Our Version of "This Old House"

Seven years ago this month, my husband and I bought our first house. After years of living in Navy housing  or renting, we realized our dream of owning our own home. In 2008, we began a renovation of our house to create a home that we are really proud of. This house is a 4-level split ranch, with wood burning fireplace in the living room, a wood burning stove in the downstairs family room, 3 bedrooms, 1 bath upstairs, one bath downstairs, a covered porch off the back, plus a deck, and also a front porch. It is on a corner lot, so the front yard is rather big. We did a lot of painting and other renovations on the inside, and still have things to do in that area. We are really happy with the way the exterior looks, and hope you enjoy this little look back at our Home Improvement. Hard to believe it has been seven years!

Faded green siding...see where the icky brown shutters used to be: that's the original color of the siding

Bye bye ugly siding (well it was over 30 years old)

Two car garage: Now it is a garage door, and a mudroom entry

The "Chimney Garden" side of the house. We also had them install new & better insulation

Brand new windows

The back of the house, new sliding doors, too.

Here's a view of the new siding by the Chimney Garden

A view of the front, with the new dark gray shutters

Beautiful new cedar fencing (look how nice the veggie garden looks too)

Spring, 2012, still looking nice...see our Dwarf Alberta Spruce trees and the Japanese Weeping Cherry