My husband and I bought a super neglected home several years back. We gutted it and renovated. (lucky the outside needed work, but the inside was far worse than the outside!)
It’s a craftmans style home – lots of built-ins, lots of wonderful spaces. The kitchen was a disaster area. Evidently, the wife died first. The husband just really let the inside go, after that. After they died, their sons took things out of the house – anything of value. Which is fine, but in doing so, they damaged a lot of things!
We got some help in the kitchen, but did everything else, ourselves. If I never strip, re-stain and seal a hardwood floor, again, it will be too soon! We did love most of the work, we got to put our own special touches in the house.
This year, we plan on redoing the garage and apartment above the garage. My husband does a lot of side work out of the garage – so I want him to be happy!
Later this summer, we plan on breaking ground on our land. We want a place out away from the city area. We have several acres and they are calling our names! Here we go, again!