AWing my (soon-to-be) fugly house (PsIP)

armandos_girl · March 2010

I can be a real AW now that I have pictures of my own that aren't traceable to the listing on the interwebz.

Kitchen (pardon the weird look on my face, I didn't know DH was about to take a picture)

Family Room (notice the *lovely* carpet!)

Really not sure what they were thinking on paint colors. This picture does not do the colors justice:

More hideous-ness:

And because it was on the camera and too cute not to include even though it's totally unrelated:

LucyAnnie · March 2010

The house does look cute though, and the layout seems awesome. Paint is cheap.

Cute kid

ETA: Congrats on being a homeowner! Its great! Our "honeymoon" phase hasn't ended yet. Still loving it

Alex17 · March 2010

Paint is an easy fix! Congrats!

::squishes Gabe's cheeks::

greenclown · March 2010

Well. I didn't realize it was that crazy. At least you have lots of projects! Thank you for making up for those pictures with a totally awesome, adorable one.

mrsmacias2008 · March 2010

I can see the bigger picture...the house will lok great when you are done with it.

is that a poker room?

ItsMeJB · March 2010

WOWZERS! That's insanity! The cards. . . oh my. The electric kitchen. . . oh dear.

hippotree · March 2010

I pictured way worse - congrats!

And yay for Gabe pics!

weelass24 · March 2010

GABE!!!

The paint is terrible! LOL! Lots and lots or primer. It is going to SUCK painting over that orange.

tri047 · March 2010

Congrats on the house! I LOVE the cards painted on the wall. Stick out tongue

As always, your little man is ADORABLE.

ItsMeJB · March 2010

btw, your face in the first one made me lol. You looked ticked. ha!

armandos_girl · March 2010

ItsMeJB:
btw, your face in the first one made me lol. You looked ticked. ha!

It was more disgusted at the layers and layers of yuck that I was realizing would have to be cleaned.

mrsmacias2008:

is that a poker room?

It was....something. There is also a big red and white target on the other wall, so who the heck knows. I feel kinda bad, someone went to a lot of trouble to paint those ugly cards on the wall.

Penelope Drake · March 2010

The house looks like it will be great once you get done with it, but the bottom picture was my favorite, by far!

heather527 · March 2010

The paint might be ugly, but it looks like an awesome house! Congrats! And of course your little man is too adorable.

mmkaye · March 2010

Okay your house is even worse than mine was. I had a magenta (think Blue's clues Magenta) and dark purple room. The top diagonal was magenta, bottom purple. The window sill was bright yellow.

One room is medium color blue with sky giant diamonds everywhere.

I also had muted burnt orange, maroon, dark tan, and sage green.

akalutts · March 2010

Will you be able to paint prior to moving in? That's what we did this time around, and it was great not to have to re-move furniture.

armandos_girl · March 2010

akalutts:
Will you be able to paint prior to moving in? That's what we did this time around, and it was great not to have to re-move furniture.

That is the plan. We are planning to put down hardwood floors throughout downstairs, so we'll probably paint first, then do the floors. We are on the hook with our rental house until April 30th so we should have a month of overlap to get that stuff done.

wils0482 · March 2010

Congrats on the house!

The orange wall with the cards on it is hilarious. At least paint is a cheap and easy fix.

Take lots of pics now - I wish we had some "before" pictures of when we first moved in.

akalutts · March 2010

armandos_girl:

akalutts:
Will you be able to paint prior to moving in? That's what we did this time around, and it was great not to have to re-move furniture.

That is the plan. We are planning to put down hardwood floors throughout downstairs, so we'll probably paint first, then do the floors. We are on the hook with our rental house until April 30th so we should have a month of overlap to get that stuff done.

Ooooh, I wish I could come help with the floors! I've always wanted to learn, but everytime family does this I am not able to go up and help. My folks have done most of their house (and my cousin's) and they say it's really easy.

bensbabe · March 2010

Love the house (not the paint!)! But I especially love love the last pic! ;P

armandos_girl · March 2010

akalutts:
armandos_girl:

akalutts:
Will you be able to paint prior to moving in? That's what we did this time around, and it was great not to have to re-move furniture.

That is the plan. We are planning to put down hardwood floors throughout downstairs, so we'll probably paint first, then do the floors. We are on the hook with our rental house until April 30th so we should have a month of overlap to get that stuff done.

Ooooh, I wish I could come help with the floors! I've always wanted to learn, but everytime family does this I am not able to go up and help. My folks have done most of their house (and my cousin's) and they say it's really easy.

I think we're going to bite the bullet and hire someone to put them in. I know how to do it (used to work for a hardwood flooring manufacturer when I lived in ATL) but the space is too big and the time too short for me to be confident that I could do as good a job as a professional.