Most of you who know me know that when Marcel and I bought our current home, we bought it so we could fix it up. At the time, we only knew a few things- that it was structurally sound, but otherwise a mess, and that it was going to take a LOT of work to get it up to par. We gutted the place, and contracted someone to lay the ceramic tiles, gut and redo the kitchen and also to set up a new kitchen. The rest, from the walls to the Grohe faucets, we decided to do ourselves. We really didn’t know what we were doing, and even though it took us four weeks to get it all finished, we did it, and for the most part, on our own. Marcel’s late brother Frank helped him lay the wood flooring in the bedrooms, but the rest was a ‘do it yourself’ project.
The past couple of years, we’ve been making small changes here and there, but we didn’t do much because we’d been looking at a house and thinking about selling this place. Unfortunately, while it is a great market to buy, it’s not a great market to sell, so we’ve decided to stay put for a while. I don’t mind, although I can’t help but think about changes I’d like to make and wonder if it’s worth making the investment. It’s definitely something to think about.