It’s not fancy, but it’s been home

When we moved to Nova Scotia, we thought we’d be living in our rental house for a year. Then that year became two years. And then two and a half years. And now we’re finally moving out – and moving into another rental house. UGH! I’m telling you, building a house yourself takes a loooonnnnggggg time!

When we first moved into our rental house, it was kinda… well, old and tired. Nothing really wrong with it, but not much had changed since it was built in the ‘70s. Luckily our landlord has been super-cool and bought new light fixtures and appliances and faucets and even let us make over the kitchen.

I don’t have many before pictures, but here are a few afters…

And I also did some furniture makeover projects along the way…

And some little decor projects…

So sitting here on our last night in this house,  I’ve got mixed emotions. I really wish we were actually moving into our house, so the fact that we aren’t kinda sucks. Our next rental house is quite nice and has great views and is closer to the beaches. And as much as I sometimes complain about this house being small and not having anywhere to go to escape from Brian, I’m actually going to miss it. It’s suited our needs perfectly, and it feels a lot more like a home now than just a rental house. I hope the people who are moving in next week enjoy living here as much as we have.

Onward and… well more like sideways than upwards, but we’re getting there!