Moving – Fresh Nest Blog

While many people in our lives are announcing baby #2, we’re pleased to introduce to you House #2! As our faithful readers know, we sold House #1 back in April and went on a sort of hiatus while we shopped for a new house. Now that we are 100% closed and back on our DIY project beat, we’re ready to start serving up some new posts for you. Without further adieu, meet House #2!

DIY and home improvement on a 1950s home

Woof, that lawn! Working on it 🙂

All the Particulars

Style: Cape Cod

Age: 59 (circa 1955), completely updated in 2006/2007

Rooms: Living, Dining, Kitchen, full Basement

Bedrooms: 4

Bathrooms: 1.5

Other: 1-car Garage

With this house comes several improvements as far as we are concerned. Just to name a few, here are the major differences between House #1 and House #2.

Here’s how House #1 stacked up…

Window Unit A/C
Old, outdated cabinets
Older washer/dryer
One teeny tiny bathroom
1000 square feet (excluding basement)

Here’s how House #2 takes it up a notch…

Central A/C
Updated cabinets
Stainless steel appliances
Fairly new washer/dryer
More than 1 toilet!
Much larger main bath with double sink vanity
1500 square feet (excluding basement)

What’s on Tap?

Lots of cleaning – the previous owner had several pets, so we’re removing pet hair left and right until the place is completely spotless and to our liking.
Painting, painting, painting (you know how much we love paint)!
New carpets (upstairs)
New refrigerator
New custom shade for the master bedroom
Leveling paver walkway
Minor roof repairs
Garage clean up
Lawn rehab

And that is just to name a few. We’re hoping to finish up with the new carpets, cleaning and painting within the next month. Then we will get ourselves moved in! As we continue with our initial clean up and our eventual move-in, there is no doubt new ‘projects will crop up. Until then, enjoy some of these “before” style photos of the new place.

Getting ready to paint the living room…