We might be gluttons for punishment. Why would anyone leave a meticulously perfected house to live through the mess of rebuilding a home from the inside out all over again?
Our house in Marietta has been our home for almost 8 years.
The virtual tour won't tell you of the elaborate marker drawings that rest peacefully under the living room hardwood floors (our nieces' entertainment during first renovation). And the next family to call it home won't know that the attic addition came in a 5 AM waking dream or that we almost flooded the basement learning how to solder copper pipe. They won't know the frustration Dad, Robert and I relieved by ripping out the old kitchen floor with an wrecking bar while Mom recovered in hospital.
But they will know this house was loved and full of life. They will benefit daily from the custom cabinets Patrice has carefully crafted on 3 of the 4 floors. They might too get married while living here. Host an exchange student. Or become band parents at the high school And they will have their own delicious s'mores by the fireplace as they burn they annual crop of limbs from the backyard.
But we've done what we came here to do. We're ready for the next challenge.
And while we least expected, it has found us.
I think Jack Donaghy said it best... "Sometimes your only choice is to blow everything up and build something better out of the rubble."
Here we go.
Our house in Marietta has been our home for almost 8 years.
The virtual tour won't tell you of the elaborate marker drawings that rest peacefully under the living room hardwood floors (our nieces' entertainment during first renovation). And the next family to call it home won't know that the attic addition came in a 5 AM waking dream or that we almost flooded the basement learning how to solder copper pipe. They won't know the frustration Dad, Robert and I relieved by ripping out the old kitchen floor with an wrecking bar while Mom recovered in hospital.
But they will know this house was loved and full of life. They will benefit daily from the custom cabinets Patrice has carefully crafted on 3 of the 4 floors. They might too get married while living here. Host an exchange student. Or become band parents at the high school And they will have their own delicious s'mores by the fireplace as they burn they annual crop of limbs from the backyard.
But we've done what we came here to do. We're ready for the next challenge.
And while we least expected, it has found us.
I think Jack Donaghy said it best... "Sometimes your only choice is to blow everything up and build something better out of the rubble."
Here we go.
You got me! I am hooked and can not wait to see what you make out of this beautiful home.
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