My Scot: Let’s move.
Me: Why? I like where we live.
My Scot: I want to live on the lake. I want to wake up and see the water.
Me: The only lake within driving distance to the office doesn’t have any new builds in our price range.
My Scot: We can buy an old house and remodel it.
Me: Can I take an extra day off work to focus on my writing?
My Scot: Yes.
Me: Done
And that’s how my life got turned upside down!
Currently we’ve purchased an older home on the lake and plan to strip it down to the studs, add a room and move a staircase. If our pocketbook allows, we’ll add a pool (for me) and a dock (for my Scot) Sorry honey, there will be no trips to Scotland to visit the fam. in our immediate future. This wee lass has her hands full. I’ve posted a few pics of the start of the demo. My mom brought champagne because what’s a Demo Day without a little bubbly?
Stay tuned for more pics from our Fixer Upper Adventure.
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You have your work cut out for you. It should be worth it though to wake up to the view of the lake. The pool sounds nice as well. Do you ever get the feeling that the HGTV network is corrupting all of us. I never use to look at my house and think If I could remove that wall and take out the fireplace I could make a bigger master bedroom, then add a pantry and an island in the kitchen but I do now. LOL Good luck and lots of patience. Darlene Lerum
So funny and so true. I don’t think we would have bought the house if those fixer-upper shows didn’t make it look so easy.