You know what happens after a morning of watching home renovation shows on HGTV. . .you start dreaming about your own run-down diamond-in-the-rough that you turn around in six weeks.  But what if you actually did it?

Minus the 6 week part. . . *crawls in a corner with the memory of her own renovation that was supposed to be three weeks*

My friend Jacqueline and her husband actually did.  They bought a run-down character home, did most of the gutting and painting in 6 weeks, then finished the rest as time permitted.  3 years later it’s a gorgeous marriage of character and mid-century modern, with clever solutions hidden throughout.

So grab your favourite hot beverage and indulge in some home renovation fantasy.

P.S.-There’s so many lessons to be learned from their renovation, that I wrote a second post just on the clever ways they made their house work for them.

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