DJ Qualls Instagram – Ten years ago, I bought my house. It was scary and way more than I wanted to spend. HOW could I pay this mortgage for 30 years? Why would I want to be in one place for that many years? For a LONG time (6yrs) it looked like this. Worse than this. It had a couch and a bed. Nothing on the walls. Thanks for the photo, @andru_z
There was the black mold and THEN the flood, which really SUCKED. (Pic 2, obvi)
But with trial and error, trial and error, trial and error and a lot of help from good friends. (Pics 3-5)…
Now it’s my home, and it looks like this. It’s my little refuge from the world. I spend a lot of time looking for things to make it more me. I like art and my style is modern mixed with gaudy old rich people crap, that I buy WAY on the cheap. Those bedside lamps from 1870 were $400 for the pair. It’s like sleeping in Dracula’s castle. (Pics 6-7).
Two years ago, I starting adding in some old man style display cases, which was hard for me to accept at first. I don’t like things on places, but I guess, deep down, I AM an old British man who wears tweed and finds things “terribly interesting.” (Pic 8)
Over the years this place has seen so many parties, housed so many people, heard so much laughter and so many tears (which I can’t show you). It’s also the place where I can hide (hermit) when I feel tired or defeated and I need to build up my stamina to go back out and try again. Sometimes it gets a bit weird. I was the Night King! And the next morning I regretted that decision. (Pics 9-10)
I am so grateful that I got to realize my dreams of pretending for a living, have people respond to want I’ve done and have the continued goodwill of my colleagues. I wouldn’t have a home if not for that.
Now she’s 10 years old and stuff is starting to break. I don’t know how to fix things or where to go most of the time. (Jon Greenberg and @triumphlifefitness, my dryer is still under the stairs, ahem). It’s anxiety making and costly, but it’s still one of the best things I’ve ever done. So today I take a break from all the world’s crap to take stock to be thankful. #myhouse #grateful #homerenovation #moneypit #goodfriends #thankyou #hashtagsarestupid | Posted on 01/Oct/2020 01:32:06
