Friday, October 2, 2009

The expanding empire



We bought a house. We totally did. It needs a ton of work, built in the 1920s and not updated since the 1940s--when they updated it with ASBESTOS. It's also in a gorgeous location and actually has the square feet to hold four people as two of them grow big and need space and that kind of thing.

We got the keys on Thursday night, and went in on Saturday, and it sort of HIT ME. Holy crap! the work! I really do pride myself on being quite lazy. How did this happen? Everyone's all, what a good investment!--what fun!--it will be great! I felt those things too, at some point back when buying this house was just a twinkle. But this is really all feeling suspiciously GROWN UP, and I'm not sure I like it.

(It is a sweet house, though, ain't it?)

38 comments:

Anonymous said...

It's GORGEOUS! That kitchen! Those hardwoods! That porch! Congrats!

We bought a house (similar era) when I was pg with Elliot. It was a difficult time for me; how could I possibly be old enough to own property? Did this mean I could never move? As it turned out, owning a house was fun and fine and we sold it when we moved to Africa. (Which was a bad move but still)

Tania said...

It looks great! Congratulations!

smalltownme said...

It's so cute. I love that kitchen.

unmitigated me said...

That kitchen is to DIE for! Love it!

Jenn @ Juggling Life said...

It's gorgeous. It will be a labor of love.

Kristen M. said...

What are you going to do with all of the extra space? :) Congrats!

Irene said...

It looks like a wonderful house. I like the kitchen. Congratulations. Good choice.

Lisa Wheeler Milton said...

I LOVE it! The kitchen alone makes me swoon. :)

Kate said...

I *love* it! Can't wait to see it in person!

Hay said...

It is quite, quite beautiful.

Stacy (Mama-Om) said...

OMG! It's so cute!!

Are you any closer to me now? :)

She She said...

It's lovely.

A front porch! A sunny kitchen!

Angie McCullagh said...

Sweet! Congrats to you and your growing family.

Susan said...

Congrats on your new home! It's beautiful...and that kitchen!

Madge said...

Love it! We have a house built in the 1920s. We're still working on it. Not telling you when we bought it, but I can pretty much guarantee you are going to be done with yours before we are done with ours!

Congrats!

Dani In NC said...

Houses from that era have so much more character than the plain box that I live in. You have a real porch, too!

shrink on the couch said...

Charming! And love those wide door and threshold (?) returns (i.e., the wood trim). Old houses have so much character. Congratulations.

Can't see what work it needs from here? But.. one day at a time. One fix-up at a time.

JCK said...

Delicious house! I hope this last year has been full of adventure in it. Good adventure. :)

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