100th Post - A Before & After Extravaganza

This is the 100th post on Crafty Homestead!  I can't believe it's taken this long to get here, but before we moved in I really only did like one post a week and I did take a whole summer off and there was the whole appendicitis thing.  But anyway...

I decided the best topic for this post is an update of the House Tour page and a post with all of the Before & Afters.  Though none of these are truly "Afters" yet, because they are more like "Current Progress" shots.  There's still a lot of changes to come: refinished hardwood floors, rugs, real furniture, more art, a full kitchen renovation, etc.

I am using a different camera and it has a lens which is not as wide as the one I was using when we first bought the house, so I did the best I could to try get the same shots. 

Here we go:

-The Front-

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The house looks really gross right now (ugh...March) so I looked through old pictures and this outdated shot was the best I could do.

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God I wish the yard still looked like this!!!  I need spring

-The Porch-

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TINY BASIL!

-The Entryway-

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This picture is going to come when the sun goes down because the light makes the picture nuts right now.

-The Living Room-

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We have a really classy puppy gate to keep them out of the Craft Room

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-The Craft Room-

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-The Dining Room-

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-The Kitchen-

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We have a whole cart devoted to dog food/snacks/treats...

-The Laundry Room/Pantry-

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This is also kitten's land so the dogs can't eat her food or poop

-The Breezeway-

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That is a portable compressor for a basement project that has begun

-The Bathroom-

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-Bedroom #1-

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-Bedroom #2-

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That's the screen that can go in our storm door which we need to find a new place to store.  Also that's all my American Girl doll stuff for when my niece comes over.  And our classy window covers for when guests are sleeping in this room.

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-Bedroom #3-

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We really need to reorganize these tool shelves...

-The Basement-

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Usually I look around the house and see how much we have left to do.  It gets overwhelming sometimes and I feel like we haven't gotten anything done.  But looking at all these Befores and going around taking the "Afters" today has really showed me that we have gotten a lot done in 18 months.  It has been nice to take a post to appreciate that!

Also I have updated the House Tour page with all these new pictures.

A Little Hiatus

So yesterday's post was going to be about a project that Corey and I were supposed to do on Sunday

But then at 4:30 am on Sunday I woke up in excruciating pain. Turns out that it was appendicitis and I am now appendix-less after emergency surgery.

Soooo as of now I am not doing projects or cooking or sewing or crafting and I'm not sure when another post will be up since I have nothing to write about.

But I am walking around the house at a snail's pace because walking is good for me (today's goal is 4,000 steps and I am 3/4 there), watching Netflix, wincing in pain when I get up/sit down/cough/laugh, and posting on Facebook & Instagram too much.

And tomorrow I'll also be my own nurse so I'll be getting my own food & drinks and letting the dogs in and out, too.  Wish me luck!

So here are some cute pictures of my 3 recuperating buddies to tide you over. Banjo is the best recuperator and I have much to learn from her.

Basil is wearing the base vest for his backpack (the storage saddle bags velcro onto it) in the pictures if you're wondering what he's wearing. It makes him calmer and reduces the chances of his jumping on me aka killing me.