Wednesday, July 4, 2012

Our house is almost our home....

When you're two weeks away from closing and you really get that first extended walk into your house, it is an amazing feeling. We had the keys today, giving us an extended day to really look at our new home. We had seen it briefly Monday with our PM Abe, but today we were able to spend a couple hours just walking around and soaking it all in. This house will be our "forever" home, the home that Lauren and I will spend the next 30 years together in (sorry Lauren). :) We've built it with the future in mind, and we could really see that future when we walked in today.


They put up the number for the house. It's such a small thing, but in many ways it is a big deal. 


A good peek at our guest bedroom downstairs, with French doors at the entrance. For those who don't know, this room and the guest bathroom replace the living room and dining room downstairs (and also makes the pantry enormous - 4 x 8 feet)


The guest bathroom. This bathroom is basically identical to the secondary bathroom upstairs. 


A view from inside the guest room, showing the French doors and how the hardwood complements the carpet.  


Here's the morning room with the flooring. We opted to skip the optional windows due to the heat of North Carolina summers (and after the temperature reached 104 Saturday, we are thankful for our decision).  


A good photo of the stairs and spindles. (it's amazing the pictures you can get from a phone nowadays).


The powder room downstairs. 


The glorious kitchen, with the stove and microwave installed. We think having black appliances will reduce fingerprints and also help to pull all of our colors together. 


The refrigerator isn't quite in yet - unless Abe is trying to say he likes it better in the middle of the walkway. :) But you get the general idea of the kitchen with the crown moulding above. 


Our kids are so very excited. We spent three hours at the house today, but we would have been there even longer if it had electricity. (that's coming in the next few days, so maybe we'll bring sleeping bags). :)


Spending so much time at the house also gave Lauren and I the chance to really comb through everything. We found around five things that we would like our PM Abe to fix, including some creaks upstairs and a bit of minor damage to the kitchen floor at the dishwasher. But he has two weeks to fix those things and just touch up the rest of the house. We think that should be plenty of time for him, because the next two weeks will feel like a month for us. 


13 comments:

  1. "We've built it with the future in mind, and we could really see that future when we walked in today." - Beautiful sentiment and wonderfully said. =)

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  2. Your home is beautiful! I know it is exciting to be this close to having it all to yourself. I love your idea of converting the living and dining room to a bedroom!

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  3. Looks Great...!
    What is the flooring in the kitchen?

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    1. Hi SuDe,

      We got upgraded vinyl in the kitchen (we didn't like the tile selections available). We picked it out from Rite Rug. It is called Station Square. The design is numbered X2043 on our receipt and it is an Armstrong floor. Hope that helps.

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  4. Your home looks beautiful! What did you guys do in there for three hours?

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    1. It sounds like a long time, but it really wasn't. The kids brought a toy or two, and just played in the house. Lauren spent a lot of time visualizing how the kitchen would be organized, (OCD alert!) and we both just really walked around a lot looking for things to alert our PM Abe about (we found a few things as mentioned above). Thanks for the compliment. We really like how it has come together.

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    2. again NOTHING wrong with a lil OCD!

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  5. I can totally relate to spending hours in the house! I have spent way too many hours in my house that is under construction! This is a great post. There's no place like home! :-)

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  6. KevinC, this is a fabulous post! It literally brought me to tears!! After being approved yesterday, it finally set in that we get to build our "forever" home too. Well, it's still sinking in. I love your kitchen and your custom requests are amazing! I can't wait to share our finalized custom requests. BTW--I agree with Maria, I can relate to spending hours in the house too! I drove by almost every day without loan approval (OCD Alert) and I know it's going to get worst. I will be behind, Thomas, with three days since we are only 5 minutes away from our new home! lol Your PM is a super guy to let your family spend quality time in your new home before closing. Score!

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  7. I love this post! Nothing like spending time realizing and soaking up your dream!! Totally agree with these two weeks will seem like a month, but full of a lifetime of moments ahead. So excited for you!

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  8. I agree with everyone, beautiful post! *tear* the house looks lovely i'm excited for yall :)

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  9. I love it! What a great post. I love the address numbers! It all looks so official now! I love the kitchen. They make some great outlet covers that match that beautiful tile of yours. I think I saw them at Lowe's. I LOVE the backsplash. :)

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