The House

Quite a few people have asked for pictures of the house. Here they are! We're signing all of the "under contract" papers today. The inspection will happen next week--and we are praying that it goes well. This home is a foreclosure, and we're not sure how long it has been neglected. But, we will say that it is in great shape for being a foreclosure!

Here's the house. It's yellow with black shutters. I think it needs a red door. We want to remove that big tree blocking the view of the front door.

These is what you see looking straight ahead from the front door. There is a living room immediately to the right of the door. And a bedroom and 1/2 bath on the right of the stairs. To the upper left, there is a decorative ledge that draws your eyes up the 2-story entry. (Oh goodness--I sound like I'm auditioning for HGTV or something! LOL)

This dining room is to the left of the entry. I eventually want the bottom part of the wall to be white with shadowboxes and the top part to be a muted deep teal. That little patch of wood floor you see goes to the kitchen.

This is the kitchen. It's currenly burgundy, but will be cherry red when I get my hands on it. The door on the left (barely visible) is from the garage. The white door on the right is the laundry/mud room. Just in front of the laundry room door is the eating area--and there are french doors that lead out to the patio.

This is the family room, as seen from the kitchen. There is a half wall just to the left of this photo. The family room windows look out on the backyard.

This is the master bath and our absolute LEAST favorite feature of the entire home. We can't stand the crackle painting on the vanity and don't know why someone would even consider doing that. This bathroom is pretty small for a master and does not have a tub! That was one of my requirements for a home, but obviously, the other features outweigh losing that one thing. The kids' bathroom also has double sinks and is a little larger than this one.

This is the view from the side of the back yard. To the left, there are TALL evergreens that make the backyard a bit more private--which is nice because there is a major-ish street on the other side. The shed has a small workbench in it, and there is a tiny garden plot on the other side of it. You can enter the home through the french doors, (you can see the edge on the lower right), or through the mudroom door, which is on the side of the house. You may notice the satellite dishes scattered on the shed roof. Apparently, there are FOUR of them. I wonder why they can't remove one before putting the next one up? They'll all come down when we move in.

So, there it is! I never thought we would find something so well matched to our family. We are certainly excited about this!