Some (lousy) pics of my new house (dial-up warning).

[LaraMN]

Excuse the (reeeally) poor picture quality; my camera is cheap and on its last legs, I think. I didn't get a pic of the outside, since it's half buried in snow, but here are a few of my favorite rooms (and an obligatory pic of my drywall disaster):

Dining room:




NoelMN's room (note the carpet that looks as though someone skinned a muppet to cover the floor; we have some Pergo-like stuff in the garage, and are replacing the flooring soon!)





My room and my beloved new bed. I need to replace the curtains:


The back entry paneling-removal mess I made:

[Midlodemocrat]

1. Beautiful!!!!

May you have many happy years in that lovely house!

:hug:

[LaraMN]

13. Thanks, babe!

I'm planning on it!

[ThomCat]

2. Very cool! I hope your entire family loves that house for

many, many years. :)

[LaraMN]

14. It needs lots of cosmetic work,

but that's what we signed up for! I really, really enjoy the reward of fixing up things myself.

[malta blue]

3. It is beautiful!!!

BTW - I love your bed. I have a huge dark wood bed too - it's very comforting.

[LaraMN]

15. Thanks! I find it very soothing,

and that's exactly what a bed should be, to me- a place of comfort and respite.

[Gormy Cuss]

4. Nice hardwood floors!

Even without seeing it on that wall, I can guess that the back entry looks better now than it did with paneling. What is visible is that dreary dark walnut color from the '60s or '70s. Ugh. I eradicated two walls of that in my house as soon as I could.

[LaraMN]

16. They need refinishing, and we have to tear out the carpet in the liv. rm

to get to the wood beneath that flooring, but it's on the list!

[Oeditpus Rex]

5. Oh, yay!

I was afraid you were buying a newish house. x(

Ogees and sculpted baseboards and corner hutches and I dunno what you call ceilings like that but they're cool unless you're Stan Laurel in "Flying Deuces." :bounce:

[LaraMN]

17. Newish house? No way.

A new construction house is not my thing. I love older homes. I drooled over the built-ins, when I saw this place! We're putting new crown moulding and baseboards in the living room/entry, which will really be an improvement.

[Oeditpus Rex]

34. The house I owned before the one before this one

was built circa 1930. It was plaster and lath with mahogany baseboards and crown moldings and French doors from the living room to the dining room, which had two mahogany corner hutches. It had a fireplace with a wood-burning stove insert (that was old-fashioned-lookin') and hardwood floors throughout.

I loved that house. :cry:

[Lars39]

6. "...skinned a muppet to cover the floor"

:rofl:

Neat house. :)

[LaraMN]

19. It's in my daughter's room too, covering over REALLY old linoleum.

It's very scary stuff.

[Rosie1223]

7. Congrats on the new digs

I love the arched doorways.

[LaraMN]

20. Thanks!

I'm loving having our own place! I wish everyone could have the same kind of experience. Owning a home of one's own is a really wonderful, wonderful thing.

[idgiehkt]

8. Very Nice!

Looks like the ceilings are nice and high in there too, I love old houses. That is a beautiful sleigh bed. Congrats on your new digs. :toast:

[LaraMN]

21. Thanks, hon!

I'm pretty excited and I have WAY too many plans a-brewin'.

[tigereye]

9. nice!

I'm happy for you!


pretty rooms and nice light, too.

[LaraMN]

22. I have stripped SO much wallpaper and paneling, it's insane.

It really brightened things up, though!

[tigereye]

36. I still have some paneling we haven't got rid of

:cry:

[1gobluedem]

10. I love the built-in china cabinet

I've always wanted one of those. Beautiful!

[LaraMN]

23. Me too!

It was very dingy, so I repainted it and it looks SO much better (except now the ceilings look dingy and I need to repaint those!)

[CaliforniaPeggy]

11. My dear Lara!

Oh, what a cool house!

Arched doorways are the best, too...

You are to be complimented on having flowers on the table so soon after moving in!

Enjoy your new home, sweetie......:hug:

[LaraMN]

24. Thanks, Peggy!

I'm loving it! It has a nice big deck and a patio, and (laughably) I'm particularly thrilled to have a clothesline!

[LeftyMom]

12. We'll be outside your house shortly, we just have to stop and get the bullhorn

-People for the Rights of Muppets

[LaraMN]

25. Bwahaha!

You can't even GET muppet-skin carpet, these days!

[wildhorses]

18. very nice, love the dining room

with some tlc it it will be perfect:loveya:

[LaraMN]

27. Thanks!

I'll have to post pics of the horrid country-cutesy kitchen at some later date.

[HEyHEY]

26. I'm diggin' it

I love the curved entrances.

[LaraMN]

28. Thank you!

It's a good thing I like it as well, since (after the moving-in-the-blizzard fiasco) I've decided that I am never. moving. again.

[GirlinContempt]

29. I'm comin' over

Start mixing up the sangria

[LaraMN]

30. Mmm... sangria!

On the deck, with the grill going...
(under a foot of snow)



:thumbsup:

[GirlinContempt]

31. I'll wait till it melts

Watch for me when the shoots start a-springin
:D

[LaraMN]

32. So... roughly mid-July, huh?

:P

I am so effing sick of snow. In fact, I need to go out and shovel. Yesterday, I was using a snow scoop, and it hit some edging in the yard. My leg slammed into the metal bar on the snow scoop, and I fell and landed FLAT on my front, with my face in the snow.

Snow is a goddamn bastard.

[GirlinContempt]

33. awwwwwwwwww muffin

Not snowing here! Come north, young lady

[swimboy]

35. That looks great.

I really like the corner cupboard too.

on edit: Your unpaneling project? One thing always leads to another, dunnit?

[Pacifist Patriot]

37. I adore the green in the dining room.

That was the color I was hoping for when I ended up with a mint mess. Nice flooring in the bedroom. I would love to get rid of the hideous carpet in my master bedroom and put either hardwood or wood laminate down. But $$$$$$ so not this year.

Very nice!

[snacker]

38. My daughter lives in an upstairs apartment in Minneapolis and

has that same corner hutch in her dining room. Lovely house, LaraMN.

[u4ic]

39. You've got a beautiful place, Lara!

:toast:

[graywarrior]

40. Gee, that looks like a really nice place.

Congratulations. Can I move in?