A new place to call home

Eric & Charlie infront of the house

After living in a series of really bad rentals during college and apartment living for the first 2.5 years if marriage Eric and I finally decided we were ready and able to buy our first home in January. We started searching the houses in our price range (under $90k) and realized that the only way we were going to get anywhere near all of our wants and needs was with a foreclosure so that's where we focused our search. Told you i was cheap. ;) 

After viewing what seems like a million houses (really more like 20) and driving by over 100, and 3 offers we finally got a house, and we got a great deal. The house does need work but overall it is in pretty good condition and the best part about it? We got it half off! We paid $60k for our house that last sold in 2005 for $135k. Now that's a good deal in my book. 

We have so many DIY projects in store for this house that I can not wait to share with you. For now it's packing and prepping for the move which is just a few days away. We close on May 23rd and have 1 week to move everything from our apartment over to the house and then it's time to let the projects begin. Here is a sneak peak of our new home: 

Dining room and living room, The door on the left is to the kitchen, the stairs go up to the 3 bedrooms and 2 full bathrooms. 

Kitchen view from the dining room, the stairs in the corner go down to the den, a half bath and the laundry/mud room.

The Den (check out that paneling! ha) and main bathroom (upsatirs)

Not shown are the 3 bedrooms, master bathroom, mud room and downstairs bathroom.

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