I told you I’d take and post pictures of the before, during, and after of our move in our house in Madisonville. Well, the house is almost done being renovated and I didn’t get a chance to take any pictures of the before.

Sorry ’bout that.

BUT I did swing by there today to check on the progress – they said they were finishing up today, they promised – and it only lacks a few things from being complete. I went ahead and took some pictures, kind of like a sneak peak, just to hold you over until we move all our stuff into its respectable place. It could take a week or more since nursing school has started.

Anyway, without further ado, I give you our house, after renovations, before we move in.

Our beautiful kitchen cabinets and sink and faucet and GRANITE counter tops and backsplash!

Another side of the kitchen. Our fridge isn’t big but the kitchen’s a little small.

The fireplace in the living room.

Do you see all the charming details? This is why I chose this house! High ceilings, molding around everything, those little windows above the doors (whatever they’re called).

This is the front mud room, or my office! The built-ins are just perfect and I just love all the natural light from all the windows!

This is a sneak peak of the second bathroom. I never thought I’d love track lighting, but I do!

Check out the details on these cabinets in the second bathroom! Gorgeous trim work!

Crazy tall ceilings with crazy tall windows. This is our master bedroom.

Another view of the master bedroom. Another fireplace!

And last but definitely not least, the master closet. This picture doesn’t do it justice.

So there you go! I obviously left out a few rooms but you get the gist. I can’t wait to get everything moved around and decorated. I will for sure take more pictures then!

In Tuesday’s post I mentioned that my bestie Megan and I went house shopping for when Neil and I move to Madisonville… here’s the story that will bring you to date on that decision:

OK so here’s the thing:

Neil was serving at a restaurant in Kuttawa, the town about 10 mins away from the lake house. When he graduated from college he was asked to be a manager at the new restaurant the company was building in Madisonville, which is about 50 mins away. Our best friends live there so we know the area well enough. He was having a hard time finding a teaching job so he took the management position. They trained at the restaurant in Franklin (about 2 hours away) until the Madisonville one was done.

They opened this past week and it’s been crazy! Even tho we’ve had an open invitation to stay at our besties’ house so that Neil won’t have to drive so much, he hasn’t been staying there because he wants to come home to me. Sweet but stupid. Anyway, we had talked about moving to Madisonville when/if he was promoted because although we can afford it now, we’re living rent free at the lake house and would like to keep it that way as long as possible. But these past few weeks have been so hard on him and me too really. He works 18 or so hours a day and then drives home really early in morning only to have about 4 ish hours of sleep and get up and do it all over again. My bestie and I decided to take things in our own hands and look for apartments/houses/duplexes to rent last weekend and viola! we found a house! It’s about 100 years old but the landlord is renovating it so it’ll have all the charm of an old house but with modern finishes

At first Neil didn’t like it at all (he didn’t want to move in the first place) but Monday night while driving home he dozed off for a few seconds and almost collided with another car! I took him to see the house again Thursday morning and we wrote the deposit check that afternoon! The landlord says it should be done by next Friday so hopefully Neil will only have one week of driving left. I’ve actually been thinking about staying at the besties’ house there in Madisonville for most of the week if they’ll let us. I’m excited but at the same time a little stressed (nursing school starts back up on the 11th) because of everything we have to get done for the move in such a short time!

floor plan I drew on excel. don’t make fun

Today my mom and I went around to various stores in Paducah in search of things for the new place. I found a ton of stuff I liked but for the life of me I can’t remember any of the colors of the house! The only room I can visualize color wise is the front mud room or as we’re calling it, my office, and that color is blue. Most likely a light blue, maybe even baby blue? Gosh I wish I could remember! Anyway! Since I’m really really REALLY into blue, yellow, and gray as a color combination I went ahead and bought some office stuff. Yay! The following was found at Tuesday Morning.

I plan on buying some from this collection from Walmart:

And last but not least, here’s a picture I took with my phone right before I bought….My refrigerator!

I’m looking forward to going this week and taking pictures of the “before” to show you guys what it looks like right now and then show you what it will look like in the end. Eeee I’m SO excited!