House Tour: Part 1!

I love reading house tours on blogs, so I decided to share one with you all!  Mind you, these are all "before" pictures, so I'll show you what things look like before we move in!

Here's our new little place with its sold sign:)

When you walk in the side door, you're in the kitchen:

(the view from the door)

(closer up in the kitchen)

To the side of the kitchen is ye olde laundry room.

Now back to the kitchen! We're hoping to extend the kitchen floor to avoid the great floor/carpet divide over here.  And there's a lot of wallpaper love in this house. Serious wallpaper love.

The eating-in nook has tons of windows:

In the corner of the kitchen leading into the dining room is the butler's pantry:

Which leads into the dining room...

Currently filled with Craigs List finds.  But my favorite part of the dining room is this little lovely...

Yay for built-ins!

Out of the dining room, you face the living room

Which has pretty bay windows...

and my beloved fireplace!

One of the first things I'm hoping to do in the house is change up the window treatments. A lot of the ones currently installed tend to block out light, where I'm a big fan of letting the natural light stream in! Any and all advice on window treatments is much appreciated!

And to knock off this segment of our tour, meet the foyer (this is the first thing  you see when you walk in the front door):

I'm trying to choose a paint color for this area, but need something light since it's a darker area. Anyone have a soft beige/sand/gray color they love?

That's part 1--stay tuned for more house tour photos!

And since I'm a sucker for a good house tour, feel free to link up if you have one posted!

Tell me, do YOU share my love of house tours? Any House Hunters fans out there?