House Plans

So, today we met with a realtor to get her input on the house. The majority of plans that we have for the house, she agreed with. She also gave us some ideas that we never thought of, such as heating the enclosed porch. This will increase the amount of living square footage and thus increase the value of the home. It makes sense & Joe thought that it would be a great idea. We should be able to do that one fairly soon. She convinced Joe to go with my plan of putting a 3/4 bath in downstairs, instead of just a 1/2 bath. She shot down the idea of the addition, citing that our house is highly marketable at the current size. We knew that we got the house for a steal and could make a nice little profit if we were to sell it tomorrow, but we'll fix it up to make the larger profit.

I painted the upstairs guest room. I'm not sure why I chose the bright shade of yellow that I did, but you get used to it. It's just something bright for the time being & with the rustic brown accents, it looks very country! Of course all the trim work was done in an ultra bright white, so that really makes everything pop. Oh, did I mention that I finally got the kitchen & hallway painted the same colour? That's a nice light tan with ultra bright white trim and chocolate brown baseboards. I think people will like the improvements they see when they come for the BBQ on Saturday.

The deer had a feast on all my plants....I'm not sure anything can be salvaged. I'll put a lot of mountain laurel in because that seems to be the only thing they wouldn't eat (because of the texture). Oh, the deer also didn't nibble on the lambs ear, so I'll be putting a lot of that in the gardens. Lilac bushes will probably go in all over the place too since they do very well in this area. Mom will be taking all the little spruce trees up to her house so that they can add some height to her gardens.

We bought a new living room set. I'm so thrilled! It's a nice custom order from a local furniture place called Saw Mill Furniture. We got the couch and loveseat to start. Those will be delivered on 6/14. We can't complain because we got them for a good price, for a custom order. We got amazing service from a saleswoman named Jennifer. She was awesome & will be the only person that we deal with when we go there. We had her cracking up when Joe & I were picking out the set because I knew he liked it when he began to fall asleep on the couch! It was also nice to have a person that wasn't pressuring us to buy anything & was willing to take the time out to help us figure out what we liked & wanted. It was nice too because she is our age & new to the area as well. I think we spent more time chit-chatting than shopping! I just never realized that furniture was as expensive as it is, but they do run some pretty good sales. Oh, I also got this huge metal horse doorstop too. It's pretty cool looking. I'm hoping for my birthday to get a new dining room set, but we'll see...