The kitchen is just through the open dining area. The floors in the kitchen are not the original wood floors but are newer floors. The kitchen was expanded during the renovation; in such an old house, the kitchens used to be quite small so I am quite pleased with the size of the kitchen! Most importantly, the kitchen has tons of countertop space and plenty of cabinets!
The kitchen also has an awesome island! The island actually contains the sink. I absolutely love islands because they make congregating in the kitchen so easy and they also give you unobstructed space to cook or bake. Some things are just hard to do with a cabinet overhead. The island in this house is quite sizeable! If you notice the door on the left side - that takes you out to a small porch and the backyard. The porch also contains the entrance to the basement (which is tiny and earthen).
Did I mention the brick backsplash? They found an exposed brick wall during the renovations and they uncovered it, spruced it up a bit, and kept it as the backsplash. I find this to be such a neat touch. On another note, the countertops are just a Formica countertop. It would be a consideration in the future to replace them, but for now, they look just fine and will be staying! Also, I will consider getting some hardware put on the cabinets - without hardware it can be confusing as to which way the cabinet opens. But that's all for another time...
One concern we did have regarding the brick backsplash was that you cannot run wires through the brick. There are no outlets to be seen on the brick... So how were we going to plug in our other appliances?! Well, during the inspection, I found out! They ran a long strip with tons of outlets underneath the cabinets! (Please ignore the terrible quality of the picture and the discoloration of the bricks - I took this picture with my cell phone and didn't pay much attention to the quality!)
On the far end of the kitchen is a blue door (you may have seen it in some of the other photos), which is labeled with an old-looking sign that reads "Poop Deck" (I'll get a picture later!) and I'm sure you can guess where that leads to. If you guessed a bathroom, you're super smart! :o) The bathroom back there needs a lot of work - it's functional but seems haphazardly designed. It contains the laundry area (which isn't properly vented), a full shower, a toilet, and a laundry style sink with a mismatched cabinet (the drawers don't match). The floor is just stained plywood. This room is a priority to renovate when we have the money. I'm not sure what we'll do quite yet but it will be an improvement, I'm sure!
The "second" bedroom is at the front of the house. There are two large windows in the room, new carpet, and they added a decent-sized closet. The room is currently sponge-painted a few shades of beige with some hand-painted ivy. The trim is painted a dark grey-brown color. This whole room will be re-painted. The trim will be painted white but I'm unsure what color we'll be painting the walls at the moment. The renovaters did a great job of putting outlets everywhere - this applies to the whole house, but you can see a sampling of the outlets in this picture.
The "master" bedroom is at the back of the house. The bedroom also has new carpets. There is a fairly-large closet just inside the door. The closet doors are a bit out-dated and could use a change when we get a change. The room is also sponge-painted and is a mixture of yellow, orange, and light-brown. The trim is painted dark brown. Again, all of this will be re-painted. Most likely, the walls will be a light neutral shade of gray. Finally, if you look to the far left, you'll see a door... That same door is seen in the next photo, below...
The door from the last photo is shown on the far right in this photo. That door leads to the balcony. The balcony can be seen in the final picture (the one of the rear of the house). Right now, the door to the balcony is hard to open due to the plushness of the carpets so we want to fix that up as well. Again, you can see the plentiful outlets again in this picture. I fully appreciate the number of outlets! I also appreciate all the ceiling fans. (It wasn't shown in the photo of the second bedroom but there is a ceiling fan in the front bedroom as well.)
Okay, this is my last photo! This is the rear of the house. You can see a red door which leads to a small storage area/shed. Above that area is the balcony. On the other side of the storage area is the small patio off the kitchen. You can see out to the street on the left side. There is also another patio area next to the walkway. The walkway leads to three off-street parking spots. The yard is a good size and is fenced in for the pups!
For the stuff I don't have pictures of... The storage area is not much to look at but will provide space for a mower and some cleaning stuff that won't have another home. Additionally, at the top of the stairs, in between the two bedrooms, there is an open area; we haven't figured out what to call it yet (the den, the office, the study, the foyer... who knows!), but we have some plans for it. We plan to put a desk up there (possibly build in a desk) and a bunch of bookcases (with the looks of a built-in or just actually build them in). I'll keep you updated on the process, will get you all more pictures, and will show you the progress we make over time!
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