Friday, July 15, 2011

It's Our House's Birthday!

She's turning 4 this week! (decided the house was a "she," since she's so high maintenance).


Ok, well, more like 27... but she's turning 4 since her life started over the day she met us :)


Four years ago this week, we closed on our house and wandered the empty rooms, our heads spinning with possibilities.  We started out with some crummy, dorm-quality furniture and a 50" tv... you can guess who made those choices.


We slowly accumulated more stuff, including real places to sit and art on the walls.  Over time, we have made it a home.  It's a work in progress, for sure, and sometimes I can't believe it's been four years and I haven't done _____ (there are LOTS of blanks I could fill in on that one!)


Oh yeah, and our house is a diva and decided to get herself a few b-day presents.  She must have been watching too many of those reruns of My Super Sweet Sixteen and didn't quite realize her parents aren't millionaires too.


She got:


A Mazarati  brand spanking new air conditioning/heating system!  She sure picked a goooood month to throw a hissy fit and demand a new one!



AND, girl got herself a snazzy new water heater as well!  Tony and I happen to like warm showers, so we obliged.




Too bad her little gifts are keeping her from getting any others for a while.  Selfish brat.


Now that I'm done hating on my house, I'll treat myself to a little before and after montage, to remind myself that I really do like this place.  All of the Before pictures are ones taken the day we moved in (ie, before I was obsessed with documenting our lives... so they aren't perfect).  While we have a long way to go, I'd say we've done a pretty good job in the past four years, considering we were starting from absolute scratch!

















Um, yeah... need to update my photos... please excuse Christmas




Happy Birthday House!

3 comments:

  1. Happy Birthday house! A furnace/AC and a water heater in one month? Ouch!

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  2. Happy birthday, house! She'll be good to go for another 20-30 years now. What a great gift!

    Love your living room. So cozy!

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  3. Good improvements and the stone on the fireplace is great!

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