Monday, January 30, 2012

Back in the Day

In 1989 we purchased our first house on 405 Yeonas Dr.  It was totally trashed.  5 dogs and 3 cats had the run of the place.  Areas of the wall to wall carpeting were urine soaked which rotted the hardwood floors beneath.  Nothing was updated.  But after praying about it, it just felt right so we took the plunge and bought it. The basement bedroom was shared by our three boys.  The half bath they used was infamously dubbed the mexican prison bathroom.  It was nasty.  We made little improvements here and there and made many happy memories in the ten years we lived there.  The market had stayed stagnant so that we didn't make anything when we sold it to our friends, the Gardners.  They lived there for five years and made some improvements and also went on to build their dream house and move on.  Enter the Walkers.  They are also friends of ours.  We have enjoyed visiting them over the five or six years they've lived there to see all the improvements slowly take place.  They just listed it.  We are absolutely amazed at the transformation:  http://www.dropbox.com/gallery/27173089/1/House?h=487288#/

2 comments:

  1. Thats 405 Yeonas? The house is beautiful, they have done such a fantastic job, she should be a decorator, in fact, send her over here!

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  2. I actually do have vague memories of that house, and I remember a little of what you were describing! That's amazing the transformation they've made! It's really cute. It's funny, our house we're living in now has almost the exact same layout. Maybe I should save some of these images for my pinterest inspiration!

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