The Final Walk-Through

Well, this time next week Steven and I will officially be homeowners! Can you believe it?! I certainly can't, even though I'm going crazy with all these decorating ideas swirling around my head - it's almost too much! We are so excited to have our own house, we can't even stand it.

Steven took a half-day today, so today has felt like Saturday almost all day. He works half-days on Wednesday and Friday because he has late classes during the week, so he wants to make sure he has plenty of time to spend with Jackson and me, bless him! We went to Einstein's Bagels (yummmm!) for lunch, then over to World Market to pick up the floor cushions I wanted. They were on clearance, so we got them 50% off - yay! Next we went to Floor & Decor (near Collin Creek mall, for those of you familiar with my old stomping grounds) to check out some... what else... flooring. We have picked out the tile for the front entry, kitchen, laundry room, and bathrooms already, so when we picked out the wood (laminate) floors, Cale suggested that we look how it looks against the tile we chose. The result was.... less than spectacular. So, we went back to Floor & Decor to look for a darker wood. I think we found a winner! The wood is darker, but it has some variations in the color, so it should create some interest and hopefully mask any imperfections that may come up over time (possibly due to a little boy??). We also looked for tile for the back splash in the kitchen and I fell in L-O-V-E with a gorgeous brown tile. It reminded me of tiger's eye in that it was a little translucent and sparkly, with linear variations in color. So gorgeous and at 1/3 the price of my other favorite backsplash tile, it's a great price too!

After out trip to F&D, we went home so little boy could have a nap, then we called our realtor to schedule our final walk-through. He said that he was available that evening, so we set up a time to meet him. Seeing the house in person helped cement some of my choices, but changed a few of them as well. We looked over the room that was going to be the nursery and we both decided that it was just too small and oddly arranged to be someone's bedroom, especially when we had another larger room in the house. Instead, we are going to make it the guest bedroom. We just hope that our future child #2 won't be upset that he or she has to have a smaller room than Jackson. Sorry kiddo!

One bummer we ran into tonight: the garage door doesn't work!! Well, it works, but there's no garage door opener remote. The inspector had to touch 2 exposed wires together to get it to open. Ummm, that's not going to work for me. So we figure that we'll have to buy a new opener. Luckily, Steven blew up my mom's garage door opener (true story - I can't make these things up!), so he already knows how to install one.

I am so excited about all the projects this house will give us - I know that we'll be busy bees for years to come. A part of me is glad that we didn't buy a house with all the bells and whistles already added in - now we're able (forced even!) to bring that all in to make it truly ours.