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End of the first year

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By Natalie
In 2013 we....

Bought the Bunny Manse
Cleaned out the house
Finished 95% of the interior demolition
Completed the plans for what the inside will look like one day (Thank you Madam Sara! for getting us on the same page about so many small details that will make our house a home)
Repaired the plaster in two rooms and two hallways
Replaced the floor in one room, sanded & sealed the floor in two other rooms and a hallway

Installed our dream kitchen (to 95%) which one day will be even more amazing with a butler, laundry, and sunroom all accessible right there too.

Paid off the loan to my parents - THANK YOU! They loaned us the cash to purchase the vacant lot next door - our South Lawn - and we finish paying off that loan this week.

So far we're at 190k spent on the house, the lot, and the repairs.  We're halfway there!

In 2014 we hope we will...

finish the downstairs  (bulter, bathroom, laundry, living room, hall/entry, closets)
finish the upstairs (4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, hallway)
finish the new construction portion (sunroom, master bath, decklette)

2015 will then give me the chance to....
LANDSCAPE!

A rose garden outside the downstairs bathroom
A kitchen vegetable garden outside the kitchen
A lovely place for Madeline to run jump and play
Beds for my bulbs
Circuitous pathways to get lost in the yard or enjoy solitude in the middle of the city.
plantings in the front yard, along the sidewalk, and by the driveway
An actual fence that is pretty and in the right place
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