Tuesday, November 07, 2006

Introducing Ms. 1890

To appease, here's a photo of my new house, henceforth dubed Ms. 1890:


She's a cutie, huh? However, as I mentioned before, there are many challenges inside this cute house. Within these walls are 1,000 reasons why the house was within our non-existent price range. And I'm knocking them down one by one.* As soon as I have a few hours of daylight at home (probably Friday), I'll post before-and-after shots.

*If anyone has a can of Pine-Tree-B-Gone, please send it to me at P.O. Box Will-Climb-&-Chain-Saw Avenue, Massachusetts.

19 comments:

InkyW said...

Wow, she is beautiful though!! All those hours (and hours, etc) of hard work will one day pay off and your lovely family will be so proud!!

Congrats!

carrym said...

Holy jamoly!!! What a gorgeous home...looks like plenty of space to grow your stash to proper proportions!

Congrats :)

Ashley said...

Oh, gorgeous. So New Englandy and perfect. Wah! I miss MA!

Anonymous said...

Your house is beautiful and doing all the work (you do know that it never ends right;))will truly make it yours.
Karen
http://nothingbutknit.blog-city.com/

Anonymous said...

She looks lovely. Which sunny room will hold the stash? I'm looking for some dead-ash-tree-be-gone. I'll keep an eye out for you, you keep an eye out for me and maybe we can arrange a trade.

Thorny said...

Oh wow! She /is/ a beauty! And I can't wait to see what all you guys do to help her shine again!

somebunnysloveDOTcom said...

Beautiful girl she is definitely! I am so happy for you, Wifey and Little Man. Lots of happy times to come.
=:8

Emily said...

Wow! She is gorgeous! Here's to lots of love and laughing inside those walls.

maryse said...

what a beautiful house.

Engranon said...

Fabulous! That is a going to be a fantastic place to raise Little Man. Congratulations!

Stacy said...

Love it! Where is it? You can email me privately to let me know.

Beth S. said...

Are you serious?! It's so much larger and more beautiful than your remarks about nasty linoleum, etc. made me expect. ;-) What a score!

Anonymous said...

What an incredible place!! Oh I'm so jealous. Can't wait to see more photos.

Anonymous said...

What a grand old gal. And HUGE! Good luck with the tree, and please be careful!

Rhonda the Stitchingnut said...

Good Gosh ... she's BIIIIIGGGG! A house with "character" ... that's what I like. Hey, I've got one from the early 60's. I'm talking 1962 ... yellow appliances & pink bathtub, LOL. I do like some character. Or did someone call me a Character? LOve your new old house!!

Anonymous said...

She's gowahjus. And wow, I'm impressed. I'm tired watching *other* people do that stuff. :)

Kathy said...

Ms. 1890 is a lovely gal. I'm sure you'll make her purtier too.

Anonymous said...

that is just a beautiful house. amazing.

Sneaksleep said...

Gorgeous! And you will love her even more after putting so much blood, sweat, and tears into her. At least, that's what I recommend you tell yourself during your next marathon wallpaper-stripping session. ;-) Seriously, though, she's perfect.