom, closet/hallway thing, and bathroom in the back. |
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| Other side of our bedroom. |
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| Our closet. |
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| Laundry room/mud room that is next to the bathroom, & behind the "other" bedroom. |
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| View from the laundry room, through the "other" bedroom, to the living room. |
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| This is (most likely) the original window hardware from the early 1900's! |
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| Cute little (non-working) fireplace - can't wait to decorate this all cute for fall with pumpkins and stuff! |
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| Panoramic of living room and half of kitchen. Oh, and I love those built-in bookcases!! |
We got Jeff all moved in this past weekend, well for the most part anyways, and then I'll be moving in after we get married! (Which is now just 31 days away! Holy stinking moly!) Things are still crazy and all over the place, and nowhere near finished, but it's so cute and I love it, and we're having fun so far. Can't wait 'til I get to leave here too! :)
Thanks to my Uncle Keith for letting us borrow his big ole' truck to bring everything in!
(Sorry for the crappy, nighttime iPhone quality of the next few pictures....)
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| There's no pantry, so Jeff put a back on one of my bookshelves, and we turned it into a pantry! |
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| Hand-me-down table and chairs that we're going to fix up. Probably going to have multi-colored chairs! |
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| Little bookshelf pantry :) We might eventually put curtains on the front to keep it neat. |
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| Panoramic view of the kitchen. |
In a few months, I'll of course share another post with updated pictures once we start getting more settled! I can't wait to add cute little touches all over the place, and really make it our own! For now though, we're still working on basics like a couch and getting internet. But at least we finally have our own place! The bright turquoise color is actually pretty awesome, and the inside is super cute as well. I love older houses, and this one has plenty of charm and character.
So glad we found this cute little place of ours!
Much Love,
Halie
