Comments on: Listening To Your Home http://www.lolalina.com/2009/11/23/listening-to-your-home/ Find your sweet life Fri, 10 Sep 2010 06:41:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Sara http://www.lolalina.com/2009/11/23/listening-to-your-home/comment-page-1/#comment-1030 Sara Sat, 28 Nov 2009 22:04:19 +0000 http://www.lolalina.com/?p=2459#comment-1030 Oh man, I know what you mean! Our house is a 1963 ranch style home. The 90 year old lady that lived in it before us was blind and not able to do the upkeep. We bought it two and a half years ago and I am just now getting to the point where I am letting go of my expectations and trying to embrace what feels right for this place. We plan to stay in this house forever but we can't afford to gut it and start over. We have a modest budget and a lot of time. Things in this house just seem to unfold when it is the right fit. Can't explain it really but an idea presents itself, it looks and feels right and so we go for it. Hopefully when it is all said and done (will it EVER be??) we will have a place we love and love living in! .-= Sara´s last blog ..<a href="http://thehip-e.blogspot.com/2009/11/bohemian-kick-ass.html" rel="nofollow">Bohemian Kick Ass!!</a> =-. Oh man, I know what you mean! Our house is a 1963 ranch style home. The 90 year old lady that lived in it before us was blind and not able to do the upkeep. We bought it two and a half years ago and I am just now getting to the point where I am letting go of my expectations and trying to embrace what feels right for this place. We plan to stay in this house forever but we can’t afford to gut it and start over. We have a modest budget and a lot of time. Things in this house just seem to unfold when it is the right fit. Can’t explain it really but an idea presents itself, it looks and feels right and so we go for it. Hopefully when it is all said and done (will it EVER be??) we will have a place we love and love living in!
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]]> By: Lolalina http://www.lolalina.com/2009/11/23/listening-to-your-home/comment-page-1/#comment-1028 Lolalina Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:40:25 +0000 http://www.lolalina.com/?p=2459#comment-1028 WOW, Michelle, best of luck with the painting this weekend!! (And remember to take some "before" pictures!) We'll be doing that soon (like next weekend & the weekend after??)... And I know what you mean about feeling like the work will never be done - that's the feeling I've been trying to get over lately, too. We'll make some changes, and it won't be perfect but it will be better than before, and we can make this a home we can feel comfortable in. WOW, Michelle, best of luck with the painting this weekend!! (And remember to take some “before” pictures!) We’ll be doing that soon (like next weekend & the weekend after??)…
And I know what you mean about feeling like the work will never be done – that’s the feeling I’ve been trying to get over lately, too. We’ll make some changes, and it won’t be perfect but it will be better than before, and we can make this a home we can feel comfortable in.

]]> By: Michelle | When I Grow Up Coach http://www.lolalina.com/2009/11/23/listening-to-your-home/comment-page-1/#comment-1025 Michelle | When I Grow Up Coach Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:49:05 +0000 http://www.lolalina.com/?p=2459#comment-1025 Laura, we are spending our ENTIRE 4-day Thanksgiving break on Painting Patrol for our new 850 sf 1 BR (+ office!) apartment. While we knew there were things to "clean up" when we bought it (as reflected by the price tag), once it was empty & ours we realized that "clean up" was a big fat understatement. Part of me feels like we'll never be finished (and, like you, we have a 5 year cap on this place), & it's so frustrating! But, after prepping the walls for what seemed like the 10th hour yesterday, I looked at my husband & said, "Y'know, we can tear this place apart & put it back together again & make it into something high-end & spectacular. Or we can do what's best for us to feel like this is home, & we're proud & comfortable, & leave the other stuff for the next couple that moves in." We're sticking to the latter. .-= Michelle | When I Grow Up Coach´s last blog ..<a href="http://whenigrowupcoach.com/blog/2009/11/25/gratitude-abounding/" rel="nofollow">Gratitude Abounding!</a> =-. Laura, we are spending our ENTIRE 4-day Thanksgiving break on Painting Patrol for our new 850 sf 1 BR (+ office!) apartment. While we knew there were things to “clean up” when we bought it (as reflected by the price tag), once it was empty & ours we realized that “clean up” was a big fat understatement. Part of me feels like we’ll never be finished (and, like you, we have a 5 year cap on this place), & it’s so frustrating!

But, after prepping the walls for what seemed like the 10th hour yesterday, I looked at my husband & said, “Y’know, we can tear this place apart & put it back together again & make it into something high-end & spectacular. Or we can do what’s best for us to feel like this is home, & we’re proud & comfortable, & leave the other stuff for the next couple that moves in.” We’re sticking to the latter.
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