New house!

Well I have been meaning to post about this but the arrival of Hadley has occupied my time and also we were waiting on the long list of inspections etc. We are actually closing TODAY! (via fedex since we can't be there in person). We aren't moving until a week or 2 though. We may get the house cleaned/painted before we move in though. It's in a nice neighborhood with trees! I know you think, why is trees a big thing. Well coming from Abilene and a fairly newer neighborhood we had NO trees. This is an aging neighborhood and our house was built in the early 80s. Which is also different for us. We chose a house that had a good mix of move in ready and fixer upperness. We really don't have to do anything but we definitely are going to. We are buying it from another military couple that has 2 kids and love the house. It's been an interesting process buying from the owners instead of realtors. I think we got lucky because they are so nice/accommodating, but could also be the military camaraderie.

The house is 2000 square feet with 3 bedrooms and 2 full baths. It has a formal dining room (which is pictured as the office- which we will probably do as well). It also has a screened in patio which was a must have for me! (and Bella our cat). There's also a very nice yard for Maddie and Hadley. We can't wait to move in soon! The previous owners did a LOT of painting and adding of crown molding. Most of the paint is staying but they did a great job updating the house.

Our house! We are going to paint the green shutters a different color (any suggestions?) and the garage doors because they are green as well. It has a nice front porch for our rocking chairs, too

Living room with fireplace. There are built ins on both sides of the TV and the door goes out to the screened in patio

Kitchen! The majority of where our renovations will happen. We need new appliances and we'd like to knock down the upper cabinets on the right to open up the kitchen (those are some immediate needs). We'd also like to reface the cabinets to make them a cream antiqued look perhaps and change out the sink for a farm type sink. The counter tops are not granite but it may be too much of an upgrade for the area so that may or may not be updated.

Eat in area of the kitchen. It has a great bay window (with a window seat!) and I love the yellow wall color. I want a circle table that seats at least 6 (any suggestions of where to get one?)

formal dining room/office
I love the wall color and the molding and wood floors

Guest room
although it's decorated girly, this will be the guest room. it has great closets though

Hadley's nursery! I want it for her room because of the nice molding it has already! It's also right across from our bedroom so easy access. We'll be painting this room yellow to go with her nursery theme (stay tuned for the next blog post of an update on her room).

Master bedroom
the walls are a DARK navy blue and unfortunately that will not be staying. We will be painting this room a grey color
It should fit our king bed set nicely (and have I mentioned I can't wait to get my bed back). We love the nice bay windows and Hadley's bassinet will fit nicely in that nook area (while we transition her to her crib). The master bathroom is past the dresser to the left. It has a nice sized closet but the master shower/tub area itself does need some "mastering" up. So we plan to do some updating there, too. It does have tiles but just doesn't feel glamorous.

back yard

Screened in patio

So what do you all think?! We can't wait to get back into a house and not have to worry about being loud or having loud neighbors (not to mention the taking the dog out part). Feel free to leave a comment about what color you think the outside shutters/garage door should be.