Back in the day I loved to lay in a tanning bed on my lunch breaks, every single day. I was dumb and young, I also moved in with my boyfriend, Oliver. We built a house and moved in before we were married, I was 22. This house has served us well for a starter house, we added on last year, but even with the addition the house is busting at the seams. We didn't have kids at the time, so things like closet space and school systems didn't register on our radar. Heck we lived here for 3 years before we even got married!
| Aiden's first selfie! |
I've been thinking about moving, but it just seemed so daunting. Then Amber came in showing me pictures of her house she was building, so I told Oliver last weekend we should just go look around and see what was out there...
Y'all. I walked into huge kitchens, double islands, closets so big they could hold all my shoes at one time, laundry rooms with sinks, and linen closet big enough to live in. I died, Oliver did too, he's not happy stuck in a small bedroom working every day either. Next day I called the bank and ran into a little snag - they {Chase} wouldn't consider my income because I was self employed and they want you to have 2 years of tax returns to average out your actual income.
I turned to the lender the builder uses, we went into talk to them and because I've been pulling a small income from my blog for a few years and Ollie Marie is essentially a spin off of that I was able to use it. Schedule C, blah blah blah, accounting speak = we got approved.
Now we have to decide which floor plan we want - the one I fell in love with is at the top of our price range and I'm not willing to give up my lashes and botox to be house poor. Right now our house is very affordable and we are used to having discretionary income for fun stuff.
I've gone back and forth on putting OMB in the house - I finally decided to keep it at home. I like being flexible with the kids schedule. Maybe one day when Aiden is in Kinder I will look at opening a store front. #longtermgoals
Now - choices.
This is my top choice - I like how the stairs open to a hallways and not the game room. I would put french doors on the game room and open it up to the media room, add lots of windows, and that would be OMB. I also love how the dining room can be turned into something more functional.
Choice 2.
This could work too, again I can put doors on the game room and open it up to the media room with windows. I just don't love the location of the dining room on the first floor. The breakfast nook is huge so I feel like a formal dining room is wasted - I can put a huge farmhouse table in the kitchen.
Choice 3.
This is not the greatest option - the game room is too open, so we would have to add a wall to close it off from the rest of house. I don't want OMB open, if someone walks to the top of the stairs they shouldn't see racks of clothing everywhere.
We should sign a contract this weekend, which is crazy considering a week ago we weren't even thinking of moving! Oma's been gone for 2 weeks, she's going to be really surprised to come home and find out we are building a house.
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