Colin & I have been talking about renovating our home for a few years now. Our house is a 1955, 1,500 sq.ft bungalow, which sits on a lot size 151 x 153 ft wide - just between a 1/3 and 1/2 an acre. We love our street and our neighbors, and when this happens, it makes it hard to consider moving.
We loved our house when we first moved in - we still do, actually. But we want a bit more space, so we can entertain at our house year round. Currently, we do most of our entertaining in the summer, as we have a large deck. Our house is L-shaped, so we are going to square off the back of the house, which will give us the open space we want - which means we will have to reconfigure the main living space of the house, plus our master bedroom, which sits off the kitchen. We really have to rebuild the garage, because it is falling down, and we want to attach at least some of it to he house, so we can have a new breeze-way/mud room that will become the primary entrance - especially for winters.
We've finally secured our loan at the bank, and have had meetings with architects and builders, so we can see what we can get with the amount we have to spend. So we are excited now.
And, I've restarted my exercise program, so I am renovating me, too! If only I could get Colin to start....
