Home Ownership 101

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As many of you know, Wil and I bought a house! We closed on a cute little starter home on 31 July 2015. You saw the listing pictures in a previous post, but here are some updates!

In addition, for all of you thinking about becoming homeowners, I wanted to send out a warning: there is so much to think about. Oh my goodness, it's been overwhelming. Insurance, gutters, landscaping, lawn tools, tree trimming, neighbors, kids on Halloween, basement flooding, shop-vacs, fences, structural integrity, garage siding, shoveling snow, wasp nests, furnace filters, water softeners, garbage day, street sweeping, leaf and brush removal, chimney safety, wiring, storage space, floors, water bills, mortgage, bus routes, inspections, subletters...but you know what? It's going to be fantastic. Come visit!

Front view of the house

View from corner of backyard - it's a great yard!
We've got a great climbing tree in the front of the house.
The front room looks about the same - we're not going to paint except to cover up some holes left by the previous owners.
The guest bedroom is also staying the same.
We did, however, repaint the master bedroom! We also made sure to finish the wood window frames.
The kitchen lives unscathed (but clean) as of now...but at the very least, we'll add a vent hood and a dishwasher!
The bathroom got a paint job. Don't she look pretty?
In the boldest paint job I've concocted (as of the moment pictured here), we made a basement stripe!
But Wil wanted to go even bolder, so his office now has the orangest stripe I've ever seen. Bonus (sweaty) Santeiu family photo op!

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