Tuesday, October 12, 2010

The Job Of A Lifetime

I wanted to start sharing with you our entire path to getting this house the way we want it. And so, (as they say in the classics) we should start at the very beginning - a very good place to start.

When we first moved into our house, in January 2001, it was in desperate need of love... and being brought into this century. The beautiful red cedar boards were painted mission brown, with the windows a very dirty cream:

The front - 2001
The back - 2001
When we first went to look at this house, we drove right past. "Too brown and ugly," we declared. But the next week, when we saw it was still being advertised, we decided to take a look inside (I'll show you soon that the inside actually wasn't much better!). After all, it was all just colour.

We quickly set to work on the colours; a dirty, revolting job involving lots of paint stripper and most of one summer. Add to that new front and back deckings - more paint - and a lot of work (by Steve) in the garden - and here is what we had:

early 2010

The back (in progress) - 2010

We've come a long way with this place - but that isn't even half of it. I'll bring you up to date with the inside of the house soon...


Megan

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4 comments:

  1. Ms_MotorbikeNutOctober 12, 2010 at 7:43 AM

    I love your renovations blog & when you tell us about your house I can picture myself right there. (((( Hugs ))))

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  2. AnonymousOctober 12, 2010 at 9:14 AM

    The before photos reminds of the places the dancers lived in Dirty Dancing - do you know the ones I am talking about? The minute I saw the picture I had 60's music soundtracking in my ears!

    I am looking forward to seeing all the progress!

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  3. AnonymousOctober 12, 2010 at 10:16 AM

    I loveeee looking at pics of home renos, and your house is looking fantastic!

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  4. Melbourne MummaOctober 12, 2010 at 1:09 PM

    It's a labour of love, isn't it! We drove past ours first time, too. Hidden behind ugly bushes and painted an awful dark cream and greeny-brown. Ripped out the plants at the front and a new paint job totally transformed it. It does get tiring, and annoying when something needs fixing when we can least afford it. But then, I can't quite imagine living in a brand new house that needs nothing done. It'd be pretty boring!

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