To pass the time I thought I'd buy a fixer upper. While there is still A TON to do, I've done a lot . Oh, and I have extra paint brushes, hammers, power tools, so if you find yourself in Colorado...
Basement move-in photo. The pictures on the left are actually covering up a window. This room transforms to my writing room.
After. Writing room. I put in this wonderful "plastic" flooring that looks like wood. For entertainment I toss a ball along the floor and watch Sam try to find some grasp in the flooring to actually move. Just finished this project. I started by ripping out the carpet, cleaning the floor, leveling the floor, and installing new floor, painting, and viola! 
The day I moved in this is what the living room looked like. Yummy!
Jesus came by (no joke!) and removed my panelling. Everywhere you see a white dot is in fact a hole that needed to be patched. It took 1 coat of primer and 2 coats of paint to cover these beautifully green splattered walls. As you can see -- Sam is helping.
After. I still need to paint the trim, install crown molding and baseboard. After which I will be sewing together some dark chocolate brown curtains for all the windows. It is laid out like this because my bed is still upstairs as the bedroom is not done yet.
This is the kitchen the day I moved in. I removed the closet (wall you see to the left) and the center pine island. I also removed all of the "cabinets" along the wall.
I LOVE CRAIGSLIST! For a couple hundred dollars my kitchen was decked in solid oak cabinets! This room is not done either. The boards on the wall are actually blocking a spot where a window used to be. I will put in the blocks of glass there instead of a window. (I keep changing my mind, but that is the plan this week.) The sink will be moved to under the window and when that happens, that particual corner cabinet will be removed. I have the other oak cabinets to fill that space. Then paint it "garbanzo bean" yellow and I'm done!
