The Before Tour

The countdown to closing continues!  I took some of the better pictures off the internet of the condo we are buying.   I probably won’t be in there again before furniture and boxes are in the way, so these may work as my “before” pictures.  These are pictures of our actual condo and not random shots like the previous post.

You’ll notice the front exterior almost makes it look like it stands alone.  I did like that about these condos.  Some of these bushes look like they need to be trimmed. 

When you first walk in the front door, there is a small entry/foyer area and then the living room or den {there’s only the one and we’ll probably refer to it as a den}.  Gas fireplace and, on the opposing wall, the cable hook-up.  This view {above} is from the kitchen.  I’m thinking of doing a gallery wall on that long wall as we will probably put the TV over the fireplace.

To the right is the sunroom.  I pretty much like all the colors in the condo, except for this green.  So, I will probably live with it for a little bit, but I’d like to change that color.  There are french doors that close this off.  If you can see that small wall area {that looks like there is a light switch and an outlet on it} that is where you come in the front door.  I may have enough room there to put either my redone French chest or our hall tree {which I showed you here and here}.

When I first saw it online, there was a paint treatment on the walls in the den and kitchen that looked like wallpaper.  It looked enough like wallpaper that they even put in the description “there is no wallpaper”.  Thankfully, by the time we saw it in person, it had been repainted to solid and neutral colors.  You’ll be able to see a little bit of the old paint in one of the kitchen shots below, but you can also see a little bit of it framing this doorway into the sunroom.

To the left of the den is the master bedroom {shown above}.  The master bathroom has double doors {really a regular size door, but split in the middle to make it a double door} leading into it, and continuing through is the master walk-in closet.  The picture below is just one side of the closet.  The other side has the same set-up but with rods for hanging clothes.

The kitchen is a light grey with grey countertops.  I’m thinking of changing the cabinet hardware.  What do you think?  Of course, that won’t happen right away, but just something I’m thinking about.

If you look closely here {below} at the backsplash you can see what the paint treatment looked like before they painted it light grey.

Off the kitchen is another set of double doors that lead to the garage door, the laundry room and . . .

. . . just beyond that a storage room that will become my craft/sewing room.  My intention is to take the wire shelving down in both areas.  I forgot the laundry room was yellow.  I will probably paint that, too.  I have a lot of yellow in my present home and I’d like to do something different here.

That’s the tour for now!  I’ve still got the master bathroom, second bedroom, bathroom and study/office to show you, but I’ll save that for another post.

Thanks for being patient with me on this.  I’ve been in my current house 21 years this October so this is very exciting for me!  I keep coming back to these pictures to look at how I might arrange my things.  Of course, all that could change once we are actually there {it should be middle of next week}!  I’ll be needing some objective opinions as well, once I start decorating, so I hope you are up for it!

Kathy