Wasn't our first choice to have to find another place but the Bishop of our church was kind enough to let us stay with them for 3 or 4 days. They have a beautiful home and they were a major blessing to us! They are absolutely wonderful people and I am grateful that I know them!!!
Samantha absolutely loved their dog Toots :) She chased that dog around all day everyday while we were there.
And our jump WE ARE FINALLY HOME!!!! What a blessing! We are loving our new house! All new windows on the main floor and upstairs, beautiful blue paint, amazing kitchen cabinets and countertops and on top of that it's OURS or as Dan says the debt is ours. It was a wait but what a blessing to have such a beautiful new home :)
Photos of the before, the fire, progress and the now!
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| When we just planned on buying the house... first upstairs room |
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| closet |
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| top of the stairs |
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| 2nd upstairs room |
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| down the stairs and the extra storage space at the top |
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| corner of the second room... |
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| basement... less stuff but it still looks about the same. |
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| dining area... |
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| Kitchen and back door |
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| Other side of the kitchen |
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| Living room |
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| Second room downstairs... |
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| Bathroom... still looks about the same(fire didn't get it) |
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| Living room and storage in the hall... |
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| First bedroom downstairs. |
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| Outside... |
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| After the fire, a little overwhelming... lots of smoke and heat damage |
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| closet. You can see where the nails got so hot they popped! |
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| 2nd downstairs room |
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| Door to the bathroom from the hallway |
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| 1st bedroom downstairs |
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| Basement door and the living room to the right |
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| Living room. The window got blown out! |
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| Kitchen window got blown out too and the cabinets didn't fare to well. |
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| Dining room area |
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| They started working... |
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| Kitchen...(ugly) cabinets gone. |
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| Front window gone. |
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| Our counter tops in... |
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| view from the top |
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| Oh my beautiful cabinets :) |
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| Backdoor and the dining area |
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| Got the walls cleaned up and painted, fire place cleaned but still working! |
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| 2nd bedroom downstairs ... love the new fans :) |
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| 1st bedroom upstairs painted but no flooring yet! |
So now that all the repairs are done and we have moved in or mostly moved in (please ignore any stray junk) here is what it looks like! We can't complain :)
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| Samantha's closet (1st upstairs room) |
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| Samantha's room |
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| Love that sign SOLD!!!! We have a house :) And our nice new windows in the front! |
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| Living room... the fireplace works :) |
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| Not ideal arrangement in the living room but it's home :) |
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| Other side of the living room! |
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| Up the stairs and the front door! |
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| 2nd downstairs room... The soon to be office. |
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| Hall space |
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| Bathroom |
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| The basement door and the master door off the the left. Hall closet to the right |
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| Dan and My room (please ignore junk we are still getting settled) |
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| Dan and My room from the other side. My purse is in the closet door. |
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| 2nd room Upstairs has become the toy room at least for the moment. |
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| View from the stairs... toy room is to the right. The new fan and our reading space! |
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| Top of the stairs |
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| Top of the stairs facing the other way. Bookshelves!!! |
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| Samantha's room, facing (obviously) the door. The built in book shelf needs to be sanded so the drawers work... |
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| Dan installed me coat hooks!!! |
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| Dining area |
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| Kitchen. New fridge, microwave, and dishwasher as well as cabinets of course :) |
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| And back door and the other side of the kitchen |
