On August 10, 2012 we purchased our first home. It is in Falls Church, VA on a quiet cul-de-sac. Our house is on a little hill with 23 steps to our front door. Visiting us in not for the faint of heart. Our home is a Cape Cod Style that was built in 1952 and has three bedrooms, two bathrooms, and a den. We have a deck, a small lawn, and a wild hillside in the back. All of the large adult trees on our property provide cool shade in the summer, tons of leaves in the fall, and plenty of squirrel and bird entertainment. Owning a home is a lot of work. We didn't buy a fixer upper but there have been necessary changes we had to make. The list consists of: new bathroom floors, electrical work, attic and crawl space insulation, painting, chair rail installation, new shed, and wilderness clean-up.
It has been fun painting and decorating our home anyway we want. We made our den into a Star Wars Themed TV room with glow in the dark constellations, galaxies, moons, and shooting stars. We carried across the country antique bedroom furniture that Katrina's father used as a boy. We planted two hydrangea bushes in honor of Katya and Ruby. We also planted tulips in the front. In the Spring, our house came alive with more than a dozen azalea bushes. We also have a forsythia bush, dogwood trees, and a giant oak tree.
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| With our Realtor at our Halloween Open House |
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| Let the painting games begin |
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| So sweet |
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| Tonio ready to paint. He insisted on purchasing this jumpsuit. |
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| Our front room/dining room |
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| Our fireplace and mantel |
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Front view
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| Kitchen |
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| Master Bedroom |
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Master Bedroom
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| Sewing Room (junk room) |
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| Main floor bathroom with new floor and fixtures |
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| Star Wars Man Cave |
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| Upstairs Hallway |
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| Star Wars Triple Combination |
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| Stacked washer and dryer in upstairs hallway |
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| Guest bedroom with awesome yard sale chair |
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Antique bedroom set from Katrina's dad's childhood home
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Upstairs bathroom with new floor, sink, and mirror
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Our home is constantly evolving. We have plenty of projects on our list. Little by little we will get to where we want to be but I think you are never truly finished.
Enjoy the Four Seasons of our little house.
FALL
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| Welcome Fall |
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| Happy Halloween |
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| Pumpkin Tower |
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| Watch your step |
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| Frankenstein |
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| A fraction of our back yard leaves |
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| Leaves on the deck from our never ending oak tree |
WINTER
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| Happy Holidays |
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| Advent Wreath |
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| Yoda has to be included in every holiday celebration |
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| Oh Christmas Tree |
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| Our invisible house |
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| Our little visitors |
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| Not a good time for a barbecue |
SPRING
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| Tulips are Tonio's favorite |
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| Happy Easter |
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| Welcome Spring |
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| Forsythia |
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| Azalea Lined Path |
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| More Azales |
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| Happy Tulips |
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| Crazy Plants |
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| Azaleas |
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| Azaleas Closeup |
SUMMER
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| Tonio's Domain |
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| Backyard view. We even got some grass |
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| More wild hillside half way through the cleanup |
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| Our Katya and Ruby Hydrangea bushes |
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| Katya |
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| Ruby |
