A Little Nervous….

I know I’ve neglected this blog for a while, but I haven’t forgotten about it.  I’ve just been busy trying to finish up school that it (and the house) have kind of taken a back seat. 
Plus, unfortunately, we think we have a couple big (and expensive) repairs we need to get taken care of.  [...]

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Still trying to catch up….

I’m still not current with this blog and it’s frustrating me.  My goal is to get all caught up by this weekend (as we will have lived there one month), but with a Tech game, going out of town and a lot of homework I’m not sure if that’s going to happen. 
There’s been quite [...]

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Changes before we closed

While we were interested in the house from the moment we saw it, it took us a while to officially get under contract and list our house.  Also, the owner was trying to finish up some projects in order to get the house market sellable somewhat ready. 
The good thing was, since we were really interested, [...]

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Love at first sight

Here are some of the original “before” pictures of the house and how it looked when we first saw it.  Needless to say the previous owner had some interesting color choices, but paint is easy enough to change. 
 
The outside

Front door–I love it.

Screened in porch/breakfast nook off of the kitchen.

Back of house…looks a little rough but it’s [...]

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How it happened–the true story of a house stalker.

Here’s the story about how we stalked found the house. 
We first noticed the house a couple months after we moved into our current house by walking around the neighborhood.  We probably noticed it at first due to the dinosaur that was in the front yard.  After we looked past the interesting yard decoration, I immediately loved the [...]

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Why are we moving…..two streets over?

Well to put it simply, we’re kind of crazy. 
I mean, we LOVE the house we’ve been in for the past two years.  We absolutely love the location.  We can walk to the Square for restaurants, shops and festivals, which is rare OTP (outside the perimeter for any non-ATL people).  We’re also in a historic district with lots [...]

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We’re getting the house!!

Stephen and I are so excited!  We’re taking on a big project that will no doubt consume a lot of our time, sweat, money and sanity over the next several years.  I hope to document the process here so that one day (hopefully) I can look back on it and know it was worth the [...]

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