Before & afters

As most of you know, my boyfriend and I have been looking for a house.

(It's hard work trying to find something we both like). I don't consider myself picky when it comes to the inside of a house, cause everything can be redone. But for the outside.. not so much. The outside is very difficult and quite costly to redo. I have to find a house I like on the outside, at least somewhat. I do not want to pull up to my house and say 'ew' but walk inside and say 'ohh-ahh'. -It's just not happening. I have liked three out of the fifteen we've looked at. But all the ones I like are either too expensive (and wont go down on the price), or they have major problems. All I want is something small; two-three bedrooms, one and a half bathrooms, a living room possibly big enough for a table so we wont have to have a dining room, and a small kitchen, and a laundry room that is not in a creepy ass basement would be really really really nice! I don't care if the walls are hideous panels, or brick, I don't care if there is carpet, I don't even care if the walls are crazy colors, you know why? Cause all that is going to be gone in a matters of weeks! I would love to find a Cape Cod style home, I love that cottage look. I don't mind brick, nor vinyl siding as long as it's done right, but then again I looooove wood homes, and I'm hoping that's what we will end up getting! The right house is out there .. somewhere!

Anyways, I was looking through some old blogs and came across a post I liked. It's before and afters, this is perfect; this is what I want to show my boyfriend. That the inside of a hideous house, can be turned into the inside of a beautiful house! I got these pictures from Young House Love.

Go check out their other before and afters and their new home as well!



What do you think?

This house definitely belong in a magazine!

I hope whatever house we find, turns out looking as great at this one!