We’ve been living in our beautiful new home for about 2 weeks now and we absolutely love it! It was a very stressful process, very time consuming and hair pulling, but it was well worth the time, stress and investment.
Our house ended up being appraised at $20k more than we actually paid for it, which, in other words, means that just by signing the contracts, we’ve already made $20k and we hadn’t even moved in yet. The builders also said that our house is one of the better looking ones they’ve built in the subdivision. After looking at already built houses before deciding to build this one, we had seen some houses where people had very terrible design sense. I just don’t know what some people are thinking when they design a room as ugly as some of the ones we’ve seen.
It took us about 3 days to move in because between Chris and I, we had that much time off work and we didn’t really see it necessary to have a moving truck to only go 3 miles, unlike when we sold our house in North Carolina, we only had one trip we could make. It’s amazing how little room we had in our apartment and now that we’re moved in to our house, it seems like we hardly have enough things to fill a room. It’s a nice feeling, but it’s time to do some hardcore decor.
So far, we’ve installed a garage door opener which I have linked up to my car with the HomeLink and I love it. We’ve made a few minor changes, like the front door handle and a new, lighted, better looking doorbell that looks so much better than the rectangular, unlit, cheap looking one that came on the house. I’ve added a great, awesome new mirror to the powder room that is so charming and modern and it looks great.
Sean has his bedroom and an entire room where we have his ball pit, igloo tent and tunnels set up where he can run free and play. We’ve closed up the electrical plugs and put his baby gate up and he can run free in have fun in a room all for him about the same size as our master bedroom. Such a spoiled kid! I’m just looking to find him a slide but haven’t had a lot of luck coming across one… which is strange.
The plant shelf in the living room going along the stairs has big things in store for it. I’m looking for a large, oversize clock with just the right look to put there but I just can’t find many that I really like.
I haven’t really taken many pictures since we’ve moved in, but I do have two pictures of the kitchen that were taken on my BlackBerry, so the quality isn’t the best but it definitely gives you an idea of what you’re looking at. I have a great theme in mind for the kitchen, which I won’t be sharing with anyone at this time yet. It’s a surprise. I’ve had a lot of difficulty trying to find decor for this particular theme I want which is good an bad at the same time.


I love the stainless steel refrigerator, but yes, like you’ve probably heard before, it is very hard to keep clean! But, I absolutely do love my ceramic top stove! I hate the smell of a burner burning particles of previous meals when you turn it on, but I don’t have to worry about that anymore. It’s great! I’m just looking to get a new microwave, a stainless steel one to match the rest of the kitchen.
Some upcoming changes: Painting, which is going to be hard, mainly because I want to find just the right paint colors and color schemes but also because in the living room we have vaulted ceilings and I am really, really not looking forward to painting that. I almost want to pay someone to do that for me.
I’m going to get a desk and bookcase to turn the loft into an office type area for our stationary and computer items.
My organizational skills are going to kick in full force once we get shelving put into the garage to get things off of the floor and provide more space for other things and for Chris’ work area.
Landscaping, I plan to add a lot in the back of the house especially around the privacy fence. Bricks, bushes, flowers, etc. We’ve even been having talks of add a hot tub, but that’s a stretch.

I’ve been waiting a long time to be able to park my steed (my car) in the garage! It’s a wonderful thing to not have to cool out my car before I leave for work and I’m thrilled to know that once winter comes, I won’t need to scrape any snow of my baby!
I have so much more to blog about and decorate that you will surely see my progress on my blog so keep up. I know some of you just can’t stay away, so please enjoy the progress and the evolution of our house into a home.
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