Frontier Canyon

 

This is the furniture that we bought for our downstairs den. We will have 2 recliners and a sleeper sofa. They are so comfortable and I can't wait to have them downstairs.

I didn't think I was going to be able to find a picture of it but Chase found these on the website so I wanted to share them. We're hoping that we'll have the furniture by football season.

Our New Home

I'm finally ready to update the blog and show off pictures of our new house. We have lots of projects to tackle over the next few months and years, but for now it is livable and we are loving it!

This is a little photo tour of the house. It's so great!!

Sorry if the comments in the pictures are too small. I think if you click on the picture it will open in a new window bigger so that you can read them.

Every time I drive up to the house or leave, I still look at the house and think, "Gosh, that house is beautiful!" Then I think, "and it's ours!!!!" God is so good!!!

The kitchen is wonderful and it's one of the major reasons why we love the house so much. It's HUGE!! There is a window seat and a banquet seat with 3-4 seats per bench. there are currently 3 spots at the island, but we will be adding 2 more spots when we replace the green corian with a white piece that hangs off this side of the island as well. So that's 5 more spot to sit. Then we will be getting a kitchen table and chairs that will have 4-6 chairs. 

That's a grand total of 15-19 seats in the kitchen. We can't wait to have people over and everyone sit in the same room!!

One of the updates we took care of yesterday was replacing the old, leaky kitchen faucet with this pretty new one. I love it so much! That old one would spit and spatter every time we turned in on and it leaked a lot when we used it. It was quite a task getting the old one off and the new one on but Chase finally found the right tools and we were able to get it installed and working last night in time to wash dishes from dinner.

Right now this is our only living room/den area because we haven't bought furniture for downstairs yet. Eventually this will be our more formal living room and downstairs will be more comfy.

I wasn't sure I wanted to use this furniture but now that I see it in the dining room I think I like it.

This bathroom is my next project. I'm hoping to go buy the paint when BR wakes up from her nap. I'll take pictures when I'm done and post them.

Brantley's room is almost finished. I need shelves and a mirror for above her dresser/changing table and I think I'm going to order a vinyl decal with her name or initials for over her bed. Or I may just repaint the letters we had in her nursery at the other house and use them again.

I love the way this room is turning out. I have a few more things to buy and hang before it is finished but so far, I love it! (I realize now that I spelled vinyl wrong in the picture comments. Oops!)

My hope is that putting the brown pillows in between the white bedding and the cream fabric pillows will work out and end up looking just right. I want this room to have a Pottery Barn look so that's what I'm going for.

This is the third bathroom that is in between my sewing room/Chase's office and the laundry room. Laundry room? Yes, we now have a wonderful laundry room, I just haven't taken any pictures of it since we moved in. hmm? Maybe I'll go do that and share those next time.

So that's it! The only other rooms I didn't post about are the master bathroom, the downstairs bedroom and the downstairs den. The master bathroom is tiny with lavender tile and white walls. There is no helping that bathroom without tearing it out and that is just not in the budget right now so Chase is just going to have to live with it. haha! The downstairs bedroom is a mess. We still need to buy a desk for Chase to use as his office space and I need a cabinet or dresser to keep my sewing stuff in. Once we get those things I'll post pictures.  And lastly, the downstairs den is currently being used as a huge playroom for most of Brantley's toys (which she is loving). Our goal is to buy furniture for that room by Christmas time, but we'll see. 

Going from our little house, to our now much bigger house is requiring lots of buying so we're having to do it a little at a time. We are in love with our new house and are excited about all the projects we have in store to continue making it feel like OURS!!

I'm still here, but busy and tired!

We closed on our new house on Monday, July 18th at 5pm and started moving in that night around 7pm. We've been pretty much non-stop with opening boxes and putting things in a place. I haven't taken many pictures of the house because the rooms aren't finished yet. 

It's honestly going to be awhile before things are finished but hopefully in the next week or so we can get the house put together enough to take share some pictures.

We love the house and are overwhelmed with how great God is. Our house buying journey was long and torturous but God has this house in mind and worked it out in our favor. We're very blessed and thankful!

I look forward to being able to share pictures with you all in the near future. I hope you're all having a wonderful week and that you have a great weekend. God bless!!

Calm Before the Storm

This past weekend was our last weekend in this house we currently call home. I'm a little saddened by this fact but I'm more excited about the new home we are moving to. This house has been a great first home for us and it's where we brought Brantley Rae home. I'm going to miss this tiny house a little bit.

We close on Wednesday, move out on Thursday and hand over the keys to the new owners on Friday morning! YIKES!! That being said...today and tomorrow are the "calm before the storm." We've packed pretty much everything that can be packed before Wednesday/Thursday that we don't need until then. So there is nothing to do around here. BORING!! Tomorrow or Wednesday I'll have to pack our bags for our 4 day vacation at Chase's parent's house. I'm calling it a vacation because that sounds much better than saying we're going to be homeless. ha! So after all that moving out, we will just be chilling at Chase's parents on our "vacation" while we wait for Monday to get here.

We will be closing on our new house on Monday morning, July 18th!! We'll be taking immediate possession of the house after closing!! So... the super busy, moving-in, craziness will begin!! I'm so excited!! I've been planning where things are going to go by looking at the pictures that I took of the house. All next week and for the next few weeks, we'll be unpacking and making our new house a HOME! 

We are so thankful for how fast this selling/buying process has happened for us, considering how long it can take for some. For those of you that don't know, the first people that looked at our house (before it was officially listed) are the ones that are buying our house. We were so surprised and shocked but totally excited!! Then after a month or so of looking and searching, God opened the door to our new house (which never made it on the market either.)

How did that happen you may ask?... Our neighbor, Tom, is a mortgage rep. He was in a closing 2 weeks ago and during all the waiting, he was talking with the Realtors there about listings they had coming up. One of them told him about a 4 bedroom house she was about to list in Green Valley. Once Tom got home from that closing, it dawned on him that the house she was talking about could be exactly what Chase and I were looking for. That next day, Wednesday, Tom told Chase about it and asked if we'd be interested in him finding out more information from the realtor. Of course, we said yes! 

Long story short... after our realtor talked to their realtor and the realtor talked with the owners... we got to go look at the house on Thursday. We LOVED it right away!! We submitted an offer on Friday afternoon and received their counter-offer Friday night. Wow! That was fast!

Saturday afternoon, we got to go back to the house and take another look around before signing off to accept the counter-offer. Still LOVED it!!

Then the waiting began. The owners had gone out of town for the July 4th weekend and didn't have any way of receiving and scanning the offer so we just had to wait. Chase and I are not good at waiting. Especially not me! After 4 days of waiting (doubting/hoping/praying) we heard back from them and they had signed the final contract. On July 7th the final signatures were all signed and the house was UNDER CONTRACT!!! It's ours!! haha I totally did a happy dance in the kitchen when I got off the phone with Mrs. Taylor.

Since then, we've had the inspection done on the house and it passed. Yay! The appraisal will be done one day this week. The owners will be moving out this week and over the weekend so that they can give us the keys on Monday at closing. Can't wait!!

So all that being said... Today and tomorrow are the calm before the storm of moving out and moving in. We are so excited and thankful for what God has and is blessing us with. 

I hope everyone is having a wonderful day!!!

Under Contract!!!!!!!!!!!

We finally got the contract on our new house. The final signatures will be put on paper tonight but all negotiations are complete!! We are so excited!! I actually did a happy dance earlier when we found out. haha! I wanted to share a picture or two, so here they are!

This is the nice eat-in kitchen, which is probably our favorite thing about the house. The laundry room runs a close second. haha

 There is a window seating and banquet seating over by the door to the patio.

I'm digging these built in shelves for cookbooks and nic-nacs. :o)

 The laundry room is downstairs away from the kitchen. I'm so happy to finally have a room all for doing laundry. It's the little things!

I'll post more pictures of the inside once we're all moved in a such. I don't want to post pictures with all the current owners belongings in it for their privacy.