Pictures of our house when we bought it.
Street view
Living room/sitting room before we framed in E's bedroom
The kitchen and all it's beautiful wallpaper
The bathroom. Lovely.
Stairwell after we removed wallpaper. Yes, it looked worse than this.
Basement.
Steaming and scraping wallpaper. Note all the replastering we needed to do after.Three years later and everything is done. And we're selling. It's a bitter experience because I feel like a large part of our family is invested in this house. Aside from the blood, sweat, tears, and money we poured into it, it's been our first home. We brought our first baby, E, home here. We struggled to finish school here. We have great memories of time spent together and with friends and family within these walls. It's sad to leave all that.
It's sweet because we can sell this home to a deserving family and know that all the work is done and it's done right. For crying out loud, we replastered the walls! When I think of some good woman being able to cook for her family in our kitchen it pleases me. She'll love the kitchen. They'll have a wonderful home to live in from the get go and that is more satisfying than I'd ever dreamed it would be. In truth, last summer when we began to realize that we wouldn't live here forever I really didn't want to finish any more house projects. But then I imagined the family that would own our home next, I actually imagined it would be someone who reads this blog and that I VT, and I thought, "Okay, I'll finish the house for her, because she's darling and I adore her." Weird motivation, huh? But it worked for me.
Tomorrow the hunt for the family that owns this home next begins. We're trying to sell it ourselves and I'm scared, sad, excited, and nervous. Our appraisal came in on Friday and has helped us tremondously to find a price that's fair to the next home owners and us. I created a blog for our house that we're using to help advertise and I invite you to visit it and see how much our house has improved. You'll find it at:
It's sweet because we can sell this home to a deserving family and know that all the work is done and it's done right. For crying out loud, we replastered the walls! When I think of some good woman being able to cook for her family in our kitchen it pleases me. She'll love the kitchen. They'll have a wonderful home to live in from the get go and that is more satisfying than I'd ever dreamed it would be. In truth, last summer when we began to realize that we wouldn't live here forever I really didn't want to finish any more house projects. But then I imagined the family that would own our home next, I actually imagined it would be someone who reads this blog and that I VT, and I thought, "Okay, I'll finish the house for her, because she's darling and I adore her." Weird motivation, huh? But it worked for me.
Tomorrow the hunt for the family that owns this home next begins. We're trying to sell it ourselves and I'm scared, sad, excited, and nervous. Our appraisal came in on Friday and has helped us tremondously to find a price that's fair to the next home owners and us. I created a blog for our house that we're using to help advertise and I invite you to visit it and see how much our house has improved. You'll find it at:
http://brighamcityhome.blogspot.com
Please don't leave personal comments there, unless you want to buy the house ;o), but enjoy the virtual open house of sorts. Let the games begin!
