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Sentimental Renovation Journey

Hello friends! I hope you’re having a fantastic week…. I am so excited to share today’s post with y’all. I am inviting you to take a Renovation Journey with me from Arizona to Pennsylvania.

In Arizona, I lived in a double wide 1973 Mobile home. What started out to be a seasonal home ended being my permanent residence. Here are pictures of the home when I first moved in. I named it, “The Desert Casa”.

From here forward I will be sharing my photos Journal of the final product of the Desert Casa home.  The major renovation, what is completed one year prior to my relocating to Pennsylvania. I took what began to look like a rental property to a full-fledged home.

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I started small, an enclosed screened-in porch (Circa 1973), I turned into a enclosed Arizona room. It seems that any vacation spot has their own terminology for rooms that are the final extension of a home; Florida has “Florida Room” other warmer climates have the Lanai and Arizona has the Arizona Room. Definition meaning it usually is a 4-Season Room. Not in my case, prior to the Renovation.

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After living there for all those years 2011-2017 with a nicely decorated home but not mine. It was always someone else’s and someone else before them.  I bet a lot of you can relate to that. Where we live we wanted to be our home not just a house. What makes it a Home is our personal touches and believe it or not things from our past homes always find a new place.

 

First Kitchen Update (2011)

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In 2017, I decided to do a major renovation from the front to the back of the home. Two main areas; kitchen and master bathroom.  It seems like, in all of my projects, I always find other things to add on. Can you relate? I have been blessed with being able to do that. This was no exception.

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The new kitchen was my design. Lowe’s did the final drawing and I purchased Shenandoah Shaker Style Cabinets from Lowe’s. I chose black granite countertop from AZ Granite Boneyard, Tempe, AZ.. The flooring is vinyl plank from Home Depot. New appliances, Home Depot.   

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The Master Bedroom Project

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For the remainder of this article I will just share pictures with you and be sure to watch your emails for the next blog post “ Welcome to The Sylvan Villa“. 

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I hope that you enjoyed my sentimental journey, as much as I did writing it. It’s always gratifying to see where you were then and where are you are now. That’s called progress!
Thanks again for joining me and being a part of The City Cottage family.

Until next time…..

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