So we bought our dream house

Well, sort of. We bought a house in a great neighborhood, with great bones and a great layout. The problem is that it was built in 1990, the family moved in, and other than adding things to make the home uglier, they have done NO improvements on the house.

They did put laminate flooring in the kitchen- the cheapest, ugliest laminate flooring available, which they then wet mopped to within an inch of it's life.

They also added plaster grapes to the wall in the dining room and faux finished over them.

The great news is that this is an excellent opportunity for me to show, step by step, how I can use my interior design knowledge to transform a home from awful to awesome! We don't close on the house til next week, but we've already started the improvements- it got a new roof on Monday. We replaced the very old black shingles with Certainteed Landmark architectural shingles in Weathered Wood. Weathered Wood is a great shingle color because it has browns, grays, greens, and blues in it and works with most any siding. I can't wait to get moved in and make this house amazing!