House to Home and Beyond...

So our house needs a nice paint job. It SCREAMS for it. The trim needs to be repaired in spots also...no surprise there? As a little bit of advice from me...when you have problems in your home, if you do a "temporary" fix, let it be that. TEMPORARY. Fix it the way it deserves, so in the long run you, nor the next owner, have to deal with it in worse shape later. DON'T BE LAZY. It's not worth it. 

Before...

And after. I think we will keep the grey-ish color and the off white. But the third color for the ornates (purple) will be darker I think. And maybe even a whole different color.

 This home needs some life as well, so I am going to plant a rose bush or two, and some other flowers here and there outside. We want to plant a little garden also - I miss having one.

Getting an old house like this needs a lot of time, and patience. You need to go in accepting that things won't be perfect. You will live out of your comfort zone for a little while. During all of this, anger management is a must! ;)

For example. See the seriously outdated and horrible wall paper? The geeky linoleum on the floor? Not our thing, not one teeny tiny bit. But the time will come where it will all be gone. This is our computer room BTW. Walls will be torn down, new outlets/electrical done.