Besides the obvious changes that go with having a newborn at home, we (okay, Mark is doing all of the work) are in the process of making some physical changes to our house and property. We had our house on the market for 18 months in hopes that we would move into a bigger house before a second child arrived. It turns out that that just wasn't meant to be. (As a side note, if anyone in the area needs a referral for an AWESOME realtor, please let me know!)
Mark has designed and is in the process of building a 10x12 foot storage barn for the backyard. Our garage is loaded down with lumber and Mark has already built three walls and all 7 rafters for the roof. Pictures to come soon!
Our next project is installing hardwood floors throughout the house, except for the bedrooms. I'm REALLY excited about this! I know it is sad, but now I won't have to worry about spills and stains and obsess about every little speck on the carpet.
Lastly, budget and logistics permitting, we may add a screened porch and new patio area to the existing patio area. This would by far be the most expensive project since we would have to hire a contractor. However, we may run into some issues with the location of our septic tank overlapping with the extended patio and that could prevent us from doing the project all together.
Since we weren't able to sell our house we just want to make our house into what WE want because we'll probably be here for a while...unless we have another baby :)
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