At the beginning of each year, I love to pull together a ‘home goals’ list to organize our home projects (because otherwise I go into ‘panic attack’ mode overthinking the things we have left to do, from window blinds to painting the wall and everything in between.) Taking deep breaths certainly helps, as does writing…
Building a House? Grab This Free Printable Pre-Closing Checklist!
Oh, the stories I could tell about our construction process! I’m still working on the post, I know I promised you the full scoop and I intend to share. However, today I’m giving you a gift born from the lessons we learned– a FREE printable closing checklist for a new construction home. It’ll be a…
Home.
After a very long year of transition, we are finally HOME! Exactly one week ago, we officially moved into our new construction home, and no one is more thrilled than those two up there. Except maybe their very relieved and exhausted mama. It came down to the wire, in more ways than one. It didn’t…
Making Design Choices You Won’t Regret (& New Home Design Plan REVEALED!)
Last week, I shared our whole-home design inspiration for the new construction home. This week, it’s all about what we actually chose (and why) at the design center, and I’m going to take you through it room by room. I know I’ve alluded to some issues with the builder and we are still working to…
New Home Design Inspiration Photos (& The Phrase That Pays)
source: Pinterest Last year, I perused real estate listings for months in anticipation of our move to North Carolina. After seeing hundreds of available homes online, I decided new construction was the way to go. Since we had renovated our entire home in Pennsylvania piece by piece, I wanted the chance to start from scratch–…
How to Maximize Your Budget When Building A House
Imma gonna go ahead and quote the great Amy Poehler to start this story: “Good for her! Not for me.” Those are the words I repeated when choosing the floorplan for our new home. Dazzled by Pinterest images and unrealistic home models and surrounded by others buzzing about what what a house MUST or MUST…
