The front of the house: New doors were installed prior to the purchase. I'm gonna need another mailbox, 'cause the current one you see is way too small for my online purchasing needs. Off to the left is a little pathway that will need some landscaping attention, just to keep the trees from overtaking that side of the house. You can just barely glimpse the driveway on the right, where my car is sitting. I'm taking the picture from a small paved area that acts as a mini-driveway, since the driveway we have currently accommodates cars in a single-file line at this moment (that will change pretty soon).
The right side of the house: In the upper right corner of the house frame, you can see our perpetual floodlight; until recently, we couldn't figure out how to turn the thing off. It took flipping almost every switch in the house, only to find out that it was the switch that you would have expected it would be (in the kitchen). To the left of this photo, you'll notice two windows; those are in the living room. What you don't see is one more window to the left of the window on the farthest left of the picture. Up top, in the previous picture, notice the two windows in the front of the house. Now, on the left of the house, there's another picture window from the living room. That's six fucking windows, man. That's a shitload of windows for one room. It was getting darker, so please forgive the lack of pictures of our backyard for the moment.
The kitchen: Ah yes, here we have the one minor source of complaint we had before buying ... the short ceiling. For perspective, I am about 6'0" even, give or take .5" in either direction. My forearm is as long as my shoe (hey, we didn't have a tape measure at this time, okay?), which is a size 13. So, the ceiling is roughly 7-7.5' high. Now, this rocks when it comes to being able to change lightbulbs without a stepstool, but it sucks considering that there are four ceiling fans in various parts of the house. Yep, ceiling fans ... I'm looking at a bruised forehead on at least four separate occasions, unless those come down or I'm walking around hunched over. Now, in this pic, also look at the door frame-to-my head ratio. Yep.
But, still to come are the pics of the swank hardwood floors, the big kitchen, the backyard, and the living room w/ fireplace. I put the last pic in because some folks wouldn't believe me about the ceilings without some points of reference. I'm not expecting anyone beyond 7'0" to visit us (Will, you might just be the tallest person I know that would visit), so you guys won't need to feel like you're in the Keebler tree when you visit. Oh, and I'll let you guys know when the DSUEH (Don't Show Up Empty Handed) party is (some people call it a house warming party, but we all know the truth).
3 comments:
Good deal. I look forward to more pics and seeing it in person. Where in Abbeville is the house?? I would not worry too much about the ceilings. If that is your only major complaint then you are doing quite well.
It's off the Square ... I'll email directions when we get moved in (by the 19th, hopefully).
I've had some work folks come by, and they seem to really like the house. The ceilings are really a minor thing anyway. It is pretty cool, but a couple of rooms will need rugs, 'cause I can hear every footfall on the hardwood.
Looks good so far. More pics.
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