About six months before we moved to Logan, I started doing a little online house hunting in Florida. I would scour the listings and compile lists of houses I liked. We had set up a week in April to fly out and find a house. About a month before that, i made a list of a few of my favorite houses and sent my mom, my sister and my brother-in-law(who was our realtor) to go check a few out and rule any off the list. After seeing several dives and possible haunted houses, they called me while they were going through one and said, "This house is so perfect! It's 108 years old and just like a little dollhouse!"
Turns out, the house had only been on the market for 6 days and had about a dozen showings booked for the upcoming weekend. We decided it wouldn't stay on the marked long and took a leap of faith and made an offer without ever seeing the house in person. So, our April house hunting trip turned into a 'let's find out what we bought' and house projects trip! Sounds a little crazy, but it was absolutely the right decision. We love our home and our neighborhood. The house was in really great condition, we just got to do the fun stuff like painting, wallpapering, etc. We have a basement apartment that we rent out, a great tiny little yard, neighbors so close we could high five through our windows and wish we could stay here forever.
Here are a few pictures I took when we had all our Christmas decorations up.
entryway
you can see how close our neighbors are through the window
Cosette's room
It took me about 16 hours online to find just the right wallpaper
Pretty much the extent of our kitchen storage
Our bathtub/shower is tucked away in a tiny little alcove
Hope you enjoyed pictures of our home. I left out pictures of our spare room because it is currently a work in progress. I should have it finished in a few weeks and I'll post some more pictures!
Saturday, January 29, 2011
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5 comments:
I love your house! I want to find one just like it when we go house-hunting this summer. The problem is, all the houses in New Mexico look like Adobe huts, lol.
What a DARLING little home!! You have done such a beautiful job with everything. I love how bright and cheery it looks. :)
Ahhh so cute Karina!! I am so happy you put pictures! It was so fun so see you and visit for an extended amount of time :)
I love your home! I need you guys to come and decorate my house!!
I don't know why I didn't notice the links to blogs from the family blog till now! Your house is so great! What character and charm! I someday want to see it in person. Hope all is well, Love ya, Aunt Syd
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