Welcome...

to 1114! Our house was built in the 50's, or so the tax records say. We bought the home from a renovation group associated with "We Buy Ugly Houses." The man in charge of all of the renovations was a young guy by the name of Ben Foltz who lived in the neighborhood and owns his own renovation company. He did an incredible job, in my opinion. Lets take a tour.




Our door hardware. I believe this was our first real home project which happened before we even bought the house. Joe had the fun of picking out all the antique door hardware because all of the original pieces were stolen. (The neighborhood was in transition for quite some time. hah!) Joe did an excellent job, all of our handles, knobs, and locks work beautifully. We even have cool skeleton keys for all the house locks.

When you walk in the door you are immediately in our living room. All of the floors are the original hardwood. The mantel was completely redone and the shelf and cabinet to the right were built in as well. The door way that you see to the left is the library/office.


This picture below is the living room view from the office doorway. The couch was a fortunate purchase. We are working with a pretty small space and we needed a pretty specific item. It's nice to have somewhere for our guests to sit finally. We went Joe's mother's recommendation and got ourselves a good deal at American Signature Furniture.

There is a shot of the office. There isn't a whole lot going on there yet.



That dark and blurry shot below (left), you can see our dining area. The dining room table was a steal, we found it on Craigs List, which is a favorite of Joe's.




This next picture to our right is a picture of the kitchen. Joe and I got to pick out most of the appliances ourselves. The walls color is my favorite, and it was picked out by an interior designer who lives in our neighborhood. Lucky for me I like her taste because...

she also had picked out this color in our bathroom. It's a bit tiny but what can you expect, it's an old house?

The picture to our right here is the guest room. The dresser to your right was the first piece of furniture EVER bought by Joe and I as a married couple. Yay for Ikea! This picture below and to the left is also of the guest bedroom.


The picture to your right here is our "master" bedroom. It's the exact same size as the guest bedroom. Although when they renovated the house they managed to get us more closet space. This is another room with a whole lot of nothing going on. Unfortunately today wasn't a very good day to take you on a tour of the house. It is a little dark, but oh well!



Here is our deck. It's all new! We are lucky to have a decently sized back yard. If we manage to level it out a bit, it'll be great for future kiddies. We only recently painted those barn doors. It's amazing what a difference it's made. I wish I had a before picture.









The last thing I want to show you is part of our basement. Joe did a beautiful job organizing his workshop. Across from his workshop is the washer and dryer. We have storage space behind that drywall to the left of the picture and a whole lot of dirt that they built the house on top of. I guess one day we could dig it all out and do something with all that space.


Aside from the attic and a bunch of other nooks and crannies, this is 1114 in a nutshell. I hope you loved the tour as much as I loved giving it!