The first visit to our new home, Pt. 2: The "Before"

Pictures!!!
This is part two of our first visit. We were very surprised by the cleaning job the previous owners did. They cleaned the place out pretty thoroughly (even though we'll clean it twice more, just for our comfort).
This first picture is of the large window in the living room. The brown trim was the first thing we decided to get rid of. Dark colors make a room seem smaller, while lighter tones make it feel larger.Here is where my television is going to go.

This was the baby's room, and there is an impressive paint job covering the walls and ceiling. This is the first bedroom we saw, and it is on the main level.
This is the dining room attached to the living room. The small hole is a port to the kitchen, so people can converse between the two rooms. We plan on making that hole larger someday.
Here is the cabinets in the kitchen. We have PLENTY of space to entertain guests.
The other side of the kitchen. Starting where you are from the above picture, you take a left and look at the picture below. The fridge is nice, but the oven is going to go soon.
Here is the full kitchen looking from the slider door.
Starting where you are from the picture above, if you head left you'll find the entrance to the bathroom on the main level. There is also a door that leads into the bedroom from that bathroom as well.
This is the bathroom in a nutshell. It's a 1/2 bath, so that means no shower/tub.
This is Hilary's office on the second floor. Near the first bathroom is the second flight of stairs (the place used to be a duplex). This room is right near that stairwell. Out that window you can see downtown St. Paul. I'll post about our view from the second story later.
Next to the office is the laundry room. It's nice that it's upstairs. The washer/dryer needs to be relocated to a better spot.
This is the main bathroom. It also needs the most work. The room lacks proper ventilation and could use some new trim pretty much everywhere.
That little port is the rooms only ventilation...
This is going to be my office. It is also the only room with white trim... which annoys Hilary, because it's the only room that could have kept the black trim...
Here is our master bedroom, complete with French style doors. It's one of the selling points of the house. It's a very large room.
This is the large hallway area we plan to make into a library/sitting area. Some window expansions would do the room some good. That's for down the road.

Anyway, this is the before pictures! The after pictures will be posted soon. We're well on our way for the first level. Now, we just need to start to paint all that black trim. It's everywhere!!! We're looking for volunteers!