Story time. (Interspersed with the latest photos of our house.)
Back when the Hubs and I met, we lived 750 miles apart in two different states. 9 years and 48 weeks ago, we got married and lived in a third state.
Just 4 months after getting married, he was offered a job that seemed to good to be true, 950 miles away in another direction. He was to start in 3 weeks.
So in 3 weeks, we packed up everything we owned and moved into a hotel in a place we had never even visited before. It was awesome. We found the cutest little duplex to rent in the quietest little town in a state that we still adore. Even though we moved away from that state over 8 years ago, it still feels like home to us.
We loved the adventure of packing up and moving, and we did it three more times, to two more states. Then when the Hubs’ job looked like it was going to be long-term, we decided to buy a house. We really wanted something we could totally make over and make our own.
We fell in love with our little Victorian and even though we didn’t think it would need much making-over, we promptly began remodeling the whole thing.
We never thought it would be our forever home, and frankly, we never wanted it to be. Nothing against the house, we just weren’t ready for our adventures to end. A couple years ago, we started getting restless again and wanted to try a new state, make more new friends, see more new places, but the right opportunity never came up.
Until now.
The Hubs was offered a new job last week. It is 850 miles away, back in the state he is from, and very close to where we got married. And he’s starting in 3 weeks. Our realtor said we should be prepared for it to take quite a while for our little home to sell since it’s a very unique house. It isn’t even officially on the market yet, but we just had our first showing a few hours ago, and it’s actually looking quite promising. They seemed to love the house just like we do. We’ll see in the coming days!
Either way, on the day after our 10th anniversary, 4 weeks from now, we will be moving into our new house. Yes, we already have the new one picked out, and we’re working out the details. It’s not little, and it’s not a Victorian, but the blog will remain, and we’ll soon be sharing an all new makeover with you.
It will be hard, and I will cry, but we can’t wait for the next adventure. Thank you for being here with us and our Little Victorian, hope you’ll be coming along with us to the big craftsman as well!
Best wishes for a smooth transition from the Little Victorian to the Big Craftsman, and beyond.
Thank you so much! 💕
Wow wow wow!! Exciting! Congrats to the hubs for finding a new job! I’m looking forward to read about your new adventure.
Thank you, Leena! We are so excited, and I’m so happy for him too!
Congrats on the move! Love your house! You and Hubs did a wonderful job at making it your own. Can’t wait to see your next project!
That is a big change! Congrats. I am excited to see inside your new house and watch your progress as you make it a home.
Exciting! Best of luck and I’m looking forward to seeing what’s next!
Thank you Julie, Audra, and Kerry!
Congratulations! A toast to Adventure!
I think it looks great – fresh, clean, and updated. Hope your realtor is wrong and frankly, I think he/she should do a better job of marketing and not just telling you to be prepared for it to take awhile to sell.
Good luck! And looking forward to seeing your Craftsman (I love the Arts & Crafts Movement).
Thank you! Much like the Victorian, pretty much the only Craftsman style that’s left of the house are the windows and interior doors, as it has been remodeled a few times through the years. I’ll introduce it soon! 🙂
Our town is pretty behind-the-times, and most still think McMansions are where it’s at. There is no problem selling one of those in just a few weeks here. Our realtor is doing a good job, there are lots of showings and open houses, but the Victorians have a lot of competition, most of which have been on the market for a year +.
.Hi, I haven’t seen your blog for a few years but just found this again. There are no dates on your posts! I don’t know where you are now, where you live etc. have read quite a few posts but…..need dates!
Thanks for coming back Lesley! And thank you for your comment too. We sold the Victorian about 5 years ago and moved to the midwest. We got an amazing score with a mid century modern that we restored as we could, and then sold that to move to New England where we currently have NO kitchen as we gutted it. 😀 With work I don’t have much time to blog anymore, but I always want to.
You can see the very latest posts if you go to the homepage (either click on “Home” or just type in littlevictorian.com).
Adding the dates back now. 🙂