This is our first home, so I saved its real estate listing photos to show what it looked like before we moved in. Hope one day our son will find this interesting! I studied History in college so I'm really into saving stuff from the past as mementos for the future.
Here's the listing pic of the kitchen:
When we looked at the house the fridge was gone and the dishwasher replaced with an old ugly black one. It was a rental so I can understand the tenant taking away his or her fridge, but the dishwasher?? Weird!
The photo shows a simple small kitchen, but in real life it was pretty awful. The cheap acrylic sink was so dirty it was more brown inside than white! The floor was torn up in the corner, and the cupboards had strange stains that never came off. The ugly formica countertops were warped, if you can believe that. And the freaking fluorescent light over the sink didn't have a cover on it! WTF???
We had no money to make any kitchen repairs when we bought the house, so I thought we could just paint the walls and cupboards and it would be okay for a while.
Err ... nope. A couple of the drawers started breaking apart and had to be duct-taped together. The garbage disposal in the sink broke. Water kept pooling in the sagging countertop whenever the dishes were washed. Just being in the kitchen depressed me.
We knew it was time for a big change. But we didn't realize how much worse it could get.
Here's the listing pic of the kitchen:
When we looked at the house the fridge was gone and the dishwasher replaced with an old ugly black one. It was a rental so I can understand the tenant taking away his or her fridge, but the dishwasher?? Weird!
The photo shows a simple small kitchen, but in real life it was pretty awful. The cheap acrylic sink was so dirty it was more brown inside than white! The floor was torn up in the corner, and the cupboards had strange stains that never came off. The ugly formica countertops were warped, if you can believe that. And the freaking fluorescent light over the sink didn't have a cover on it! WTF???
We had no money to make any kitchen repairs when we bought the house, so I thought we could just paint the walls and cupboards and it would be okay for a while.
Err ... nope. A couple of the drawers started breaking apart and had to be duct-taped together. The garbage disposal in the sink broke. Water kept pooling in the sagging countertop whenever the dishes were washed. Just being in the kitchen depressed me.
We knew it was time for a big change. But we didn't realize how much worse it could get.
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