Capilano House: 1 Year Anniversary

Isn’t it funny how one year can feel like a minute and a life time at the same time? We celebrated one year in our first home this month and there have been so many moments this month were I couldn’t help but reflect back to what life looked like a year ago. In the four months leading up to move in day we’d spent countless hours working on the house, hoping it would be finished, but very quickly realizing ‘liveable’ was a much more realistic goal.

I distinctly remember that first morning in our new house. I know it sounds a bit silly, especially given how much work we still had ahead of us, but enjoying my coffee while watching the sunrise felt like such an accomplishment after all those months of rushing out the door to get a head start on whatever reno-related item we wanted to tackle that day. While I was so proud of how far we’d come at that point, it was still so overwhelming thinking about how far we still had to go. I can’t even begin to describe how much I was looking forward to the day when the biggest task on my weekend to-do list was cleaning my finished main floor.

After we moved in, we found ourselves settling into a much slower (but sustainable) pace. We finished drywalling our bedroom and painting the walls and ceilings in the main floor. Matt took on the massive project of installing about 1300 sq. ft. of new flooring, and I followed along behind with the new trims and baseboards. By the time we finally finished up the main bathroom in March, the weather was starting to warm up and I was more then ready to switch gears and start cleaning up the yard which we’d neglected the whole summer prior. Crazy to think that felt like a vacation compared to what we just went through.

So here we are one year in, and I’m happy to say that as I’m writing this I’m sipping my coffee while watching the sunrise and the biggest house related item on my to-do list this weekend is cleaning my house. There are still a lot of projects on our list, more to come on that soon, but I did want to take a minute to pause and reflect on how far we’ve come.

*Walk-in Closet & Main Bath - October 2021*

BY EMILY RADKIE

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