So, we are buying a new house. Not just any house, but my DREAM house! Four bedrooms, three bathrooms, the basement has been fully converted into a one bedroom apartment, two car garage, a brand new roof (guaranteed for life!), brand new central heat and air conditioning, granite front yard (no lawn to mow!!!), a garden tub in the master bathroom, a separate shower, his and hers sinks, and a toilet that is separated from the rest of the bathroom by a door... a tiny "toilet room" in the bathroom! Two more bedrooms and another bathroom upstairs. Walk down the stairs and you are in the foyer. It is HUGE and opens into a large living room with cathedral ceilings. Then you can turn left into the first entrance to the kitchen or take the second left to the dining room and sliding doors leading to the backyard. The kitchen is my favorite part! It has a self STEAM CLEANING oven with a glass top, and all of the other nice stuff... pantry, lazy susan, garbage disposal, dishwasher, large fridge. It's huge! From the kitchen you can go to the downstairs bathroom, the laundry room or down into the basement. The basement is huge and carpeted. There is one door in the basement that leads to the basement apartment bedroom and the other door leads to a very large storage room that is fully plumbed to become another bathroom. We would simply have to put in a toilet and sink. In the storage room is a deep freezer. T.C.'s favorite part is the two car garage. He is going to make it into a shop. I also promised him he could do whatever he wanted with one of the upstairs bedrooms. The second bedroom will be a guest room.
The basement bedroom is going to become a THEATER!!! Two rows of theater seats (the second on a raised platform), a 3D capable projector, a stand up popcorn maker, a mini-fridge for drinks, SERIOUS surround sound and, of course, the long red curtains. It will look like an actual tiny theater. That will be our first project. The second? A gazebo with a hot tub in the backyard. Then, we are making half the basement into a gym and the other half into a game room. We want to put in a bar, pool table, ping pong table and dart board.
I am super excited... and nervous. The house payment will be less than our current rent, which is cool, but the first month is going to be a KILLER. We have to pay the last month here, the cleaning costs to move out, the truck rental to move our stuff and the first month there. We have been saving, but after working only part time for over a year it was only a dollar here and a dollar there.. not as much as I would like. We will be flat broke until at least December first.
Our last place was such a dump, this is a dream come true. And I did get a significant raise (by going full time) and I quit smoking (T.C. started his round of Chantix this morning!!!). We have been living off of beans and grilled cheese and other cheap crap...
The house
The basement: the top one is from the stairs and the bottom one is from the other side of the room.
Half of the kitchen.. I wish I had taken more pictures of the kitchen!! I will once we are moved in.
The master bathroom tub and sinks.
The foyer (Yup.. the piano is ours).
The dining area off the kitchen. I love the bar!! I am going to put bar stools in.
This picture doesn't do the master bedroom closet justice!! It's a GIANT walk-in closet!
The view of the front room from upstairs. T.C. says he wants to give me my library in here. We will put in a roll top desk, bookshelves (full of books, of course!), an electric fireplace and a couple of cozy reading chairs.
This is the smallest bedroom.. it's the one in the basement.
This is the storage room in the basement. It will be our safe room/prep room. Food, water, weapons, etc will be kept in here. The deep freezer is in this room.
I wish I had taken pictures of the backyard and stuff. But, there is plenty of time.
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