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…
Let the (New Home) Adventure Begin!
I realize I’ve been quiet about building our new home, and it wasn’t because I’m trying to keep secrets but rather because it happened so. darn. fast. Feels like just yesterday we were checking out our new lot when it was simply full of hopes and dreams: and :::blink::: it now looks like this! I’m…
So We Have Some Big News
No, I’m not expecting a baby. Sadly, that store is closed… unless anyone has a baby they’d like to give me, in which case, YAY! That would be some EXTRA big news! What I’m sharing today is pretty big for our family though probably much less dramatic for others. It’s been a rollercoaster of yes,…