It feels longer. Its hard to believe we’ve only owned this little house for two years. We’ve done alot, and I do mean A LOT to this house in that short amount of time.
When we bought it, it was a nice 4 bedroom 2 bath with potential. The gardens were overgrown with weeds, the lawn needed a cut, and the interior… Oh, the horror! Someone had painted almost every room in a drab ugly brown that matched the paneling throughout the main living spaces. The end result was that it all looked dreadful, to the point that we even briefly considered ripping out the paneling. Three different types of carpeting, scratched up laminate flooring, & linoleum with rips and gashes in it, combined to make the flooring a hot mess. One shed had a huge whole in the door, the other shed had a hole in the roof. The deck was in bad shape, as was the fireplace. Overall, it was a nice place that really needed a whole lot of work.
In the two years since, we have completely repainted every room in the house. Bright & cheery colors, complimented by a few darker tones, and the whole color scheme matches nicely since we have a fairly open floor plan. The colors have really brought out the beauty in the paneling. We also replaced the carpets & linoleum in the whole house. The now uniform carpeting has really made the difference, coupled with a beautiful tiled linoleum just pull the whole look together. We had the fireplace fixed, and my handsome husband ripped out part of the deck and the shed that was falling apart, as well as built new doors for other shed we wanted to keep. The fence had to get replaced after some kind of critter broke into the back yard and left us “presents” all over the yard. The gardens have been weeded, and, although I don’t have flowers in them right now, they look much better now, empty, then they did when we bought the place. And my awesomely talented & hardworking hubby replaced the mailbox. No more pathetic looking scraggly mailbox for us!
It’s been a busy two years, but good. The change from “a nice house with potential” to a “home” has been astounding. Like everyone told me when we first bought it, home repairs never truly end, but I think we’re about done with the “remodel” phase, and have nicely transitioned into routine maintenance. It’s really a nice place now. It suits us.
Two years. It feels like forever. Like we finally have that little place in this world that fits us to a T.
Wow, it has been only 2 yrs, huh…? thank you for everything u said abt me, u had a lot to do with this transformation also, picked out the colors, linoleum, plants for the yard…! an u have been doing lots of work out in the yard… THANK YOU for making this lil place in this world that fits us to a T. mi amor…! i luv u so much, your totally aewsome..!