Patrick and I bought an amazing home back in 2012.  It is in the heart of Wake Forest, has a beautiful exterior, a private back yard, the list goes on and on. The best part though? We got a killer deal on it. All of the homes around us are twice if not three times as much as ours.

We moved in and did a few quick changes like new carpet and paint for a few rooms. We put new floors in our sunroom, my office eventually turned into Bennett’s room etc. As our lives have changed, our home has slowly followed along.

Towards the end of last year though, we sold our first home in Youngsville which we had kept as a rental for 3 years. This prompted us to start potentially looking for new home. We found homes we loved but the price tags were hard to swallow. Did we really want to DOUBLE our mortgage? Hmmmm no.

We decided to utilize the 1500 square feet that we DO have, keep a stupid low mortgage, renovate what we can and really start making our house into the beautiful home we are dreaming about.

I think the hardest part is knowing that what we have planned can not be completed in a weekend. It’s going to be months of hard work and late nights. A lot of sweat and elbow grease.

The biggest thing we will be doing is turning our sunroom into a part of the actual house. This will require new siding, air ducts being rerouted, electricity, new windows, raising the floor, new doors, new carpet… among other little things.My current office is upstairs in a bedroom. The older that B gets and the less that he is sleeping during the day, means me trying to cram all of my MJP work into just an hour or so because there isn’t room for B to play in my office. By completing the sunroom and turning it into my office, I will be able to work in short bursts downstairs while B plays. By changing the sunroom, this starts the chain reaction of redoing the kitchen… It’s like a domino’s effect.

I’ll be blogging about the process and keeping anyone who wants to follow in the loop.

Cheers to turning our dreams into a reality. ❤

There are so many paint colors that need to be picked… but I’m leaning towards this pallet for the kitchen.