Homeowner = 1 year

Yesterday was our "one year anniversary" of moving into our house!  I can't believe it's been a whole year already, where has the time gone??  I am 90% sure I haven't posted any pictures of this house.  I still don't have many, and to be honest, we haven't done much (I've been studying remember??).  I'll try to change that.  Here are a few when we first moved in:

 Kitchen

 We haven't done a ton in here:

It's now painted a whitish/blue-- not teal

The trim is now white around the window

That crazy fan is removed (still with a hole in the ceiling--the light we want is at Home Depot and is NEVER on sale).

We are debating on what to do with the cabinets.  They will certainly be painted, the color is the question.  We'll add some sort of bar or island at some point, and granite, and a viking range (but now I'm getting way ahead of myself...).

Dining Room

All the trim is white now

And the walls are a light blue/gray

We did add curtains

 Still the same tiny table, working to fix that this winter

Still the same ugly light fixture

Still nothing on the wall

and usually mail on the shelf that I don't know what to do with.  High class.

Living Room

 One of my favorite rooms with its high ceilings and skylights!

Trim is white (notice a theme?)

Walls are light gray 

I get that these pictures the colors look okay, but trust me the walls were crying for paint.  they were in pretty rough shape.

We are going to carpet this floor to cozy it up (that's laminate on the floor anyway, not real wood like the dining/kitchen/family room)

We need new curtains/blinds

New furniture of course

This will all take a long time to happen.

Here's a shot from the other side of the room.

 

 Look at that!  a Picture with Paint on the walls

everything you see in this photo was free- from the curb

Except the big picture on the wall that was 50% off at Ikea and Mike now HATES it, so it will be going at some point.

 

Other angle-  yes that desk was free.

Also, nothing in these rooms was permanent, it is not set up the same at all.

Playroom

 Now painted and filled with toys.  I hate the tile and this will be carpet too at some point.  That door leads to a gross bathroom, with a NEW sauna.  The things people spend their money on!  We'll keep the sauna, but the bathroom will need a major renovation.  You guessed in, in a long while.

Family Room

 Mid Painting-

Otherwise the same

Basically we painted the trim white and the entire house that light color.  which we will change as we work on remodeling each room to how we actually like it.  right now is the first time in the past year that we've actually had the option of doing some stuff, so we'll tackle it slowly and learn as we go.

But there's a few pics for you and happy 1 year house anniversary!