Famous last words. I have always had dreams of fixing up a house. Thanks to Chip and Joanna I was sure that a house that needed some work was my destiny. We had been saying for years that we wanted to move into "town". So we got to work fixing up the builder basic home that we had lived in for the past 12 years to make the big move. New carpets, cleaning, new paint, decluttering, new tile, cleaning, new molding, cleaning . . etc. I was cleaning like a crazy woman, and trying to impress on my kids that we couldn't leave towels and clothes on the floor for a showing (I assumed this was common sense). The dreaded house cleaning anxiety was short lived because we had the house was listed for 4 days before we had an offer. As a real estate agent this was my quickest sale to date! Then the fun began, moving out in less than 3 weeks, finding a home to move to, packing, family bonding in a 1 bedroom casita for a few weeks (that I was extremely grateful for), and then moving less than 3 weeks before Christmas. Whew! We did it!!
The home we chose is beautiful! It is in a nice neighborhood, quiet street, great price, good overall condition . . but, the paint was bad, really bad. My husband turned to me when we walked through the home and said "this will be a good project". I found some of the paint the homeowner left for touch-ups and gladly donated it to my son's school for their production of "Seusical the Musical" the colors were perfect for the play! So I am working one room at a time to tone down the paint, make it my own, and work towards having the (imperfectly as it is) perfect home.
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