Late on a Sunday evening, I found myself emailing a guy 2800 miles away. I told him I wanted to buy his Airstream.
I've always been impulsive and full of unbridled passion. For the most part that has lead to a lifetime of happiness and fulfillment. A few times it has gotten me into trouble. I live with very little regret because I tend to go for things even if it paints me as slightly crazy.
When Josh and I moved to Charlotte in 2005, we quickly bought a house that was way too big for a couple and two dogs. After 10 years and a housing crash, we found ourselves living in the same home, now with three large dogs and two children. Our once big house, was now intimate and cozy. We had expected to move on to another home as our careers and life stages progressed. However, the longer we stayed, the more we knew that home had very little to do with size. It was about memories, experiences and relationships with our community.
With two children now in school, we had no easy way to accommodate guests and grandparents. We considered expanding the house, but nothing felt right. At the end of summer 2015, we started googling vintage campers to use as a guest house and for our weekend adventures. Within two weeks we bought plane tickets to Portland, Oregon to blindly purchase a 1976 Airstream Argosy that came with the kind of story I couldn't ignore. We are slowly continuing Brian's vision, while I challenge myself to experiment with the technologies I work with in my 9 to 5 - a sustainability consultant for a major national real estate development company.
Lark & Leigh is a passion project. We don't claim to have any clue what we are doing. But so far, we love figuring it out.
When Josh and I moved to Charlotte in 2005, we quickly bought a house that was way too big for a couple and two dogs. After 10 years and a housing crash, we found ourselves living in the same home, now with three large dogs and two children. Our once big house, was now intimate and cozy. We had expected to move on to another home as our careers and life stages progressed. However, the longer we stayed, the more we knew that home had very little to do with size. It was about memories, experiences and relationships with our community.
With two children now in school, we had no easy way to accommodate guests and grandparents. We considered expanding the house, but nothing felt right. At the end of summer 2015, we started googling vintage campers to use as a guest house and for our weekend adventures. Within two weeks we bought plane tickets to Portland, Oregon to blindly purchase a 1976 Airstream Argosy that came with the kind of story I couldn't ignore. We are slowly continuing Brian's vision, while I challenge myself to experiment with the technologies I work with in my 9 to 5 - a sustainability consultant for a major national real estate development company.
Lark & Leigh is a passion project. We don't claim to have any clue what we are doing. But so far, we love figuring it out.
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