Welcome!

Hi. My name is Stephanie and I'm obsessed with home improvement.

Phew. That felt good to get off my chest.

I have started this blog to chronicle my experience as my husband, Adam, and I sell our first home, which we renovated from top to bottom, and move onto what we're affectionately calling our dream "family house." And no, if you're wondering, we do not have a family. Well, that's not entirely true. We have each other, but we don't have kids. The master plan is to eventually fill our new 3,000+ square foot home with children... and let me stress the eventually. We're looking forward to settling into our new, large-and-in-charge pad sans kids and taking on our favorite past time... home improvement.

The journey ahead won't be a smooth one (the home selling process alone has already brought me to tears... daily), but it will definitely be interesting (and most likely entertaining) as we deal with the emotion that goes along with our first big move and the excitement we get from doing some good, old fashioned work around our new house.

Oh, and don't worry, we're not going into this new home naive and unaware of the task that lies ahead. After spending the past three years working on our first home, which presented us with what we thought would be quick, DIY projects, we have learned one very important lesson: the house ALWAYS wins and can turn seemingly easy, weekend projects into never-ending, relationship testing jobs.

Hold onto your tool belts, kids... this is going to be a wild ride.