...home of the Dr. Pepper Museum, Baylor Bears, and McLane Stadium otherwise known as the House that RGIII Built. Waco has a special place in my heart because I attended Baylor during my freshman year in college and met some of the most wonderful people there. It's also where I realized that Luke and I were going to be more than just a summer adventure. Who knew?! So, despite the fact that I loved being a Bear, I said goodbye to Waco and transferred to Tulsa where Luke was going to school.
Fast forward a few years, or several, and you'll find Luke and me parked on our couch on Tuesday nights watching our good friends Chip and Joanna transform a dated, ugly house into something worthy of a magazine cover. I have loved every single house they've remodeled. Seriously. Not an awful one in the bunch. But if I had to pick my favorite, this would be it.
They called this house The Dutch Door House because the front door was a beautiful, wide dutch door that just needed some TLC. In the words of Martin Luther King Jr...I have a dream...and that dream would be to own a house with a dutch door. All. Kinds. Of. Awesome. Anyway, about halfway through the show we find out that the couple is expecting their first baby. So obviously one of the rooms needs to be a nursery. I don't know this couple personally, but I have the highest respect for their ability to plan. They get a beautiful house and a nursery designed by Joanna Gaines. Genius.
The reveal is usually the point of the show where I turn to Luke and say, "We could be Chip and Joanna Gaines! We can remodel ugly houses and make them beautiful...TOGETHER!" His response is always less than ideal. Something about how our marriage wouldn't survive all my ideas that he couldn't make happen, and he likes being friends with me. I have no idea what he's talking about. I mean, we're raising children together how much harder could anything else be?
I have always loved design and am constantly tweaking things around our house, which only increases Luke's love for me I'm sure. But there's something about seeing the potential in a place or thing that everyone else has discarded that thrills me to no end. More than anything, I think it gives me a glimpse into how God feels about me. He sees the possibilities and decides to invest His time and attention when everyone else would have just walked away. Since I'm pretty sure you won't see Luke and I on TV any time soon, you should watch our BFFs work their magic on HGTV. And just in case you missed a few shows while you were hiding under that rock, check out their website for more before and after pics.
Because who doesn't love a good makeover story?
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