Tuesday, June 26, 2012

We're buying a house!

This weekend, Kenny and I looked at and made an offer on a home in Newberg, Oregon.  Our offer was accepted on Monday, June 25th.  June 25th is also Megan and Karl Taylor's eighth anniversary.  How fitting, I think, that the beginning of our dream of owning own home coincides with the beginning of my twin sister and best friend beginning her own family with her husband Karl!

We just had our home inspected today, and it passed inspection with a few minor suggestions for code improvement.  Now, onto the appraisal!

Here are some pics to give you an idea of our future home:

Our home: 



The dining room/living room from the kitchen:


The kitchen from the living room:


The front entryway (from the living room):


Up the stairs looking toward the entryway:


The first bedroom (there are two and the master bedroom, all upstairs):


The guest bathroom:


The master bedroom:


Facing toward the master bath:


The master bath:


The master closet (Ken really liked this):


The garage (Ken also really liked this!):


The entryway looking up:


7 comments:

Megan said...

Yay! Yay! Yay! That is such a beautiful House of Dreams. I won't admit to any jealousy, because I think you deserve all the good fortune coming to you. But I WILL confess a mad desire to look at paint swatches, Ikea bookshelves, and window treatments with you! Someday the Taylor family might actually up and purchase a house. After simians take flight from my derrière, that is. Good grief, but we can really drag our feet.

Katie (and Ken) Baldwin said...

Thanks, Megan! I thought of you as we were looking through the house, and how much I wished you were with us to give suggestions and ideas. I loved looking through homes with you when we were little and Dad was showing houses as a realtor (remember the one that had the room with the secret window/hideaway in it?) and we'd imagine all the fun things we'd do with each one! Oooh, remember the one with the creepy FINGER towel hook? UGGHHHH, it was sooo awful!!!

As always, you will be appointed head stylist and feng shui expert as we move into our third home and very first house. I wish you lived closer!

Tim M said...

Awesome!

Meredith said...

How exciting! Congrats! It looks like such a cute house and Newberg is a great town. :) They have a Dairy Queen! (Okay, and other things too, but a DQ tops my list!). And it is only 10 minutes from me. :)

Meredith said...

my mom wanted me to tell you that you did good! she loved the house! :)

Rachel said...

Congrats on the house Katie!! Newberg rocks, that's where we moved to after we left Tualatin. My family still lives there and we are there quite often to visit.
I hope the appraisal goes well!!

Megan said...

Hey, Katie! Stop commenting on my blog and update your own!