Darin and I recently moved to Allandale - a charming older neighbourhood in Austin which is closer to downtown. We down-sized from our 4 bedroom house in Round Rock to a 2 bedroom 50s style smaller house (bungalow). The house is in a real good shape: the kitchen was redone recently (the previous owners refaced the cabinets and installed granite counter tops). The whole house (except the two bedrooms) has solid hardwoods. The two bathrooms have vintage tiles in real good condition.
The backyard is gorgeous - over one third of an acre, with trees everywhere and it backs to Shoal Creek. We love it!
Eventually we plan to add a second story to the house with a proper master bedroom and spa bathroom, and to bump out the kitchen wall. This will allow us to remodel the entire kitchen and enlarge it. Luckily there is plenty of room for the addition.
Projects:
Remodeling: So far we have painted the entire interior of the house (including ceilings) and we ripped up the nasty carpets in the two bedrooms and put stained concrete floors instead.
Landscaping: Darin has cleaned up the landscaping in the front of the house and planted lots of herbs. In the backyard we have planted some more trees and shrubs and removed some tatty hostas that were just everywhere.
Here are a few before and after pictures. if you click on the slideshow, it will take you the Picasa album that has more description:
Sunday, November 04, 2007
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