Third House

Our first house was a neglected 1980s bungalow, and in contrast our second house was a shiny new raised bungalow.  Our third house was somewhere in the middle. It was a 1990s split level fixer upper with a ton of living space, a beautiful in-ground pool, and was in a quiet neighborhood on a dead-end street. It was outdated, but with a few cosmetic upgrades we knew we could make it a beautiful home. So in November 2013 we moved from Winchester to Ingleside to be closer to Tony’s work and to family.

This house felt very dark, dirty and outdated when we moved in, but we thought with a few renovations we could make it updated and beautiful. It had a great layout and lots of space. There were three bedrooms upstairs, and a spare bedroom downstairs. There were also three bathrooms. And another thing we loved was the in-ground pool in the backyard.

We had children #3 and #4 while living at this house. Child #3 was born in September 2014, and child #4 was born in January 2016. I was on maternity leave for a majority of the time we lived at this house, so I had a little extra time to work on projects at home. I was never bored, and learned a lot about my own capabilities, and loved (almost) every minute!

All the before pictures or our third house can be found here (be prepared for lots of orange oak!) The following are links to before and after pictures of some of the biggest transformations in our third house