"Charming home in sought after neighborhood. Perfect for the young at heart, this unique home has been totally updated. Massive stone fireplace makes a grand statement and separate great room from formal dining. Front bedrooms have appealing window seats with storage below. Located on a quiet cul-de-sac with common area behind, this house truly welcomes you home!" (Paragraph used to sell our house).
We've decided to stay! We were originally selling our house to better make the transition from two incomes to one and our current morgage payment made it difficult to cover the rest of our expenses. Then, as the housing market was looking extra gloomy, Alex got a raise - a really good raise! We are feeling so incredibly blessed. We never really wanted to move. We love our neighbors, neighborhood, the local pool, the adjacent upscale neighborhood (nice for walks), the location (near shopping and interstate), a fabulous corner grocery store, a great pizza place, and the list goes on!
When we first bought our house, we thought we'd live in it for 2-3 years, update it, and sell it for a profit. Now that we are planning on settling in...we are rethinking some of our decisions. Would we have still painted the dining room a bright purple and the kitchen a lime green? Would we have allowed the dogs to dig 50+ holes in the backyard?
For those of you who haven't seen the inside of our house, here are some of the highlights:
When we thought we were moving, we contemplate taking the front door with us we like it so much!
This is one of the rooms that sold us on the house in the first place. It soon is going to make its transition from dining room to playroom! All we need is the Elongate I bought on Ebay to keep the girls from roaming when I take bathroom breaks.
When we first walked through our house, Alex called the fireplace a monstrocity - now I think it is one of his favorite features. It has a cracked flue, so we have yet to "fire it up," but we hope to change it over to gas and get it going at some stage.
Our lovely lime kitchen...when we first had it painted, we walked in after the painters had left and felt like it glowed like a highlighter...especially when the setting sun shone through the windows in the evening. Now I think the color has grown on us and we barely notice its luminescence!
Our minds have now moved onto the long term considerations - things like making the house more energy efficent with a new furnace, new windows, and perhaps some solar panels. There are other dreams like real landscaping, a new deck, a new fence, matching carpet, extra lighting, making the fireplace a gas log fireplace, and the list goes on. For now, all of the above are just dreams, but it is fun to talk about and imagine as we hold bottles, change diapers, and imagine our future with our girls in this house!
2 comments:
I really like the bright colors... they're very cheery.
By the way... Happy 3 Year Anniversary, guys! Hope you two can get a few moments alone to celebrate all of the wonderful things the Lord has done in your lives in the past 3 years...
My, how our lives do change!
Your house is so cool! And I love the colors. I'm so glad you were able to stay. It looks like the perfect place to raise the girls. And the fireplace is too cool! I can't believe Alex called it a "monstrosity." It's called retro!
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