The beginning

My wife and I looked at this old 1950s house and saw our dream home. But a lot of work had to be done to get there. This house had what we needed, lots of room, a flat front yard with a sloping hill in the back, a creek for the kids to play in. But it also had this smell and all the rooms were dark, the roof was caving in along the edge and the carpet was nasty. You get the picture.

We got a good deal since the house was in need of repair. It was a little overwhelming to begin with. We decided first we had to get rid of the old carpet. We ripped it out and found underneath beautiful hardwood floors. We also had some old tile to get rid of in the downstairs. Walls had to come down, floors had to be replaced, celings had to be repaired, a roof had to be put on (I hired that out).

How did we get the job done. That's the story of another blog.