Even with a brand new roof and fully landscaped and clean yard, this house was still under $125,000. So I really did get a good deal. Most changes have been cosmetic so even though my extra savings is gone, it hasn’t been that much to change everything. I was smart enough to keep a dailyContinue reading “Renovating 407: The Ugly”
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Renovating 407: Part II
It was almost 2 months before I actually moved into 407. And when I bought the house, we only thought it needed a really good, deep cleaning and maybe work on making it prettier. LOL. After getting the popcorn ceilings scraped, the ceilings had to be painted. All the old flooring came up and couldn’tContinue reading “Renovating 407: Part II”
Renovating 407: Part I
When I was posting every day on Facebook, the progress on my house, I went from calling it Diaries of making a house my home to Adventures in Renovating. You never know what you are going to find under the ugly layers. I have been at this for over a year and will probably beContinue reading “Renovating 407: Part I”
2015 in Review
I have to laugh at that title. Really. I had put The Best of 2015. But after I wrote about February, I had to change the title. As my word of the year for 2015 was Renew, I have to say it is the first year I really lived up to my word. But IContinue reading “2015 in Review”
Memories, Dreams and Reflections 2015
Me This little wall made the kitchen so small. We made sure it was not load bearing and down it came. We still haven’t finished the newly exposed part of the ceiling. I Love You Kaci, my mom’s dog, is not quite 7. She has lung cancer and not much longer to live. We loveContinue reading “Memories, Dreams and Reflections 2015”