A year later...

Ben and Jesse have been in their house in Eagan

for about a year now.  Here are some before

and after pictures of some of what they have

done in that year...with a little help from their friends.

Old Kitchen

notice the 1969 microwave in the corner

which previous owners were kind enough

to leave behind...and yes, that's butcher

block countertop

New Kitchen

Old living room

New living room

Old main bath

New main bath

Believe it or not, this was Ethan's bedroom (!)

New Ethan's bedroom

Old dining room

It's hard to capture the essence of that flooring!

And the light fixture was not nearly that bright.

New dining room (before new table and chairs arrived)

Granted,  the photos I took were not with a

panoramic camera and from different angles

but you get the idea....

The house went from 1979 to 2012 in one year!

This does not include the change in the

master bedroom, the exterior shutters and paint,

and dismantling the enormous pool and deck out back.

Plus a hundred other small changes throughout....

Sometimes, when you're in the midst of the changes

it's hard to remember how dramatic they have been.

And...they're raising 2 small boys.

Can't wait to see what the next year brings!