Back to where it all began

It's hard to believe it's almost 12 months since we moved into our new home.  We bought our beautiful (yes I could see the potential within) 1940 cottage completely unrenovated.  Think original everything, some fantastic and some really really bad (window awnings, lace curtains, weeds, overgrown trees ....).  But with our ideal, location, location, location!  Dear Beverly (previous owner) kept everything original and to her credit, very clean.  But it was definitely time for some modern updates, and we bravely thought we'd be the ones to do it and turn it into the family home of our dreams.  Fortunately for us there wasn't a lot of others up for the challenge.  Only 1 other bidder, a real estate agent looking for his new family home, so we got it below our top price.  Yay!  Or did he know something?!  As those extra funds were quickly put to work.

Anyway here's a look back at what it looked like just 12 months ago and just how tiny Liam was back then too :)

That's me out the front, helping Liam move his very important toy barrel in. 

Over the next few posts, I'll step you through our reno's completed to date.  Stay tuned :)