If anyone's looking for a house to rob...

I offer you my basement.

It is OUT. OF. CONTROL.

There must be a gazillion boxes down there - and that's hardly an exaggeration.

I would post a picture...but I'm too embarrassed.

I keep walking down there, looking around, walking around. Bending over to open a box to see if it's anything I want to unpack. It's not, so I close it, and walk around some more. Then I walk upstairs to do dishes, laundry, vacuum...pretty much anything that will make me feel less guilty about not working in the basement.

I'll probably take a picture and add it to this later. Maybe that'll guilt me into cleaning up down there???

I doubt it.

Humph.

So, if you know any seasoned criminals, please send them my way.

Before photos: bottom floor of the new house

Okay, one last post of before photos! Here is the bottom floor and the basement!

So, we'll start out in the kitchen. See the staircase to the right?

This is the view looking down that staircase.

The first door on the left is the utility room...nothing special here.

The first doorway on the right is the fourth bedroom.

And across the hall is this great bathroom....where we're keeping the wallpaper...for now.

At the end of the hallway is the family room. This is the view looking towards the back of the house.

And the view looking towards the front of the house.

Did you notice the hanging light fixtures in the last two pictures? They were once the home for these...beauties?

If you go back to the utility room, there's a special - almost hidden - staircase.

Which leads to this basement!

The rest of the basement!

 

 

 

 

So, that's the rest of the house! The painters started this morning; they're at the house now removing the popcorn ceilings today and tomorrow, and they'll begin painting Wednesday!

I hope y'all have had a great start to the New Year! Anyone do anything fun?