Our fixer upper: The "Before"

The short of is that we found it at a great price- it was an estate being liquidated by the previous owners' heirs. It's ranch-style house built in the late 1950's and we're the second owners. It needs A LOT of work and we have about 5 months to make it livable. Well, 5 months from closing. Now it's more like 3 months... Anyway, lots to do. We're pretty excited about it! And only slightly overwhelmed. :)

Here's to hoping this will be a place we can share some of the joys and struggles that we have in this new project! :)

Basic layout.  The L side of the house isn't really drawn out... there are 3 bedrooms and 2 baths over there. :)

Below are the pics we found when we were house shopping.

Nice curb appeal, right? ;) Oh, and the garage is 2-car...it's cut off.

Living room.  View from the eat in kitchen.

Living room view to the eating area of the kitchen and the hallway that leads to the bedrooms and bathrooms.

Hallway to bedrooms and bathrooms.

Master bedroom.

Hall bathroom.

Master bedroom.

Master bathroom.

Largest bedroom.

Kitchen.

Kitchen.  View from the addition.

Kitchen.  Rockin' a window to the addition. 

Kitchen.  View from laundry area.

Laundry area.  Addition to the left.  Pantry and door to the garage to the right.

Stove top.

Pantry.