And here’s the view from a slightly different angle showing the stairs!

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Then we have the kitchen. Ooooh the kitchen. This is definitely going to be one of the first major projects we tackle because I can’t stand it.

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Our plan is to upgrade the countertops and cabinets (I’m thinking white cabinets with white and grey countertops), and hopefully extend the countertop so it comes out in a sort of bar area on the right (where the tall wood cabinets are now). That way we could pull stools right up to the counter like we did in our old apartment.

We also would like to extend the new cabinets all the way up to the ceiling so we’d have to knock out that drop-down area that’s there now. We also want to get recessed lighting in the entire downstairs, get new appliances, and replace the carpet and linoleum with dark hardwoods. Needless to say, our list is definitely long.

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Of course all of this takes a lot of money that we don’t really have right now, so we’re just going to do a little at a time and save up for the big stuff.

Oh and also, I know we could paint the cabinets white for the time being, but they are such crappy quality (they are literally falling apart) that I don’t even want to spend the money or time on doing a quick fix. Yep, the cabinets and countertops are at the top of my list.

(Did I mention this house is a bit of a fixer-upper?)

At least we’ve upgraded one appliance (not by choice – the old dishwasher didn’t work list to data at all) but even this has been a huge improvement on the space seeing as how the old dishwasher had fake wood paneling on the front. Yuck.

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Right next to the kitchen is a storage area where we house our trash can, recycling, washer, dryer, bikes, Christmas decorations, etc.

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Here is the area behind the washer and dryer – so to the left of the bikes – where we store lots of other random stuff. We’re looking for some kind of shelf system to make this area more organized, but we’ve realized that list to data the dimensions are a bit wonky since it’s under the stairs. The search continues.

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Yikes.

Ok, let’s move upstairs!

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At the top of the stairs we have this little wall poking out, and I’m thinking I want some kind of corner table here with flowers on it. I’m also planning to hang this painting of the ocean that my Grandma painted.