June 16, 2011 by Christine
I have rejoined the ranks of those with mostly-clean living rooms and kitchens. Now is not the time to ask about the rest of the rooms. :) That is one of the things about having a small-ish house without a garage- I have no good place to stash stuff. I know that in a perfect world I would have no need to stash things, but in my real life, there are times when I wish that I had a little more space. (and less stuff... that's the one I can actually do something about right now.)
So, we own a small-ish house. To give you an idea, it's a 3-bedroom, 2 bath home, with about 1450 square feet. Whenever I'm thinking reasonably, this seems like a fine amount of space for the three people who live there. Exhibit A: Check out the size of homes being built between 1950 and 1970.
I will admit it, our house does seem small at times. We live here, Micah and I often work from home, and Charlotte takes up a lot of space for a little person. So, it is always awesome when we can find better use for our space. Which is why my husband is building me a closet. Yay! We will finally have a closet for us to hang coats in! And store routers and servers in! I think Micah will post on this later, but for the time being, just know that it is awesome.
So, rather than spending more time figuring out how to clean/organize/fix up small projects in order to have my house showroom ready next Spring for sale, I have been looking at real estate on the internet. Because THAT is the best use of my time.
And so I came to fall in love with a bank-owned, very distressed, 3100- square foot home in an awesome neighborhood. This is funny for a variety of reasons.
- We have vowed to NOT get a fixer-upper for our next house.
- We are not moving for about a year.
- Our current house needs a lot of work to get it ready to sell.
- We don't even have our house on the market yet.
- We don't actually know where we will be moving!!!
But after reading about others' fireplace and home makeovers, like this awesome one on YHL, it gives me ideas. Crazy ideas. I mean, doesn't that family room have potential?
Okay, strange rant is over. You can go back to your normal lives.
Comments
Sarah
#1
I liked to look at homes for sale and decorate them in my mind when I was bored. It was a funny hobby back in the day:)
Christine
#2
It is fun, Sarah. :) I just need to be a little more responsible...
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