{"id":128388,"date":"2025-01-09T08:23:21","date_gmt":"2025-01-09T13:23:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/?p=128388"},"modified":"2025-01-09T08:29:11","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T13:29:11","slug":"winner-holiday-love-renovation-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/2025\/01\/09\/winner-holiday-love-renovation-update\/","title":{"rendered":"A winner of Holiday Love and a renovation update!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi everyone, I\u2019m so excited to share some updates. First, I\u2019m thrilled to announce the winner of our 2025 Holiday Love Contest. Huge congratulations to Dawn from round two for their gorgeous and magical holiday picture. The entries were all so beautiful, and it was such a joy to host this contest and see so much creativity and love reflected in your submissions.<\/p>\n

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Please contact us to provide your address so we can get your prize on the way! Thanks to everyone for sending in your beautiful pictures and to everyone else for voting.<\/p>\n

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I am so devastated seeing the out of control fires in California! It is apocalyptic and otherworldly. I cannot believe this is real. The pictures and videos are almost difficult to watch to see that kind of sweeping devastation. Keeping all those affected in my prayers and praying for a miracle. Surely not a smooth start to 2025.<\/p>\n

Lots of sickness going around too, many in my office\/warehouse, friends, etc… have been sick and I think I am coming down with something to boot. We are due to leave tomorrow for a wedding in Florida, so really<\/em> keeping my fingers crossed its nothing.<\/p>\n

On another more positive note, I\u2019m gearing up to start a Renovation Diaries series, probably next week or the week after. There hasn\u2019t been much to report yet because we\u2019ve been in the less glamorous, foundational stages of the process. However, things are about to get really interesting because not only are we renovating our home, but we also purchased an investment property (formerly owned by a family member!).<\/p>\n

We\u2019re doing some minor work there to make it feel like home and functional since we\u2019ll be living there for the next year +\u00a0 while working on our main house. So, it\u2019s a two-for-one renovation adventure!<\/p>\n

I wanted to take a moment to answer a few questions that I\u2019ve been getting frequently about our big renovation adventure and share some updates about our plans. Here are a few just to set the stage-<\/p>\n

What are we doing to our house in terms of renovation?<\/h3>\n

We\u2019ve already made some major progress! We removed part of the house that was primarily a service wing and have built a new foundation and garage\u2014those are now complete. Our lumber was delivered just two days ago, and framing is set to start soon, as soon as the frigid weather and strong winds calm down. It\u2019s just too cold to begin right now.<\/p>\n

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In this new space, we\u2019ll have a family room, mudroom, laundry room, and, in the basement, a movie room and a small gym. Once framing is done, the focus will shift to the main portion of the house, which isn\u2019t being torn down but will be fully reconfigured. We\u2019ll open up the interior by taking down walls to create a large new kitchen, breakfast room, family room, and a covered porch.<\/p>\n

The dining room, foyer, living room, and sunroof will remain in their current spots, but we\u2019ll update the flooring and make some cosmetic improvements. The house will also be getting brand-new windows and a new roof. As for the bedrooms, they\u2019ll stay where they are but are all being fully renovated, along with every bathroom in the house.<\/p>\n

Will I share the plans?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Yes! I\u2019ll definitely share some excerpts of the plans as we move further along in the process. Stay tuned for that\u2014it\u2019s so exciting to see it all come to life.<\/p>\n

How long do we think this will take?<\/h3>\n

Since this is my first renovation, I\u2019m not entirely sure what to expect. We\u2019ve been told it will take between a year and a year and a half. I\u2019m really hoping to keep it closer to a year, and I\u2019ve learned that the best way to do that is to order all of our materials, supplies, and kitchen items well in advance to avoid delays.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s the deal with the new house we purchased?<\/h3>\n

This house was owned by a family member, and we\u2019ve always admired it. After months of searching in an overpriced rental market, we decided to purchase this home so we could live there during the renovation. It\u2019s a stunning, spacious house\u2014much larger than what we really need\u2014but we feel fortunate to have this opportunity. Once our renovation is complete, we\u2019ll sell this house and move back into our dream home. For now, we\u2019re making a few cosmetic updates to ensure it\u2019s comfortable and filled with love while we live there. We are working on painting 2 of the bedrooms\/hall\u00a0 and redoing two small powder rooms.<\/p>\n

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I love the foyer and we aren’t changing a thing except adding lots of blue and white to lighten and brighten things up!<\/p>\n

There\u2019s so much more to come, and I\u2019m excited to take you along on this journey to create our dream forever home. We can\u2019t wait to turn it into a space where we\u2019ll make countless family memories.<\/p>\n

Thank you so much for stopping by. Wishing you all a wonderful day, and until next time\u2026<\/p>\n

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Hi everyone, I\u2019m so excited to share some updates. First, I\u2019m thrilled to announce the winner of our 2025 Holiday Love Contest. Huge congratulations to Dawn from round two for their gorgeous and magical holiday picture. The entries were all so beautiful, and it was such a joy to host this contest and see so […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":128404,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128388"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128388"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128388\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":128408,"href":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128388\/revisions\/128408"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/128404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}