4.24.2008

Our First House

A fellow blogger did a post of their first apartment she and her husband lived in when they were first married. I thought this would be fun, but then I got looking through my pictures and I don't have any pictures of our first apt. or even our second apt. They were both basement apartments and they were our little heaven on earth. Things seemed so simple, even though they really weren't at the time. Both of us were working and going to school. And at the time I thought it was really cool that I made more money than my husband! I was working at Primary Children's Hospital and Cache was working at Finova. Our first Elder's quorum president told us we were "living large", we laughed at that remark and wondered what he was talking about. As I look back, I now understand.

So since I don't have any of our first apartment pictures I will post our first house pictures. It was downtown SLC, right across the street from Cache's parents home. It was a dump when we bought it, in fact it was condemned and the city wouldn't let us live in it until we fixed it up. Someone went in before us and tried to remodel it, but only made it worse. He cut through the heat ducts to the upstairs to put in a pass through window from the kitchen to the dining room. I guess he didn't care if it was warm upstairs. He wired all the electrical cables on the outside of the walls and stapled them down. This was only a few things that made our home a wreck when we moved in. Take a look: (you can click on the pictures to enlarge)


It was a HUGE project and wouldn't have gotten done without the help we received from family and friends. I spent hours and hours painting the ceilings, plus other stuff, but this is what I remember most. Cache got a hernia, we had to hire someone to do the front porch area, but the rest was pretty much done with our own labor.

7 comments:

Cache Man said...

Ah those were the good old days. That was a lot of work. It was cool to see it all done and looking nice. That was rewarding. Carrie why don't you find us another one of those? Now we have Asher and Eden to chip in. :)

Poppy Lane said...

I am amazed by how much work you did on that house. The finished house is beautiful! Do you and Cache do work for hire?

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Melinda said...

I love the staircase - the wood is beautiful! You guys did an amazing job on the house!! I should try and dig up some pictures of our apartment - I don't have any pics of you in the apartment though :( just me, Ashley and Kelli.

Rachel Hagen said...

Oh my goodness. That is the cutest house. I love it! I can't believe what a fixer-upper. You guys did a really nice job.

Sarah said...

You really did an amazing job on that house. The before pictures don't give justice to the amount of work that had to be done. Remember the "bar" in the kitchen that had been put in. They cut through ALL the heat ducts to the upstairs. Or the ceiling where HUGE chunks of plaster had fallen. Broken windows...It was a HUGE remodel. You did an amazing job!

Tres Chic Boutique said...

Your husband has a lovely sense of humor!!! Wow you guys are amazing and I can not believe people! Why would you have a house and treat it soooooo badly? Well you guys made it gorgeous. Must have taken MUCH patience and hard work. Good job!