So I owe you a long overdue follow up to our renovation plans. If this is your first time hearing about our renovations definitely start with this post here.

If you’re back for a renovation update, I’m happy to announce that we’ve made some final decisions. Not being in limbo (as I have been for nearly six years) feels so (so) good. And ever since we pulled the trigger and decided to go full steam ahead, so many things have been flowing surprisingly smoothly and largely effortlessly. It makes me feel like this was the right move. It feels really aligned!

What we ultimately decided is that we don’t want to stay here for that much longer, but if we do move there are some things we’d want to update before selling either way. So a renovation was essential, but not at the same scale as we were originally imagining. In other words, we are prioritizing our needs vs our wants. Specifically: our kitchen, our front porch/front facade (which you can read more about here), adding a powder room, and levelling our floors.
I will admit that it’s not my original dream kitchen, but I have some really beautiful ideas unfolding and it’s going to be incredibly charming.

Our home was built in 1898 and let me tell you, our floors are wonky. In fact, we just measured and our kitchen dips 3.5″ from the front wall to the back wall – ha. It’s dramatic. It’s so bad that I have to strategically place my eggs ...