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Before I divulge into our home buying process I thought I would give you a quick blurb about us and our background. Incase you did not know. Which most of you do....
I work as an administrative assistant in health care. This job is great for my need to want to help others and allows me to be super OCD, organized, and at times bossy, however lacks creativity.
I remember always loving interior design. As a child, like 8 years old or something one of my favorite TV channels were HGTV. I loved watching TLC's Trading Spaces, House to Home, and Debbie Travis' Facelift. I remember writing to interior design and host House to Home telling her how much I loved her show and how I wanted to be an interior designer just like her. Which is still true.
I feel like I am a very practical/logistical person. If being and interior designer was a guaranteed good earning job I would be all over that. Along with being terrible at math is a bit of a set back as you need the highest high school math and physics to get into the program at Mount Royal.
Darrel is my wonderful husband who is also my other half. Other half as in if I can't do it he can like math, use a tape measure properly and use power tools without cutting off a finger or something. (I can be very clumsy)
Darrel is currently a 3rd year apprentice in sheet metal so lucky for us he has connections with other trades. This helped us a lot during our master bedroom and en-suite renovation as one of his instructor at the time was also a Journeyman plumber.
Darrel has a great mind for initiating my ideas and seeing the details on how to complete it. With his background he knows how to create to scale drawings which helps me see if what I am thinking of in my head will look good in real life. Which has come in handy for my current  and past projects, I will have an idea and sometimes need to see it visually to know if I am on the right track and it won't turn out a disaster.


Lauren xo

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