This house process has been a slow one and we are almost reaching our one year mark. However, as the weather warms up and ice-cream shops re-open for the summer, things are starting to speed up. May is a month of transformations; it is the time when flowers and trees begin to bloom and everything comes to life again. Our house is no exception to this season of change, and every week it undergoes another phase of the renovation.
A quote by Maya Angelou acts as a wise reminder in this renovation process: "We delight in the transformation of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty." In regards to our house transformation, while the most exciting stage will be the butterfly (the house completion), we still need to delight in the cocoon. So, as it becomes more and more like the house Kyle and I want it to be, I will continue to take pictures and document all of the mess and grit along the way. Kyle and his dad have been very busy over at the house this week and I am going over later tonight to see the latest changes. The anticipation is nearly killing me, as Kyle insisted on waiting until tonight to go look. In his excitement, he almost showed me last night and this morning. Both times were tempting, but I decided to wait for the greater reveal later on (expect a full report on this reveal in next week's post :)). Until then, check out our pretty flowers. It amazes me how resilient something so delicate-looking can be, lying patiently under the frozen earth until spring.
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About MeKyle and I just became new homeowners. The house we purchased is not what one would classify as "move in ready"; in fact, it is quite the opposite. Built at the turn of the 20th century, our Victorian style house is both beautiful and terrifying in its ancient status and will be a project in renovation. This is a documentation of our triumphs and lessons learned, as we deconstruct and reconstruct this house. The end result? A space that we can proudly say we created. Archives
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