In a hole in a ground, there lived a hobbit.

This is an EXTREMELY HAPPY post to tell you that...

...we bought our first house! Our very own home!

Things just became "official" today, but that doesn't mean that I haven't already picked out paint colours, started sorting through closets, made a huge donation pile, and found the flooring I want in our basement. Do you think I'm excited? Just a little?!?

Let me tell you about this little bungalow. It is a 1940's home that has been completely redone inside by a contractor in his spare time. He stripped it down right to the studs and even redid the wiring and the ductwork. The basement is already drywalled and prepped for paint, and all we have to do is put up a wall to make another bedroom, put in flooring, and assemble the shower. We are also planning on repainting the entire house to give it a more open feel. It's pretty dark in there at the present, with greyish-green walls (not my favourite). The house itself isn't terribly big, but it's bigger than what we are living in (comfortably) right now. The kitchen is new, but has not been installed yet. Thankfully, we have some friends that are willing to lend a hand with that.

We are SO excited to set off on our own and make this place ours! 

Here are my paint colour choices as of five minutes ago (it changes almost hourly, ha):

As you can see, I favour blues and greys. "Palladian blue" will cover our main floor living area -  I think it will look amazeballs with our dark-ish hardwood floor. Lydia's room will be that wonderful "spring mint" colour, with plenty of coral-ish pink accents to make it look extremely feminine. Judah and Ben's room (yes, they will be sharing) will have at least one wall of that "ash blue". The "gray owl" will mostly be for the basement, and it may also migrate up into our room as well. We'll see! "Winter chill" is for the bathrooms, and "black pepper" does not have a home as of yet, but I'm determined to put it somewhere.

There are other things that we have to consider, like where to put shoes and coats since there isn't a closet in the entry way. We're thinking a row of hooks and this bad boy will have that space covered.

This is a hugely exciting time in our lives! Thanks to my parents' generosity, we have finally been able to get our feet under ourselves and figure out where we're going in this life of ours. God has given us a complete peace about putting down roots in this quirky little city-town.


*UPDATE: "Winter chill" is actually supposed to be "winter ice". My bad!