We’ve been on a bit of a journey for over a year now. Raising 8 kids in this house, and now down to just 2 at home got us in gear to finally renovate the interior — really renovate, gutting it and starting over. This is at once extraordinarily exciting and a little bit daunting.
Turns out the hardest part is the moving out to make it possible. We’ve lived here for over 20 years and while we wouldn’t consider ourselves hoarders, we be hard pressed to convince a visiting stranger otherwise.
We did secure a year long lease on a house not far away. Today, the moving began. We have several months to accomplish this but the amount of “stuff” you can pack away in a fairly large house while you raise a large family is downright scary. I made 7 trips back and forth today and only sorta made a small dent in one corner of one room in the basement. This is gonna be a haul. But this was the plan.
Pictures to come … the moving might be as interesting as the actual renovation. Hoping I’m not too old to pull this off….