New House
This is our new house.
We've bought the place about five weeks ago. People have asked me if I love it, and I tell them, "No." Honestly, I don't love it. Don't get me wrong, I went into the purchase of this house fully knowing what we were getting ourselves into. We even fought for the house with a weird bidding war. I am in absolute love with the neighborhood. Our real estate agent accused me of "stalking" the neighborhood, but when this house went on the market I wasn't interested.
For starters, I really didn't want a split level. I'm just not a fan of the style. Something a little too 1970's for me.
Second, it was a foreclosure, and had been abandoned for about 18 months. It needed work, but had a lot of potential. In the real estate world, "having potential" means it looks like crap, but if you sink enough money into it, the house will someday look great. From the first walk through, we could see all of the work that the house needed. But, the house had everything on our "must have" list, and it was right in the middle of the neighborhood I was stalking. We actually started to look forward to renovating the place and make it look exactly like we want it to look. I've always dreamed of buying a big, old farmhouse and doing a complete renovation. My dream now involves a 1965 split level rather than a farmhouse, but I'll take it!
This is our new sink.
It's pink. We have a pink sink. There's a matching pink toilet next to it, with pink tiles all along the walls and floor. Not exactly what I had in mind for a luxurious master bath.
The sink is just one of the many updates that are needed in this house, and the muse for this blog.
As we started the renovation process I thought it would be fun to chronicle the challenges, frustrations, and victories of us first time DIYers. Plus, what a great way to document the process and look back at where we started.
Hope you enjoy following our renovation!
We've bought the place about five weeks ago. People have asked me if I love it, and I tell them, "No." Honestly, I don't love it. Don't get me wrong, I went into the purchase of this house fully knowing what we were getting ourselves into. We even fought for the house with a weird bidding war. I am in absolute love with the neighborhood. Our real estate agent accused me of "stalking" the neighborhood, but when this house went on the market I wasn't interested.
For starters, I really didn't want a split level. I'm just not a fan of the style. Something a little too 1970's for me.
Second, it was a foreclosure, and had been abandoned for about 18 months. It needed work, but had a lot of potential. In the real estate world, "having potential" means it looks like crap, but if you sink enough money into it, the house will someday look great. From the first walk through, we could see all of the work that the house needed. But, the house had everything on our "must have" list, and it was right in the middle of the neighborhood I was stalking. We actually started to look forward to renovating the place and make it look exactly like we want it to look. I've always dreamed of buying a big, old farmhouse and doing a complete renovation. My dream now involves a 1965 split level rather than a farmhouse, but I'll take it!
This is our new sink.
It's pink. We have a pink sink. There's a matching pink toilet next to it, with pink tiles all along the walls and floor. Not exactly what I had in mind for a luxurious master bath.
The sink is just one of the many updates that are needed in this house, and the muse for this blog.
As we started the renovation process I thought it would be fun to chronicle the challenges, frustrations, and victories of us first time DIYers. Plus, what a great way to document the process and look back at where we started.
Hope you enjoy following our renovation!
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