It’s been a year since we closed on Acorn House and started on a crazy adventure. There’s still a long way to go, but things have definitely improved.

As always, these photos are basically unstaged. This is house my house looked when the photos were taken (including the afters.) As time goes on, I’ll share a full “after” of each completed room. But there are very few of those right now. Thanks for coming along on the trip. Be sure to follow along on Instagram (I’ll be sharing lots of Acorn House, the early days video content this weekend.)

For now, I’ll let the photos speak for themselves.

Living Room: Before

House Living Room Before

Living Room: Today

Living room pass through to kitchen

Dining Room & Kitchen: Before

Dining Room and Kitchen: Today

See the complete kitchen before and after here.

Upstairs Hall and Nursery: Before

Upstairs Hall and Nursery: After

Okay. So I forgot to get a photo of the hall now. This is pretty close to finished. But it’s fully painted and there are no ladders up there now.

Second Floor Bathroom: Before

Second Floor Bathroom: After

Master Powder Room: Before

Okay. So this was the actual second floor bathroom. And it didn’t connect to the master bedroom. But–it did have an ash tray reachable from the toilet and a toilet paper dispenser that had a built in radio.

Now this space houses our shoes, a clothing rack, sink and medicine cabinet. It offers a walk through to the full bathroom without needing to go into the hall. We have been pleasantly surprised by how much use we are getting out of this space.

Second Floor Bedroom: Before

Second Floor Bedroom: After

Nearly done, just waiting on the drawers to get finished up!

Master Bedroom: Before

Master Bedroom: After(ish)

Yes, there is laundry strewn about. But this is my real life. I snapped this photo a couple days after we finally moved into the master bedroom. Usually the laundry isn’t running amok. I’m almost ready to do a full post on this one.

Rooftop Patio: Before

This is a screenshot from an Instagram Story when we first moved in. Trash and saplings were everywhere. The roof was literally caving in over the garage.

Unstaged, but still very pleasant. This is one of our favorite places. We eat loads of meals out here and we love to sit and read books on the couch. Like I said, there’s still a long way to go, but we’ve also come a long way too.

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