[Photo Gallery] Mary Lou and I bought our first home in December 2003. We looked at 30 homes in three days with our realtor Cindy (who is great by the way). We looked right passed several homes that we thought would be "projects". We ended up buying a little more house (read more expensive) than we planned so we could have a larger yard for the imminent arrival of Sadie and Cleo (our two black lab mixes). We loved the culdesac and the mature trees.

Well, as it turned out, the house actually needed a lot of work. Many of the things we liked at first glance, turned out to be problems in and of themselves (shoddy workmanship, etc). After living in the house for a year, we have started to form an idea of the architectural and design styles we both like, and thus it began: our ongoing project house. The postings to follow will describe the projects we have undertaken or are currently working on. The [Photo Gallery] link on each posting will take you to a photo album of each project.

Resources:

• Ideal Home - Our ultimate goals for house and home
• Contractors and Suppliers - People and Businesses I'd recommend