Finding the “right” home can seem virtually impossible when you’re caught up in the throes of househunting—a fact that couple Kevin and Krista quickly realized when they began their quest for their current home. As Kevin told Decoist, he and his wife initially began looking for a new house in 2018 but gave up their search because they wanted a turn-key property to focus on their children rather than deal with a major home renovation. They thought it was turn-key home or bust until one particular home caught Kevin’s eye on his way home from work.
The home was one of the only “country in the city” homes he’d seen at that end of the time. The home was a classic big-yard-old-house style, built in 1982. Kevin and Krista attended the first open house but ruled out the property because “we convinced ourselves that there was just too much work to be done. Good bones but outdated and awkward layout.” Two weeks later though, the couple came back for a second walk through and decided (after a lot of consideration) that they’d be able to make the property work.
After a persuasive letter to the sellers and a $10,000-under asking bid, the home was theirs!
Once the home was theirs, Krista’s top priority was a full redo on the kitchen. Kevin explained “we spent months trying to design the kitchen and incorporating the dining [room], fireplace, living room, front entrance, powder room… it just didn’t ...