Imperfect Perfection

Merry Christmas All!

This was the first year we wanted to really go all out with Christmas lights. AJ and I got up on the roof and hung all the lights ourselves...that is hard work!

I made this wreath myself as well, I think it cost me about $20, still much cheaper than bying it off the shelf.

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Halloween at 1101

I love Halloween! Here are a few shots of our household getting festive. I made the wreath myself. It cost me a whopping $11:)

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We were lucky the master bedroom came with a good sized closet. Only problem was it was not finished, it had only one bar to hang all of mine and AJ's clothes.

AJ did so good creating a closet for us. He designed it and did all the manual labor putting it together.

We used Lowes.com -Rubbermaid closet and it was pretty simple and affordable.

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Mail Call!!!

One of the first things AJ and I wanted to change about the house was the "unique" mail box.

We found the original front porch supports out in the back yard. I knew this would be the perfect mail box post, and I was happy we could keep pieces of the original home on the property. So, hours of sanding and grinding off rust and then applying several coats of spray paint, we had our final product:)

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Getting our Hands Dirty :)

One of the first big projects AJ and I took on was painting the master bedroom. I love painting, AJ, not so much. But this was a lot of fun to do together, because we have never painted "our" bedroom.

Who ever painted the house, did not pay attention to the texture of the walls when they were filling in holes. So that made this paint job a bit tedious because we want everything to be done right. We had to sand down where they put Spackle and then use a handy can of spray texture. The spray texture really made this project a success. Even though the color did not come out like the sample, we really like the blue.

The room only has the one small window, so we wanted to maximize the light as much as possible sooo..we chose a light color with a bit of a shine so that it would reflect the light. We also plan to put up some mirrors to help with this as well.

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We Did It...Finally!

AJ and I started looking for homes to buy, early in 2011. We searched, researched, toured, and re-toured several houses. One day our realtor was showing us an awful house (nothing like we wanted at all) he said there is this house that just went back on the market today, but he was not sure if he could show it to us yet. After a few phone calls, we were allowed to go see the house. This was it!!! Everyone always said you feel it when you walk into the house that is right for you and this was just that. We fell in love with it :)

So it was time for the next step. Putting in an offer.

This process was, in a way, simple because it was a short sale that was tied up in bankruptcy court. I say simple because there was no negotiating to be done, it was a set price and "as is". Although that part was simple...the waiting wasn't. Because it was tied up in bankruptcy court...three different trustees had to sign off on the sale of the property. After about 2 months in limbo, we finally got the yes we were hoping for!

We closed on the house July 8th and moved in just 3 days later. The house is a 1954 ranch style home that has been mostly upgraded. The home was originally 3 bedrooms/1 bath!!! I could not imagine having only one small bathroom for a whole fam...luckily the previous owners built on a master bath suit which is amazing (heated tile floors, walk in spa shower, heated towel rack and garden tub)! In addition to adding a bathroom, they fully upgraded the kitchen, added a pantry and closed in the garage. We are very excited to pick up where they left off and make this house our home:)