Upgrades to our Butte home

When we bought the house attached to our house last summer, we spent a lot to get it fixed up.  It is the house where Dave grew up and we are living on the other side.  Both sides are about 3000 square feet.   We have about 2 1/2 acres and six garages and a shed.   It is absolutely beautiful.  We are very fortunate to have found a wonderful renter who has made her house look great.

We hadn't put a lot into our house as it is a second home.   We have had to do quite a bit to the home in Gilbert so we haven't really done a lot here.  Plus we didn't have to do much.  We fixed up the bathroom in the basement last summer.  Our first summer here, we bought a new bed and put our bed downstairs.   Dave has his aunt's old 50's furniture downstairs.  It is really cool and reminds me of what we had when I was growing up in Douglas.  He has an old, but really nice stereo system down there.  However, the television was from 1999 and was sitting on an old Quasar that didn't work.  But the really great part is that the downstairs is a totally private place where we can have guests.   There is a separate entrance.   Sometimes when I want to watch something else on television, I go down there.  It is comfortable.

We did make some upgrades to the bathroom upstairs as there had not been any in many years.  Taking a shower was a bit of an issue and it is great now.

One of the outbuildings that we got when we bought the house is a hot tub room.  I had "dreams" of having a she shed.  However, because of the weather and how much would have to be done, we decided to do a few things here.  We had no fireplace which amazes me here in Butte.  So we bought a new television stand with an electric fireplace and a new bigger television. We got rid of the ones downstairs and moved the stand and tv from upstairs to the downstairs.  So now the basement is fully functional for anyone who comes to stay or for either of us to get away from each other--not such a bad idea in these current times.   I love a fireplace and this one is great.  It changes colors and even puts out heat or you can just have the ambience.

I love being here.  Now I just have to work on him for the side by side!!!