Patiently waiting to close on the house

The closing date is set right now for September 18. Let's keep our fingers crossed! I could not be more ready to get my hands on this house and tear it apart. From the avocado green, pheasant covered wallpaper in the kitchen, to the open hole in the living room floor, this house is just waiting to be updated. 

Frankly, I'm a little overwhelmed at what needs to be done to this house once the closing documents are signed. We have never owned a home before and have never had the "luxury" of painting or renovating anything. My husband has informed me that painting will be my job (gee, I feel so honored). Recently, I picked up some paint cards from my local Lowe's and I'm looking forward to getting samples to set up throughout the house. 

My plan of action is to tackle one room at a time. The first room I'm going to tackle will be the guest bathroom with seizure-inducing black, flowery wallpaper (first picture below) followed by the aforementioned kitchen (second picture below). 

Until I can get my hands on the house, I'm working on our furniture which is a hodgepodge of junk we accumulated in college. A mixture of hand me downs, yard sale finds and dumpster treasures, needless to say our furniture is not the best but I'm going to make it work for now. 

Last week my project was a dresser my husband acquired from a yard sale for $2. A little bit of red paint, some crackle paint, and a top coat of white and the dresser is as good as new and ready to match the future red walls in the bedroom. This week I am going to tackle the table and chairs for the breakfast area. This table set was previously painted red, white and blue with stars on the chairs and table top (My mother spent many painstaking hours painting this for my first apartment in college eight years ago but its had a lot of wear and does not match anything). I plan on painting this set a color called Vanilla Steam (off white) and covering the table top with a chocolate colored table cloth. These colors should be a great match for the future Sage green walls and tan cabinets in the kitchen.

Right now the only camera I have is my cell phone but I will try to post the best pictures I can until I have a camera.