A House in Many Pieces

Hello Everyone!

So, this is the part of our story where we get to take some time to brag about all of the things that we've done.  I know that every time that we write, there is some new project, and we thought that we might show you the fruits of that labor.  This does not, of course, mean that there isn't still work to do (because believe us, there is!), but we wanted to take you on a tour of a few of the high-lights of our renovations...right before we move.

 The photo above is a picture of our guest room when we first moved in.  Now, to our credit, we had a roommate living with us and this is all HIS stuff (except the bed), but notice the Model-T's on the walls.  Also, one of the strange things about the house when we moved in was that so many rooms were painted in dark colors; this one was yellow and maroon.  We did away with that, as you can see below!

The idea for the curtains going to the side instead of splitting in the middle came from our bedroom, but we love this nice guest room instead of the old one!  Lighter colors, more light in the room, and less overall mess. Also, the quilt on the bed is from Olive (a good friend of Tom and Jennifer's who has passed), and the blanket at the foot of the bed is thanks to Miss Emma Olsen!  Just seeing it makes everyone want to come stay with us - right!?!?!?!

The other room that we wanted to show off in this "issue" of Bell World Weekly is the room we're most excited about lately; the bathroom!  This is our before:

Yum!  Notice the paneling on the walls - the carpet had gotten wet so many times that the walls were rotting away at the bottom, and so they put up paneling to try and hide that before they sold the house.  Also take a close look at the shelf and cabinet door above the toilet - it's not even cut evenly!  Nate says it looks like a "My first Jigsaw" project.  We don't miss it, let me tell you!

We LOVE this tile floor, and we got the tiles for free, which made it even better.  One of the advantages of having friends who are roughly 30 years older than you is that they have the money to re-do their houses, and then you can gather what they have left over.  But it all looks so beautiful, and we are so proud of it!

Stay tuned for the next episode!

Love you all!
-Nate & Justine