My husband and I have been planning to move to another house since last year.

We wanted to get a house in the Anne Arundel County - probably in the Crownsville area. Unfortunately, with the real estate market bubble burst we’ve put that dream on hold. We wouldn’t be able to get a good price with the house we’re living in right now so it would defeat the purpose of going to a new house.

Because of this, we’ve just decided to renovate the house we’re in right now so that we would be able to command a better price for it once the market normalizes.

Since the house we live in now was made in the 70s, there’s a lot of features in this 4-level split home that you wouldn’t find in new houses anymore. Firstly, there’s a really good hardwood floor underneath the carpet. We decided to take out the worn-out carpet in the living room to reveal a very beautiful wooden flooring. We also took out the old and ugly paint in the foyer, living room and kitchen and replaced it with a more sedated and neutral light mocha and eggshell-white. We’re planning on installing new base boards and crown mouldings also.

With the help of my husband’s brother and his wife, we’ve already renovated the laundry room - new vinyl tiles, new paint job and pretty soon, new washer and dryer. We’re also planning on setting up a spot in the laundry room where we can hang our delicate clothes that we didn‘t want to put in the dryer.

While we’re doing the laundry room, we’re also tiling our foyer and kitchen. At first, we were just planning on putting on new vinyl flooring. But when we visited Lowe’s, we found out that they were selling a simple but really classy ceramic tile design. We decided to install that on our kitchen and foyer .

Everything is still in the works, but it’s getting to be really promising once it’s done. I’m really excited. Once we’ve cleaned up and the construction dust has been cleaned out, I will be posting pictures to show you all what we’ve labored on for almost a year now.

I know, I know… you’re probably wondering if we’ve also considered the “internal health” of the house. Of course! We’re planning on putting on new mouldings around the window to lessen the consumption of heat in the winter and coolnees in the summer. Plus we’re also checking the water tanks and checking for termites and all other parasites. Just in case, we do find some critters in the house, we know the only weapon against them would be “Terminix”. People have told me that they really work good.

So the real ultimate goal underneath all these is that we’re making sure that the house will be in very good condition once the market gets back to normal and we’d be able to command a good price for the house - something meaty we could put in for the next house we will live in.

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