Dreaming

I just can't help it. Whenever I go and look at houses, I mentally scan my pinterest board and come up with solutions to these old people/vanilla houses. For example, this house that smelled exactly like the old carpet looks (In my favorite school district, and in one of the most charming, kid-friendly neighborhoods I've ever seen with my own eyes):

 Basically we'd have to change out all the flooring and paint every surface before we moved in, but I was seeing lots of potential. You know, to make it a little more like this:

Then there was this kitchen (different house). Beautiful. Perfectly passable in every way, but I couldn't help but draw a parallel to one of my favorite Pinterest kitchens of all time ever. How easy it would be to convert this...

...into something a little more like this? That corner was screaming for a breakfast nook! Plus this particular house had five bedrooms, which is so hard to find, and a major plus in my book.

 I've gotten a little less enthusiastic about looking at houses ever since the basement floor had to be ripped up to replace the corroded drain coming from our kitchen. Somehow, our basement always finds a way to bring me back to reality. :)

 That patch on the wall is from the burst pipes this winter. It still needs to be painted.

 Oh, built-in! So, so glad you were spared!!!

 The emptied out storage room, where most of the shelves had to be ripped out.

I was almost ready to give up after this episode. Our whole house smells like a sewer, and it's going to take about a month to get it all back to back to how it was. But we will get through this, and our house will sell. THIS summer. We have a great realtor, who is great at bringing me back down from my roller coaster of emotions. We're getting so close!