A Jeep in the Kitchen

摘要

After years of watching my contractor husband remodel other people's houses, I convinced him it was high time we bought a little nest of our own before we grew too old to renovate. We were excited by the prospect of finding a neglected fixer-upper and transforming it. But after a few months of wandering countless neighborhoods on long summer evenings, we started to feel dejected. Each time we saw a jewel in the rough, it seemed to sell before its sign went up.