- Ricky Ricardo according to popular legend
Ralph learning to navigate Chief Architect so Dori can “see” the space
We actually have A LOT more to talk about than what is mentioned in this post, but let’s begin with the basics — such as WHAT DID WE SEE IN THIS PLACE TO BEGIN WITH? or WHERE TO START? and of course the ever popular, HOW DO WE WANT THIS TO BE? After two years of ownership, these questions are still swirling in our heads. It is exhilarating, exhausting, overwhelming and most importantly — intriguing. Because we DO and DO NOT have clear ideas about this whole thing. We realize this is not the way people typically begin either a renovation or a new build. But this house was calling to us — to R actually. Though I am the one who is typically nosing around the real estate sites, it was he who found it on line and insisted we go check it out. Beyond prepping our house that we had lived in for the past 14 years to go to market, I had actually stepped away from trying to orchestrate our next move.
Turns out this house was composing our next move for us. We heard and responded to its SOS siren song and now here we are. Sounds like a bunch of mumbo jumbo or a sappy episode of the bachelorette — but we pretty much knew this was “the one” from the moment we stepped inside. I was holding back because I wasn’t the person who was going to be doing the lion’s share of the work. I mean, I already talk this man into doing projects when he’d rather be doing something else - like the giant origami elephant discussed in the djnral2.0 section. I could not ask him to take this on just because it had captured our imaginations. But R gets an unmistakable twinkle in his eye when he is smitten. If anyone reading this post remembers Davey from The Monkeys TV Show? It’s kind of like that. I hadn’t seen that spark in quite some time. How could I possibly say no when he said he really wanted to take this on?
It is a GORGEOUS place underneath the scary rotting roof decay, caving ceilings and missing floorboards. Built in 1911 and 1920’s, the craftmanship is impeccable. The woodwork is stunning. Its possibilities are endless. We are both completely enamored. That is a very good way to begin a labor of love don’tcha think?