{"id":23367,"date":"2025-08-19T05:00:25","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T09:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sincerelymariedesigns.com\/?p=23367"},"modified":"2025-08-19T16:51:25","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T20:51:25","slug":"weve-moved-a-full-before-after-of-last-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sincerelymariedesigns.com\/weve-moved-a-full-before-after-of-last-home\/","title":{"rendered":"We’ve Moved – A Full Before & After of Our Beloved Colonial"},"content":{"rendered":"

We’ve moved! I’m dying to share our new home with you all, but today I want to share one last full before & after of our beloved colonial. Let’s take a look!<\/em><\/h4>\n

I’m not sure that I ever thought I would be writing this post. When we purchased our colonial home almost 10 years ago, we said we would never move. Yet, here we are. This may seem very sudden, but I can assure you it’s something we’ve wrestled with for a few years now. Our colonial was perfect for our family. I loved the size, the renovations we had done, and the location. However, it sat on a very steep hill with English ivy covering much or it and it had zero yard for the kids and very little gardening space. We made the best of it for years, but in the last few years it always felting lacking. There were a few other reasons as well, but that was a major one.<\/p>\n

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Last fall Josh and I started to talk about possibly moving and what that would look like. We decided to pray about it and see how we felt after the holidays. Once February rolled around, we felt confident it was what we were supposed to do. We quickly fixed little things here and there, installing a new deck and landscape steps. We wanted to make sure it was list ready by spring. After Easter, we listed it. We quickly found a major fixer upper less than 10 minutes down the road and went under contact contingent on the sale of our house. Over a month passed and our home still had not sold. After much consideration, we let that house go. We didn’t feel right about keeping them on the hook any longer. It was funny because once we did so, I felt relief. I thought I would be sad but I wasn’t. I suppose that’s how you know something just isn’t meant to be. <\/p>\n

We then started to question if we were making the right decision in moving. After all, we were comfortable in our home and we had made everything just the way we liked it. Every time this conversation would come up, I just felt so strongly that moving was what we were supposed to do, but being in limbo was exhausting. Fast forward three months, we accepted an offer on our house and found the home we are in now all in the same week. The timing was so perfect that it had to be God. After looking at several homes and making an offer on two others that didn’t work out, we found where we are meant to be and the purchase of this home couldn’t have gone smoother. More details on that later! <\/p>\n

I will always look back on our colonial with deep affection. In some ways I wish we could have picked it up and moved it off the hill to a flatter lot. It will be a tough act to follow, but I hope I can still inspire you with design ideas in our new home. Our move has been so bitter sweet. I want to share a tour of our new house later this week. I’m sure you’ll all be interested to see it after reading this post. Today, I just wanted to share the before and after of our colonial. We did so much with our time there. It’s hard to believe how different she looked when we arrived and when we left. <\/p>\n

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You can find all the details and sources for each room on our “home tour” tab on the homepage.<\/em> <\/p>\n

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Looking back at all of these photos brings on so many different emotions. Sometimes it’s difficult to say goodbye even when you know it’s time. With that said, I promise we’re loving our new home. There are so many projects and things I want to do. It’s very dated but full of potential. We’re still unpacking and figuring out just how we’re going to use each space, but be sure to look for the new house tour this week or next! I’m trying to decide if I want to share photos of the house empty or as it looks right now with our things in it. Either way, I’ll be sharing very soon. <\/p>\n

Until then, have a great week everyone! <\/p>\n

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