Introducing.... Our New House!

I am really excited about this blog post! We finished up the inspection and after no major problems, we can finally celebrate our new house. We knew we wanted something we can live in a long time, and hoped for a "forever home." After looking at lots of houses, we found one we both love very much. We knew the neighborhoods we wanted and we knew we wanted an older home that needed a little bit of work.

In true Young House Love fashion (they announced their new home today) I'll show you pics and give you the stats.

Info:

• Built in the 1960's
• Colonial style
• Long time owners, maybe even the same owners all these years
• 3100 square feet
• 5 bedrooms, 3.5 bathrooms with walk-in closets in every bedroom (2 in the master)
• Hardwood floors throughout with thick crown molding (character!)
• 2 fireplaces
• Located in East Memphis, very close to good schools, interstate access, and very centrally located to everything in the city
• Potential for the house to be a "forever" home

WARNING... the house needs a little work! The bones are great, but we'll probably be removing wallpaper and painting for years to come :) Also, these are the interior shots as the house is now with the current owners stuff. We do not own "little old lady" furniture. The owners do have some of the most beautiful antiques I have ever seen! They are having an estate sale before we move in, so Brian and I can't wait to hit that up.

Back of the house... it also has a detached 2-car garage

Double doors that lead to the dining room

One of our favorite things about the house is a large screened in porch off the side of the house. It has so much potential we can hardly stand it.

The door below leads from the screened in porch to the family room. On the right, behind those double doors, is the laundry room.

The family room - love those wooden beams! This is one side of the room.

This is the left side of the room with a large wood burning fireplace and mantle.

Just off the family room is a half bath. It is located in between the downstairs master bedroom, which we will be using as a playroom, and the large entryway area.

This is the downstairs master. We'll be using the 2nd master bedroom upstairs and this room will serve as the playroom, since it is just off the family room.

Also off the family room is the kitchen. To us, this room needs the most work but we are going to wait a while. Gorgeous wallpaper! ;)

The house has an eat-in kitchen and bay window... we've got some ideas for this space.

Off of the kitchen is the dining room. Double doors lead out to the backyard.

Check out the cool knob on the french door.

Moving from the dining room is the formal living room and entry way. We swear that the fireplace HAS NEVER BEEN USED and is in perfect condition. It's really a beautiful room with large windows on one side.

Ahhhhh the entry way. We love the slate floors but that wallpaper is a nightmare. Just look at how high it goes up!

Upstairs, there are two bedrooms on each side, four total. The master and nursery are on the left, the office and guest bedroom are on the right. The room below will be Preston's :) He has a huge walk-in closet with a window inside. It will be funny to see his tiny clothes hanging in there! Also, there are all hardwoods in the bedrooms, the current owners have rugs down now.

The master bedroom... right now it looks like Lucy and Desi live there. It is a large room though, and we can configure it lots of ways. We can't tell you enough how excited we are to have our own walk-in closets to ourselves!

Below is the master bath. This is the sink, the shower, tub and toilet are to the left and one of the walk-in closets is to the right.

This bedroom will serve as a guest bedroom for now, but will probably eventually be the upstairs den for kid hangout space once our little one(s) are older.

This is the upstairs hall bathroom.

Finally, the last and smallest bedroom will serve as an office. More wallpaper to remove!

Here is one of the walk-ins, this one in the bedroom shown above.

So, there she is in all her glory. The house was originally put on the market in March, so we were excited to snag it up after multiple price reductions :) I'll keep you posted on how we update and change the house, starting with Preston's room first! Excited for this next step in our lives.

The best part? We move in December 1.