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Change Happens
Happy March to you all! We hope you’ve had a wonderful year so far. Surprise! We’ve made a few changes to our little blog and will be adding/adjusting in the weeks to come. When we started this endeavor, beyond hoping to post more often, we had hadn’t put much stock in the success of this blog. Yes, it’s still more of a hobby than anything else, we believe this will not only offer a new perspective but also motivate us to write more often. We have a new title! Misadventures in Home Renovation will now be called Charming Imperfection. MIHR is a fun name, but it’s a mouthful, and unless…
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Turning the Page: The Sun Sets on the Farm
Hi everyone! I realize that it’s been some time since I’ve gotten around to posting anything. Truth be told it hasn’t been for the lack of endless projects in our neck of the woods but rather, hunkering down and finding the words …and willpower… to write this particular post. How do you say goodbye? Correction: How do you say goodbye without feeling the need to write a sad journal entry (I suppose checkmark #1 actually…) over a glass of wine and wallow as though in the grips of an early 90’s breakup letter? You don’t. I’ve come to realize that reaching the end of a chapter in the novel of…
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Stay Tuned
We will be making a few changes to our little blog in the coming weeks that we are really excited about. Thank you for sticking with us and keep an eye out! Much thanks!
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The Good, The Bad, and The Okayish: Musings on Four Years of Home Ownership
In April, we’ll have been in here for 4 years. It’s crazy how time passes us by. It feels like it was only last week we signed the papers and received our keys. Saying that we’ve had our share of ups and downs would be an understatement. If you’ve been following our journey thus far you’ll understand why. But looking back on where we’ve been and where we’re going, I’d like to share a few thoughts with you. In hindsight, we probably shouldn’t have bought this particular house and instead waited for something that would have been less work. But with most of the houses in this area being too…
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Home Sweet Home
I’ve always found it humorous, the things that we remember when we look back to the near or distant past. For example, I can still recall with perfect clarity the sense of contentment that overwhelmed me the moment I stepped from my car onto the private drive of our farmhouse. This was the one. This was our future home. Sitting atop a gently graded hillside lay the picturesque setting of the quintessential white southern farmhouse set amongst the softly rolling pastures and charming picket fence. What wasn’t to love? Now then, full disclosure…we KNEW up front the home had been vacant for some time, years in fact, and due to…
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The House
This is our little corner of the world and we call it hell…I mean home. 3 years ago, my now-husband and I bought this quaint little twin and it has been a challenge, to say the least. It’s our first house and we were looking for something we could make our own and not have to put a TON of work into. On the surface, it seemed like a good fit: being located in a decent neighborhood and priced within our budget, we jumped at the chance. Granted, this wasn’t our dream home and certainly not going to be our forever home but it was a nice starter. On the surface, it…
