We moved during the pandemic, while I was pregnant. It was crazy…our previous house which we loved and had a fabulous yard with many plants (my roses!) curated by myself over about 8 years, and owned by my partner for 15 years, was due for so much work and maintenance that we felt leaving that home and moving to a better school district and more walkable, safe neighborhood was the best for our family. I know, sounds so yuppie, but that’s where we are at this time in our lives, kids come first and being able to walk places has been amazing.
Anyway, new home has no entry way closet, a cute built in cabinet in the dining room, 2 original bedrooms, and our additional main suite which was added on in a remodel. The kitchen has great lights and skylights, great cabinetry which makes it much more efficient as it is about as big as a galley kitchen, skylights also located in one of the 2 original bedrooms and our ‘main’ bath. Off of one of the orginial bedrooms is one of those huge closets that has a window in it, so we store a whole lot in there, and just use a coat rack for now in our entranceway.
Whole house is only about 1250 sq ft but it’s efficiently laid out and has everything we need-including 2 bathrooms; thank goodness we live in a warm climate and get outside most days and afternoons, because it’s SMALL.
I hope to add a new lighting fixture/chandelier to our dining room, wallpaper the entranceway and remove and plant a new rose bush in our side yard this year, 2023. When we moved in we had grand plans for the upgrades we would make but more on that later. We had insane property tax bills years 1-2 and did I mention that baby I was pregnant with came into the world safely and happily ….yeah, $$$$$, so we are taking our upgrades slowly.
Melissa Winning 