A Little Before and After

The family that bought The Little House has lived here for just over two years now. This is what it looked like the morning we moved in.

And this is what it looks like now:

I'm pretty proud of us.

Since we've owned our home we've redone a bathroom, waterproofed the basement and put in a sump pump, installed an attic fan, replaced every single window, installed central air, replaced the front door, removed some bushes and planted new ones, and pruned the trees. Oh, and of course we repainted every room in the house and tore up old carpet, too. See why. (Does that count as crucial home repair? I think it does.) I just talked with a tree guy today about taking down a tall spindly pine on the east side of the house. (I'd love to plant a dwarf Redbud in that empty spot on the right side of the photo. Someday, maybe.) On Wednesday a contractor friend is coming to price what it will take to replace our second bathroom (that we had to tear out during the waterproofing job) and better heat our partially finished basement - we want a playroom for the Babblegail. I know we won't be able to afford both jobs, but I'm excited about his visit anyway. We will be able to afford the bathroom, and it will be nice to be a two-bath house once again. We had some near-emergency situations during my pregnancy, and I want to avoid that before we start on the next one.