In the Middle of Our Street

Husband and I are now homeowners! It has been a long process, but so worth it. What really jump-started the process was the research I had to do for a personal finance class. While I was researching mortgage rates and insurance rates, Husband decided to see the housing prices in our area. He realized we could afford a decent-sized home, so we started looking in February. I searched online and found a short sale in our area that looked promising. It felt like home from the first step inside.
We put an offer on it immediately and waited. And waited. We looked at some other houses. Waited some more. Looked at a few more houses. Put offers on two other houses. Just when we were ready to give up on the house (our lease was nearly up) we heard that our offer had been accepted. We were given 24 days to close before the house went into foreclosure. We were worried it wouldn't happen, especially since we hit some major snags along the way. Thanks to an amazing buyer's agent and an excellent loan officer, we closed a few days early. We took a week to paint and a week to move in.

Here, in all their glory, are my favorite rooms in the house:

living room

family room

kitchen

Now before you go thinking that all the rooms look great, there is still one room of common living space that is in need of help. I guess it is a formal dining room, but that is not how I want to use it. Any ideas?


After actually living in the house for a week and a half, I'm very happy to call it home. Now to plan some parties :)