The primary thing, other than being pregnant, that has been slowing me down on keeping the blog up-to-date, is that we bought a house!
Shortly after we moved to Newton over a year ago, we found out about a farm that was going to go into foreclosure. Eric was very interested in this farm, as it's a beautiful place with several acres of timber, along with some good farm land. Very long story short, it finally went on the market in February (I think!) and we put in an offer. We took possession on March 23.
We feel so blessed to be able to have purchased this place. We definitely got a great deal, and really believe that the Lord had His hands in it. There are so many little details that occurred in this process that I could go into that are just far more than coincidence!
The house is a ranch with a beautiful 4 seasons porch and very large deck that overlooks the pond. There is also a barn on the property. Because it was a foreclosure, the house definitely needed a lot of love! We spent most every spare minute we had at the house from March 23 until April 30 when we were able to move in. We cleaned every square inch of this place, painted the entire main level, and moved around a couple of walls. We're still in the process of remodeling the master bathroom. We had lots of help from family and friends and we're so thankful for that! We've made lots of progress on the house, but definitely still have lots of work to do on the house as well as on the property. We're very excited though!
So, without further adieu, here are some before pictures....
Kitchen - the window looks out onto the four seasons porch
Four seasons porch
The deck overlooking the pond
The master bedroom. The double doors go out onto the deck (which runs the whole length of the house). The strange looking wall there was taken out (there was a spiral staircase there that went down to the middle of the family room downstairs and we took that out). We turned that little corner into a walk in closet.
Looking from the living room to the dining room and kitchen
The living room which looks out over the pond and to the four seasons porch
Fireplace in the living room
Front of the house
