Hello to The House of Dreams
“It is good to have an end to journey toward, but it is the journey that matters, in the end.”
Documenting a journey is never easy, but it is worth while to look back and see exactly how far you have come. I don't know if this will ever be made public since a lot of things hang in the balance at the moment, but I've decided to go on faith and and believe they will all be worked out in the end. I have hope to be able to share what's in my heart and mind, but only the Lord knows right now what will come of things.
For a while now I have been struggling with the burden of caring for my grandparents as they get older, although I shouldn't use the word burden because they will never be a burden, but I have felt a tremendous weight of not being able to care for them as they deserve here in our little house on Peele St. We began our search for a larger home at the beginning of the new year. Everything we found that met all of our needs was either too far away from Burlington, or was well above our price range and we began to get discouraged until one day in March. I was perusing Trulia to pass the time while Brian was finishing up some custom orders in the shop and a house for sale in Haw River caught my eye. That is the moment the romance began. I actually made Brian stop working and look at the pictures and he agreed to drive out right then and look at the property in person. We were trying to beat the rain, as we had a huge thunderstorm that night but even in the creeping darkness I knew I loved this old home. Ever the photographer, I took some pictures with my iPhone. Please excuse the quality.
As soon as we got back home, Brian called our Realtor Mary Donnell (who is the best, by the way) and scheduled a walk through for the very next day. I can't describe to you the pins and needles I sat on waiting for 4pm to roll around that afternoon. As all things do, it finally came and we drove out to meet Mary, who let us in. I know I had stars in my eyes after that walk through. Brian, being the ever present good sense to my day dreaming said,
"Let's wait and see what we can find out about the stuff we can't see about the house before we get too attached." Fabulous advice, but I was already too far gone.
I'm like a seagull, always flying high above the wind and the waves. Brian keeps me grounded to reality, tethers me to the earth with his practical side of things. When I see beauty in old things or things that need restoration to live again, he sees the effort and money it would take to get to that point. However, I am able to dream big because of Brian's skills and abilities. He makes things that are just dreams for me into reality.
Here are some of the pictures of the inside of the house.
Unfortunately this house was not to be. There was a substantial amount of termite damage under the house and foundation issues that needed to be addressed as well as HVAC, electrical and plumbing issues. It broke my heart at the time to move on, but the search continued towards Liberty this time to a beautiful farmhouse out in the country.