I'm not sure what translates through photos and posts, but in 2012 we purchased our first home. We closed about two months before our wedding, and we did about 6 weeks of construction and renovation. It hadn't been touched since the 1960s when it was built. It was finished just in time for me to move in two weeks before our wedding. We loved that house. We discovered our love for entertaining and I got to decorate and flourish. We built our marriage and eventually our family there. I've written so much about it over the years, but that house gave me the confidence and safety to thrive. So why would we eve want to leave?
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Beau in our new living room on a random house visit |
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the house plan we worked on |
The plan was to build. We were going to move forward with deeding over part of the family land into our name, and building our forever home. As y'all might know, I'm really into decorating and so this was a dream for me. I've known my dream kitchen layout for years. We poured over photos and schemed on figuring out where we would live during the building process. I felt strongly about wanting to bring Beau home to our first house, and give ourselves a little bit of time to settle into parenthood, but then it was time to move.
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Our front porch brick pavers |
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touring that Wednesday night |
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starting to make the new house a home |
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holding our keys for the first time |
Ps I left a clue.. my friend Sarah wrote a guest post on making a new build into a home just a few days before we closed and moved! I needed her advice! :)
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Yay for a new home! I can't wait to come visit!
ReplyDeleteWow! Congratulations on your new home! We had this dream in our minds about buying a mini-farm, even though it was at the top of our budget, thankfully we had a moment when everything became clear and we decided to rescind our offer on the farm. We ended up buying an 1878 Victorian home in a historical, walkable neighborhood and we LOVE it so much! I definitely thanked the Lord for his guidance in that decision!
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Congratulations!! I can't wait to see more of your new home as you settle in. We're only days away from our closing and I can't wait to get started on our forever home. I was anxious to be in my forever home at 25, too, but I'm so glad that we waited. 37 feels pretty perfect for settled down forever.
ReplyDeleteI'm so excited for you!!! It is so amazing how God revealed the house decision to you so quickly!
ReplyDeleteI hope this home holds just as many happy memories for y'all as your first one!! It is a blessing indeed to feel so confident in your decision. Can't wait to see more!
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ReplyDeleteCongratulations!! Sounds like you made a wise decision :) Can't wait to see what you do with your new place!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on your new home! I'm sure you will have a lot of happy memories there!
ReplyDeleteSo exciting! Congratulations on your new home! It looks beautiful already from the photos you've shown. I love your gallery wall!! I can't wait to see how you decorate. :)
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