We have been buliding, improving, (i.e. remodeling, adding-on) to our homes (all three, one at a time) for the past 20 years.
Our first home, in Windsor, California, was purchased when we were college students through a low income program of the Department of Agriculture, Farm Home Division. Of course it wasn't long before we began the process of creating a yard and added on a carport/garage.
Our next home was in Elk Grove, California. It was a much larger home. We had very little when we moved in to this home, but it didn't take long to fill this house.
Over several years we made several changes to the yard. We added a dog run on the north and a garden path on the south, a patio and deck to the back, along with increasing the Victorian elevation in the front.
The house was eventually painted Victorian Rose with white and wine trim. It was lighted with outdoor mini-lights and had a constant glow. Many people around the neighborhood referred to our house as "The Storybook House".
Once the outside was nearly completed we began a new project. Since I am a Disney collector we decided to add an additional room to act as my office space and display my Disney collection. This project soon evolved into creating a master suite with a spa tub upstairs as well.
The projects were completed JUST in TIME to put the house on the market. We had lived next to the "wicked witch on the North" for ten years too many and it was time to make tracks for more a peaceful environment, with a lot less stress.
After a few months the house sold for MORE than the asking price, and we were able to pack up and be on our way. Our next adventure begins in a mining community in the California foothills.
I will be posting pictures and how to information to this site as the projects take shape.
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