A few pics of the new house (from the listing agent)

Here is the front of the townhouse:

This is where the need for the new front door awning, new front fence, new front door and cleaning the siding comes in from our giant to-do list. There's also a flower box that runs along the side of the house that you can't see in the picture but we're planning to paint it white and plant some really colorful plants and then spread recycled glass from Bedrock (an AWESOME recycled glass place) instead of traditional mulch to make it look more unique.

Here is the kitchen. The cabinets are in really good shape so the plan is to sand them down and stain them so we don't actually have to replace anything then we'll eventually get new countertops and a new sink. The stove is brand new, and the dishwasher isn't too old, but the fridge is shameful. Eventually we want to find a dishwasher and fridge that match the stove but thankfully that can wait a year or so. They may be ugly but they work fine!

This is our EXTREMELY tiny living room. Be forewarned: this room is super small. They made the garage of the house really deep so the kitchen and living room are too small, but for the right price, we can make anything work! We do need to replace the wall heaters in here as well as put up some curtains and of course the whole house will be painted!

This is our bathroom. It's not in bad shape, but we'll sand and stain the vanity and eventually replace the countertop. We'll also get a mirror that fits the space and we want to update the toilet with a dual flush eco-friendly one instead. We also eventually want to rip out the plastic around the tub and tile it. We found some neat, modern looking towel bars to replace the existing ones with and will either tile or lay vinyl flooring down to give it a more updated look. 

This is one of the bedrooms. The way they laid out the upstairs is kind of odd, so to get into the bedrooms you turn around a corner and walk a few feet down a tiny hall to get to the doors. Why they didn't just put the door where the entrance to the mini hallway is beyond me, but it'll work for us! We'll use one as the master and the other as a movie room for now. When we first move in we'll be replacing all the carpet (which means the stairs, upstairs hall, and two bedrooms) with a nice, light plush carpet. We know it's dangerous to go with a light color with pets, but we can't find anything darker that doesn't look to golden and old. The color we picked looks a little more new and modern so fingers crossed it cleans up well! To me even a slightly dirty carpet would be better than carpet that looks like it was meant for a senior living home!

Well that's the house! We'll take and post more pics once it's ours! We want plenty of before and after. We viewed it and bought it so quickly we didn't really have a chance to whip out the camera the two times we were there, but once we have the keys we'll be documenting our journey as we figure out what to do (and what not to do) as DIY homeowners. It'll be great to look back at how it originally looked when we first moved in. Fingers crossed it looks better once we've "improved" it!