ONE YEAR!

That's right, we've been in the house for ONE WHOLE YEAR, as of yesterday, March 8. We've technically owned it for one year and a month, but that first month was busy with painting, kitchen demo, new fence and gutters, and other various preps. But we moved in on March 8, 2014, so we've officially lived here one year!
Having this blog is super helpful in reminding us of how much we've done.  I tend to get bogged down in lists of stuff I want to do, and all I see are things that need to be fixed/changed/upgraded, but holy crap, we've done so much!  And without the blog as an excuse, I wouldn't have ever really taken before, progress, and after photos, so this kind of milestone wouldn't be near as rewarding.
So!  Let's take a tour of the house, shall we?
First up: the kitchen:

Above is how the kitchen looked when we bought the house [and the pretty Wegner chair in the desk area was a housewarming gift from my parents], below is how it looked one week after moving in [because the bulk of the kitchen redo happened in the month between closing and moving]

And now: [one of my absolute favorite transformations in the whole house!]

Looking from the kitchen into the Magnitude room [named for the Community character, because we're dorks], one week in:

And now:

 

Here's another view of the magnitude room, from when we bought the house, nabbed from the intro post:

and today:

[I adore those vintage couches I scored last summer, but still haven't gotten around to covering the ugly back side...]
Here's a view of the built ins, in their beige-y pink state when be bought the house:

And today:

The view from the other side of the kitchen to the dining room, which when we bought the house was just a showcase of some of the most ....unfortunate... light fixtures in the house:

And now [SERIOUSLY improved by prettier lights]:

Living room fireplace one week in:

Now:

Living room one week in:

Now:

Super fun iPhone pano taken from the first time we saw the house, also nabbed from the intro post:

Copycat pano taken today:

[this corner view shows how much better the eaves look white as opposed to creamy yellow]

Dining room:

[another runner up for 'most improved' mainly due to light fixture awesomeness]

[Sadie likes to tuck in her feet when she lays down.  Because she's a weirdo.]

Down the hall to the hall bathroom, here it is one week in:

And today, a tiny bit less beige:

The plants then:

And now, sadly, they look a little unhappy....  When it warms up I'll replant them and attempt to make them perkier.  And look!  I hung some art on the back wall!

My office one week in:

And, sadly, today.  This is definitely the winner for 'worst attitude', which I will rectify in the near future.

Brandon's office then:

And today: [not much changed, which I'm sure he's pretty happy about.  Though I would like to get rid of the boob light...]

Master bedroom before:

And now [the biggest changes are the actual grown-up bed, new-to-us lamps, a bit of art, curtains and NO ELLIPTICAL :) :)]

[I didn't do a great job of making the bed, but honestly, I really don't care.]

Here's a nice little vignette I enjoy; it has all my favorite stuff: vintage lamp, faux cow, jewelry, vintage glass vessels, pen & ink drawing, and of course Rocky :)]

Master bath one week in:

And now: [it seems a little set in its ways.... which I'm forming ideas on how to make it cooler]

Closet before, and one week in:

One week in and now [I did a teeny bit of organizing; not pretty, but it works! I sore of arranged all of my shirts/dresses by color, because that's how my brain works.]

Foyer from last spring [apparently I never took 'before' pics of it.... oops]

And now: [the palm bit the dust a couple months ago, so I got a new snake plant to match the other that I've had for a bit, and it's too big for the planter.  Soooo I need to rectify that somehow. When it's warmer outside.]

Laundry room one week in:

And now [also on the short list of cleaning up]

Other hall bath, lovingly known as the Dog Bathroom:

Exterior when we moved in:

And now: [technically this was from November, but it looks pretty much the same.  Just picture fewer leaves on the trees, and some snow on the ground]

THE END!   I hope you enjoyed the tour of our little house! 
Coming up soon are a few kitchen posts!  Which obviously we've done a lot of work on, but failed to share [shocked? me either.]