Aboot
Meet my first apartment: We’ve just bought our first apartment. It’s ugly.
Well, it was ugly. Now it looks a lot like this. Mostly mayhem. That’s the best part: my first apartment means my first crowbar, my first saw…and my first reeeally big tub of spackle.
Misery loves company
I’m Lauren - a freelance writer for travel, home & garden; equal parts OCD to ADD. I’m charting our path from quotidian to chaos (and back) with as much mirth as I’ve got. Along for the ride is my boyfriend Paolo (whose name isn’t Paolo but he insists he has a “blog name”).
You’ll find us squeezed, quite happily, into our first apartment: a one-bedroom beast of a thing we’re furiously putting to rights.
What’s this nonsense all about?
Dog, backyard… and a view. Is it too much to ask? Apparently. Or we picked the wrong city. Vancouver property is insaaaaane and yet its top-to-bottom loveliness has us hooked. Forget what you’ve heard about yoga and organics and cleansing rain — Vancouver taunts and abuses us, and it’s not healthy. So – long scrabble up steep ladder. See why?
Step 1? Flip our first apartment. We’re not out to play Crazy-Eyed Property Investors – I see ‘ROI‘ and think it means “Le king!” This should emphasise:
We have no idea what we’re doing. We’re hopelessly optimistic. We’re Canadian.
Join in – get messy
Why not follow our project, (or get tidy email updates) from the comfort of your nice, clean home? Guaranteed we’ll make you look good (or at least appreciate your working kitchen).
Meet My Ugly Baby has been seen in some very attractive places:
Press: The Vancouver Courier, AgentGenius.com, & Kitsilano.ca
Prizes: Canadian Blog Awards: Best New Blogs 2010
And gold stars from:
