Jason and I are both people who enjoy actually doing things ourselves....i enjoy cooking from scratch, he enjoys building a piece of furniture and bringing somthing from conception to reality. So when we were looking for a place to set down roots in Columbus we were looking for a place with good bone structure that we could mold into our dream home. Columbus seemed to be the reverse market of what we were use to......new home = bad, old home = $$. As far as new homes, bad not in the sense that it was not a good home....bad in a sense that it seemed that the newer the home the harder it was to sell later on.....since Columbus is such a growing city there are new homes and condos popping up daily...somthing that bit us in the ass when we went to sell our condo.
In any case we were looking for a home with charecter and charm, existing hardwood floors, a decent yard, a fireplace, and the possibility of a big kitchen. SInce I love to cook and spend the most time in the kitchen we were really looking for a home that had at least the possibility of one day having a great kitchen. After a long search through cold nights, snow storms, and a plethera of some really wacky houses, we were finally able to find our gem. It was a bit hard for me to see the potential that Jason was seeing....but once the wall seperating the kitchen and the dining room came down I think we both were realizing that it was the perfect layout for us. This experience has given me a new found respect for my husband and all the amazing talents he has....I mean he literally tore out a wall and built a kitchen from scratch. Makes my cooking from scratch seem like small potatoes:) We still have several rooms to work on.....bathroom renovation is next, followed by painting the outside, landscaping and patio and finishing the basement. Someday we would like to even add on....luckily our initial want of a decent yard turned into a little over 1/2 an acre so there is some room to grow. This house has turned out to be our passion....it's our favorite place to be and we really have enjoyed reinventing it and making it our blank canvas. Anyway, I will post some pics of our "flip this house" and keep you updated on our progress!
In any case we were looking for a home with charecter and charm, existing hardwood floors, a decent yard, a fireplace, and the possibility of a big kitchen. SInce I love to cook and spend the most time in the kitchen we were really looking for a home that had at least the possibility of one day having a great kitchen. After a long search through cold nights, snow storms, and a plethera of some really wacky houses, we were finally able to find our gem. It was a bit hard for me to see the potential that Jason was seeing....but once the wall seperating the kitchen and the dining room came down I think we both were realizing that it was the perfect layout for us. This experience has given me a new found respect for my husband and all the amazing talents he has....I mean he literally tore out a wall and built a kitchen from scratch. Makes my cooking from scratch seem like small potatoes:) We still have several rooms to work on.....bathroom renovation is next, followed by painting the outside, landscaping and patio and finishing the basement. Someday we would like to even add on....luckily our initial want of a decent yard turned into a little over 1/2 an acre so there is some room to grow. This house has turned out to be our passion....it's our favorite place to be and we really have enjoyed reinventing it and making it our blank canvas. Anyway, I will post some pics of our "flip this house" and keep you updated on our progress!
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