"They can't all be happy" March 2012

Sublime to the Ridiculous

January 22, 2011


As most of you know we have been searching for a house for years!  We have been to so many open houses that the kids would look forward to Sunday so they could go to other people's houses and check out their toys. It became a family tradition.  I will never forget the day we found 'the one".  Our realtor took us to 2 houses that day. The first was this amazing brand new 5 bedroom colonial with everything I could imagine and more.  Of course it wasn't exactly in the budget but the fact that the property was the size of a postage stamp made it not even an option. As we left the 1st house our realtor (who was like family at that point) said and I quote "now we will go from the sublime to the ridiculous".  Who knew we would end up purchasing the "ridiculous"!

It has been a lot of work but very exciting to making our house a home.  There is still a lot of work ahead but we are taking it one year at a time.  Here are some of the things we've done....

1st glimpse before we even moved in
the tress must go!




final product outside

Foyer before
Foyer After

hallway before
Hallway after



 old Pink boys bathroom

New boys bathroom


Grace's bedroom before
Grace's bedroom after


Grace's old Bath



Grace's new Bath

Jack's Old Room

Jacks's New Room
Carsten's Old Room
Carsten's New Room


Hallway After

Hallway to Master Bed Before


Master Bedroom BEFORE

Master Bedroom AFTER


Backyard Begins....
BEFORE


Fence going in


Sod going in