as a friend of ours pointed out last night ... we are are just moving right along with this thing called life.
we got married a little over two years ago, had a baby two months ago, and are in the process of BUYING A HOUSE! well to be exact ... a duplex - which means we will live in one unit and have renters in the adjoining unit. so we are not only buying a house for the first time ... but becoming landlords as well. whew ... we have a lot going on. buying a house is a complicated process and very time consuming but we are getting through it. we should close just after the new year.
in the mean time i have been painting and decorating the house in my head ... gathering ideas on pintrest and making floorplans online to see how we will arrange the spaces. we will move into the three bedroom unit and have renters in the two bedroom. this will allow us to have the baby's room and an office/guest room! yay! here are my visions ...
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| three bedroom whole house layout |
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| kitchen and dining - finally space for our little square table and chairs! and there is a ceiling fan which is nice and a sliding glass door to the right (south) to the backyard ... and there are a lot of cupboards and storage space! |
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| possible living room layout ... that's big blue up top ... there are a few silly little shelves on the left and i am trying to decide if we want to make it more of a built in ... and where to put the tv? make a built in around it? put it on the right of the fireplace? |
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| the master bedroom ... the closets are a little small ... and there is an alcove that i plan on making a little closet for myself |
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| the office/guest room will allow us to have visitors and Nate can have an office to grade papers and prepare lessons at home ... and we can have a place for organizing our important documents, etc. yay! |
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| stella's room! super excited to paint the walls and hang the flowers i made for her before she was born! |
i have been thinking about a color palette for the house ... i am so excited! a super awesome feature about the duplex is the TWO CAR GARAGE! woot woot. now we have covered parking for ruby our car, space to work on my projects even when its raining, tons of shelving and storage, AND we have a washer and dryer! i am beyond excited. not to mention that we have a backyard where we plan on trying our hand at a GARDEN come spring time and we will try COMPOSTING once we get our act together!
so many big plans! the main goal for this house will be to get really organized. we won't be doing many "upgrades" to the house since we plan on it being a rental in the future someday and so don't want to put too much money into it ... i keep saying "its our first house, not THE house." i want to work on everything having its place.
i am excited for the next phase of our lives and diving in to home ownership ... hopefully everything will go smoothly and the house will be ours! wish us luck!
