We have a roof!

Today was an exciting (and scary) day! We had an appointment at the Design Studio to select some finishes for our house.

On the way we had to stop by the site to re-initial some papers and noticed that our house now has a roof!


At the design studio we looked at a mind boggling number of samples for everything from the floors to the ceilings.
Prices for the upgrades were the scary part... everything is inflated so much! (if we want them to paint a neutral color -instead of builder white- it's over 4 THOUSAND dollars... for one of 10 shades of beige/tan!)

We choose flooring in Oct. (goodbye budget!)

So, as I've been promising pics, here's a tour of our new house.... but keep in mind this is the model... so EVERYTHING is upgraded! ours won't be quite this fancy... but it'll be cute anyway!

Here, we have the "living room" ...bookcases not included. And in our house, this will be the dining room. There is a coat closet and 'powder room' to the right.

And, down the hall a little bit, the kitchen: our cabinets will be "mocha" a slightly lighter shade than the one in the pic... it is the standard color. Our granite backsplash won't go all the way up the wall like that either, and the granite color will be a sort of pinkish gold shade (not my favorite, but I couldn't afford the 5k upgrade for the one I wanted!)



next, the "dining room"... which we will use for the computer area


diagonally across from the dining room is the family room...which will be our living room (because to me, it's all the same thing!)
TV unit/armoire not included, and the fireplace surround will be more traditional (and white)
(the door you see on the side of the pic opens to a giant under-stair storage closet)
The living room looks out a sliding glass door to a teeny little patio space big enough for a small bbq and small table set


Going up the stairs, there's a nice large plant ledge at the top, and a built in kitchen cabinet style linen storage unit (matching the kitchen color) the washer and dryer are also in a closet up here. I won't post pics of these, just to save space...so if you want to see them, you'll have to come visit!

Moving on, here is a secondary bedroom that we will use for an exercise room (hellooo 9 foot ceilings!! I have a friend for you!) and another guest room, in a pinch. Regular mirrored closet in here.


Here's the official guest room! (so when you come visit, this is where you will stay! It has it's own walk in closet! woohoo to extra walk-ins!


There's also another bathroom but it's kinda standard....visit me if you want to see it!

This is the master bedroom... it has a cute little balcony! (but ours won't have the awesome fountain view that the model has! boo!)

And: the master bath! This is the room we bought the house for ;)
Our tub/shower will be in the standard white tile that comes with the house (the granite tiles are gorgeous, but expensive!) but we've upgraded our counters a little bit to a corian slab in a sandy color with little aqua and white flecks in it, and a stripe of "lagoon"color blend of iridescent glass tiles at the backsplash, tub and shower. There are two sinks separated by the tub and a window, and directly across from the tub is a standing shower. oh yeah, and a giant walk in closet! and a linen closet... and another window... and a little hotel-style room for the loo! (I love my new bathroom! I can't wait to move in!)


So that's the end of the tour, thanks for stopping by! When making your vacation plans for next year, don't forget: it's sun-shiney and warm in SoCal year round! (and in our area it's more temperate... so not as blisteringly hot in the summer!)

It's only September?!

Well, here I am again, and things have changed. Again! Who is suprised? ...nobody? Didn't think so.

What a crazy few weeks it's been.

Today, I woke up late, took a shower, watched some Japanese Unicycle competition/gameshow, oh yeah - and BOUGHT A HOUSE!

Well, sort of. We signed the purchase agreements today. The house should be ready mid-February.

(WOOHOO! ...but how am I going to manage a six month wait?! I'd already moved in before we even signed the papers...)



Here is our sold button! They let me stick it on myself! =) Mine is the one on the left, under the topmost one, closest to the street.



Here it is! It's a Tri-plex townhouse. Our part of it is approximately everything from the white post left-ward. It looks funny naked like that...



...but soon it will look cute, and just like this one. (minus the white car outside)



oh yeah! I suppose you want to know the details?

3 bedrooms (plenty of room for you to come visit... you know who you are!)
2.5 bathrooms (will post pics tomorrow. The master bath pretty much sold the place by itself)
1800+ sq ft (almost triple the space we have now!)
all for somewhere in the mid 300's.

... of course, that's before upgrades, which I am picking out now! (I need a job!)