This is going to be a little different than the other blogs I have done in the past...I lost my mom in June of 2012 and my dad passed away in December 2012 and I was left the family home. My parents wishes were that I would live in it to help me get out from underneath the house payment I have now. The place is paid for,sits on 2 acres of land but totally stuck in the 70's with the decor. Now, with much thought, I wasn't sure if I was going to be able to handle living back where I grew up and have so many memories of my parents in, it is a hard thing to get use to but I knew this was their wishes and this house payment is just to much. So I put my feelings aside one day, went over, and started packing things away...Now it has only been 2 months since dad passed, but this process has been a healing one for me. Everyone grieves in there own way, my dad lived a healthy 89 years, and my mom lived in a nursing home the last 2 years of her life, nothing but suffering...Now I know they are in heaven together, just as they wanted and I knew I had to figure a way to go on without them, so I threw myself into this project, wanting to make the place "Mine" and start some new memories. My one and only daughter graduates high school this year and still unsure of what she is going to do, so if she moves on it will only be my husband and I and this home project will help me with the "empty nest" syndrom, I hope as well.
We are still living in our home until my daughter graduates, so I take my days off and also go over after work to work on my childhood home. My goal is to have the kitchen, bathroom, dining room and living room done before moving in. The rest can wait until we get in there.
The purspose of this blog is to show you the before and after pics of each room that I redo and the amount I spend. It is not impossible to have a beautiful home and spend a ton of money. I have allowed myself a $2000.00 budget for 2 bedrooms, a kitchen, living room, dining room, family room , a laundry room and a craft room. Most of which is just an update in decorating except for the bathroom. The bathroom houses an UGLY avacado green bathtub and 2 small sinks that have either got to go, be covered, something...haven't decided what I am doing with that yet. My goal to save the money on this remodel is to repurpose things I already have, thrift stores, clearance, and stores like the Dollar Store and Big Lots, then in the spring I will hit yard sales...I have also been checking out Craigslist and plan a trip to the Repurpose store where I am hoping to find something that will work in our bathroom. Now, much of this work will be done by ME...no contractors, decorators, just me and my hubs when he has the time.(I work part time he is full time)
So if you have a remodel in your future, either a whole home(like me) or just a room, I hope you follow me on my journey and we can learn together how to save as much money as we can and have a beautiful home to show for it. It will take lots of work and a lot of effort but in the end it will be all worth it.
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