| MY STORY |

It all began back in December of 2017. Project Home Sweet Home had many ups and downs but I couldn’t be happier with the knowledge I gained and the love for Interior Design that has developed from it.

We were looking for something we could make into our home while also using a strategy called house hacking. Essentially, we wanted a home that would generate money and offset any costs associated with owning it.  

We got to the house, walked the first floor and immediately said, “This is it”! I didn’t even need to see the rest of it.

The next step was to put in an offer and because it was bank owned it turned into a best and final bid that we ended up winning!

Excited but also extremely nervous with the amount of work that had to be done, we started interviewing multiple contractors that could help us tackle this large project.

Take a look below at what we were working with…

It took a whole year before we could move in. Think of a roller coaster and that is exactly what that year felt like. The process was an ugly one but at times the best part. I loved working with the architect and explaining my vision of what we wanted and where we wanted it.

The demolition of this house was scary, long and overwhelming but as time went on we saw it turning into a place we could call home.

I had the idea of using the second floor as a rental unit and we would live on the first floor of the duplex down separate from the Airbnb that we created in the garden unit.

We added a second full bathroom to the second floor unit and turned the first floor into a master suite duplex down. The duplex down consists of four bedrooms and 3.5 bathrooms.