Romantic Remodeling Tales
We asked HouseNet visitors to tell us their romantic tales about remodeling jobs they completed with their loved ones. We asked to hear the passion, panic, and payoff when the jobs were completed. Here's what they reported: I was fixing the sink and water went everywhere, so I called the plumber and I just fell in love. We are now married! We were finishing off our garage into a master bedroom and the bathroom I always wanted. This included a jacuzzi big enough for both of us. I had never had a jacuzzi!!!! The night it was delivered as soon as the builder left after setting it in place (it was not hooked up to plumbing) my husband and I sat in it and toasted each other with a glass of wine. We've used it for almost a year now. We love it although I have to confess it is much better with water in it.
Memorial Day weekend 1996 was the start of a long remodel job on our 1953 house. I must say that people aren't kidding when they say the fastest way to a divorce is to try to live in your house while you're remodeling. But we lived through my husband almost dying in an accident at work and 2 years of intense rehab. They said most marriages would not survive such an ordeal.
So what the heck we made it through those tuff times so we were sure this would be a breeze. Wrong! My boyfriend is a hopeless romantic. He loves to hike, and likes to find rocks of all sizes shaped in a heart. He has placed them in the "heart garden" in my front yard so that every time I go out and can see them and of course think of his love for me. Isn't that the sweetest thing? We've been married 3 years today (Valentines Day.) We're almost finished remodeling our house. From holes in the floor where we could see the ground under the house in the bathroom (when we first moved here) to new freshly painted white walls, white carpet, a brand new kitchen, new bath with jacuzzi, gas burning logs in living room and master bedroom. Actually we completely remodeled the whole house and are not quite finished with the outside. It's been difficult at times to come to a decision on everything, but looking at it now we are very proud of the work we put into it and how it turned out. With a new home that reflects both of our tastes it shows us how good we are--together!!! We built our home 5 years ago. We couldn't wait to move in so we did without finishing it. We are remodeling it. We are starting with the master bathroom. We tiled together. We did some FAUX painting in skin tones. I did some decorating changes going more romantic. We were in close quarters and the finished product well, it'll be a definite candlelight and wine party coming on valentine's day. Almost two years ago we bought our first house and just finished remodeling the inside in September. We had to scrap painted layers of wallpaper off all the walls in the house. We did the bedroom first, then the living room totally redid the kitchen(adding new walls and cabinets) then we moved the dining room. We had been remodeling for so long that we were getting tired of the mess it was creating. One day I came home from work and my husband had wrote on the painted wallpaper in a big black permanent marker "Tom Loves Donna". It made my day and since it couldn't stay there I took a picture of it for the scrapbook. While we were remodeling our 1840 house, my husband and I wrote love notes that someone will find one day. We wrote them on the back side of the wood ceiling molding before we nailed them up in the "parlor". I was hesitant to accept the previous two marriage proposals of my boyfriend. There was a lot for me to consider . . . he had 5 kids. But I knew that as time went on and we spent more time together the romance was beginning to blossom into true love. His children became part of our lives and we started to become a family even though there had been no marriage vows exchanged. Dennis told me that if I wanted to marry him that I'd have to propose to him next time and I took him seriously. We were remodeling a youth outreach center in Ventura CA--scraping painting cleaning and hanging wall paper. One day while I was painting I felt an overwhelming feeling of love for Dennis. I knew that somehow I had to let him know that I was ready to commit to our life together. When he had stepped out for a minute I quickly painted Will you marry me? on the wall and then went about my work as normal. My heart began to pound as I saw him come back into the room. There was complete silence as he read the writing on the wall. Slowly he walked over to me bent down on one knee and asked me to marry him. I said yes. He said Really!? The rest is history and now we have two beautiful children of our own. My husband and I were redoing the kitchen in our first home in Milwaukee. He was in charge of staining the wood cabinets while I was busy painting trimwork around the room. He asked me to inspect to see if his performance was up to snuff. He opened up one of the cabinets and said "Well what do you think?" On the inside of the cabinet he wrote the words "I love you honey" in a much darker stain. It was one of the most romantic moments EVER and it gave me a whole new view on remodeling! |
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