I know my blog is about the first years of marriage and it may not seem like I'm really talking much about the marriage part. I have been focusing on the events that have happened in our marriage currently.
This post is going to be about our first house together and the adventures and conflicts it brought us as newlyweds.
My husband has always wanted a fixer upper house. He has this thing for taking a crappy house and making it totally awesome by himself. This house was just that. I was on board in the beginning and then jumped off that train faster than I jumped on. The only thing I loved about this house was the arch and the open space.
This was looking into the kitchen from the living room arch.
This is the dining room looking in from the laundry room.
This is the arch that made me love this house.
This is the laundry room (looking in from the outside)
This is the master bedroom. It was soo small!
The upstairs..
The bathroom.
Upstairs bedroom, number one.
Upstairs bedroom, number two.
The big spacious living room. Looking from the front door.
The living room looking in from the arch.
My husband was putting in a new window. He is so handy.
He said that we had to rip out the arch! =( I said he had better put it back!
My dad is the best painter in the world. If you ever need it, call him!!
We bought this amazing big bath tub from a habitat for humanity store. Brand new!
We were buying cabinets left and right!
New light fixtures and new doors.
The finished product of the kitchen/dining room. It looks amazing! My dad did the walls and my husband did the floors.
Now to start on the bathroom. We had to rip everything out and start from scratch.
Put in the new shower wall and tub.
New window and plumbing.
Husband did all the electrical. He literally can do everything when it comes to a house. =) Thank God!
Putting in the floor so he can tile it.
Started tiling.
Grouted.
Beautiful finished product.
He tiled the shower too.
My lovely arch.
The living room.
This was our yard.
Ok, now for an explanation. We were renting this house on terms of it becoming a land contract once it became livable. We ended up not being able to keep the house because we couldn't afford it, financially or emotionally. It was doing tolls on our marriage.
The first year of marriage is extremely hard, at least it was for us. I was 18 and I was barely in college and had no job. My husband was 22 and had a very unsteady job.
We ended up moving back in with my in-laws. Its a nice free ride, but I hate it! I would rather be broke and in our own house than here.
We put so much money into this house just to lose it. I still don't know if us getting this house was the right thing for us, but I sure do miss it. It was partly my fault because I was so fed up of living in an unfinished house, I made it harder to live there. I was always in a bad mood.
If I can be of any advice, don't buy a fixer upper when your 18 and newly married. It was horrible and great all at the same time.
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