I’m Building a Home!

Posted on by thewindingarrow

Big news…I’m building a home! That’s right 🙂 Later this year, I’ll be moving into my dream home. The past few months have been full of model home tours, contract signing, walking lots, deciding on a floor plan, interior and exterior selections, mud walks, phew! Let me take a step back.

Last summer, my boyfriend and I decided that we wanted to start to invest in our future together and part of that included buying a home. We’ve both owned houses in the past and decided that this time we wanted to build something from the ground up. Our ultimate wish list included the following:

  • Open floor plan
  • 2 story foyer
  • Master bedroom with ensuite bath
  • Lots of closet space
  • Gourmet kitchen with large island
  • Fireplace
  • Attached garage (for those northeast winters)
  • Large lot (1 acre +)
  • Family friendly neighborhood

After touring several home sites and speaking with various builders, we landed on a lot and floor plan that met everything on our list. Below is the first floor of our new casa.

With our builder, you had the ability to upgrade a few layout options. We decided to really pick what we wanted here since selections would be harder to add in the future. Upgrades to chose for the floor plan included:

  • Tray ceiling in the dining room and living room
  • Adding a 3rd car garage
  • Placing a fireplace in the family room
  •  Adding a laundry tub to laundry room
  • Removing the knee wall between the kitchen nook and family room
  • Adding two additional windows to family room back wall (5 windows total)
  • Lengthening the windows on family room back wall

Let’s go upstairs!

Upstairs there are 4 bedrooms and 3 full bathrooms. We also made a few upgrades to this level:

  • Added a bathroom to bedroom #4 creating a “princess suite”
  • Selected tray ceiling in owner’s suite
  • Removed owner’s bath tub deck and replaced with a free standing tub

Soooo many more details to share, but for now I’m headed over to Pinterest for decor inspiration 🙂  In the meantime, here’s a teaser of our Kohler tub to hold you over ’til the next post (swoon)…

Source: Kohler.com