Building a Home: Chapter 1
If you've been following along on the blog lately, you may have noticed a few subtle hints that have been dropped. Well, I am SO excited to be sharing with you all today, the very exciting (and slightly terrifying) news, that Nick & I are building a brand spankin' new home! And not only are we building a new home, but we are having our current home removed to make room for the new one (and moving in with my parents in the meantime). We started working on this massive project back in September, and to say that we are anxious for there to be a hole in the ground would be a HUGE understatement! It has been a roller coaster of emotions over the past few months, as designs were perfected, building plans started, and the budgeting progressed, but we are nearing the finish line of the planning stages (yay!) and getting ready to move out.
Now, as much as all this is incredibly exciting (and I am thanking my lucky stars every day that we are getting to do this), it is also quite bitter sweet. Saying goodbye to our current home and watching it be taken away is going to be really hard. It is the only house that Nick & I have known together, and our entire relationship has unfolded there over the past 11 years. We have many wonderful memories in it, and I am going to miss so many little things about it. It's the house we first brought our pup home to, and the house that Nick proposed to me in. The house that hosted many (many!) parties, and the house where FKE was born. This next week is going to be an emotional one for both of us, and I will be doing my best to keep it together.
Over the next 6 months, I will be doing regular blog posts on how the build is going, and more importantly, how the design plans are coming along (more on that next week!). For now though, I thought I would share my 4 favourite things about our old home, and I just hope that the new home will be filled with as much love as this one has been. (please excuse the poor quality of these photos....it's the best a gal can do when in the middle of packing...)
1. Built-in Bookcase
This beautiful built-in was built by one of our very talented carpenter friends, and it is hands down, my favourite part of our house. He matched it to the connecting mantle perfectly, and it suits the house so well, everyone always thinks it is an original feature.
2. Photo Wall
In our kitchen, I have a wall dedicated to our latest and greatest pics (always printed from Artifact Uprising)! It's located right next to our coffee machine, and so I always get a big smile every morning looking at them, while waiting for my first cup of the day to brew.
3. The Bar
It's no secret that Nick & I like our cocktails. This little corner houses just a small selection of our favourite spirits, but it is always fun to look through it when entertaining. And the table it's on? Nick's grandfather made that, and after I gave it some TLC with a fresh coat of paint years ago, it looked good as new!
4. Glass doorknobs
Our house was originally built in 1943, and still has many of its original features. These glass door knobs are absolutely beautiful, and will definitely be saved for somewhere in the new home. They just don't make them like this anymore...