Very, very, very fine house...

In October 2007 Kenny and I moved into our new house in Westview. In the words of an early 90's upstate New York youth: it was wicked cool. Not only does it have around 1600 SF of 90 year-old craftsmen bungalow awesomeness downstairs, but 1000SF of potentially habitable space upstairs.



As you see from the original pictures here, there is little to no kitchen, save a sink in the middle of the floor. Thank you idiot flippers who don't know what they're doing. Besides that, the house remained relatively untouched whereas many houses in the area have been broken up and turned into multi-family units over the decades.

Although we got a great deal on the house and it's extremely close to the beltline, it's still what the cobbers would refer to as a "transitional neighborhood". In other words, it's up and coming. I'm not so worried about someone busting a cap in my ass as much as I am concerned about the gang problems. That's right, we've got chipmunk gang issues. We got rid of a tree in the backyard which ended up being the 'munk mecca, and now I think they've got it in for us. More to come on that...

Anyway, take a look at the pictures of where we started and I'll follow up with some pictures showing the progress of our new kitchen!

I think our kitchen would have made Rachel Ray slit her wrists.

Our bathroom. Sleek, huh?

Extremely scary half bath that I have entered twice in the
year and a half we've lived here.

Dining Room
Living RoomMaster bedroom...aka attic
This is the extra lot on the east side of the house that we purchased.
Gus approves of this investment.