Our "1st" home

When Nick and I met back in May 2010 he had just purchased his first home and was getting all settled into his first place! I had been living in mine for almost 2 years. I never thought I would meet a guy who had his stuff together, let alone own his own home! Funny how things work out. Obviously we started hanging out more and hit it off! He proposed November 18th, 2011! One day after my birthday, in front of all of our friends and family! It was TOTALLY unexpected!


Obviously I said YES

Nick brought the cake out and set it down in front of me. I was SHOCKED!!! And obviously VERY happy!

 

Ok, back to the house business. So, we got engaged, and we're living in two separate homes! Let's just say things got complicated trying to figure out who's house we were staying out, having to have a bag constantly packed, worrying about chores at TWO houses etc etc. (Yes, we lived in sin. So sorry) It was exhausting! We decided in March of 2012 to put my house on the market. My house was A LOT smaller than Nick's and didn't leave any room for us to grow. Plus, Nick got the amazing government tax credit and couldn't sell his house for 3 years. That left us with one option. Sell mine. :( This was such a bittersweet moment for me. My house on Medford was something I did all by myself. My first big purchase after starting the big kid job. It was very scary but has been so fulfilling. I will NEVER forget that house and all the memories I created in it. Let's just say the last few weeks there were very emotional for me. Nick thought I was crazy I'm sure! My house sold in May. So thankful it sold relatively quickly because we had a wedding in 3 months! Here are a few pictures of my pride and joy!

 

Isn't she cute?!

Living Room

Dining Room

French doors into the Master

                 

Did I mention how SMALL it was?! There is a finished basement with 2 more bedrooms, a bathroom, and a little living room. But, still SMALL! I still drive by my first home every once in a while. I like to see what the new homeowner has done with the place. When I sold the home the newly single mother of grown children was starting over and this was the perfect place for her. Perfect. And I mean that too. She wanted EVERYTHING in my house. I'm not joking! Everything! I didn't move a single thing out except for what was in the cabinets. Everything on the walls, the furniture, the knick knacks, everything stayed. Kind of weird. But, she wanted it all. Made it nice for me because I didn't have to move anything out. This also left me with a dilemma. I was now moving into a new house where NOTHING belonged to me. This is a very strange feeling. I struggled with this for quite a while. To be honest, I was worried if something happend with Nick and I, I would be left with NOTHING. Not a thing. I never thought Nick and I wouldn't make it but it's hard to not think about the 'what if's.' So, I moved what I had into Nick's house and tried to make the best of it. Thing is, Nick's house is a complete bachelor pad. Everything is dark, and manly! Something I'm not used to. I'm a brown hue kind of girl and his house was black and grey's. What do I do with that?! I felt like I was living in HIS house with HIS things for a loooong time! It was hard! Sounds stupid but it was. It didn't feel like OUR house. So, after the wedding I was on a mission to make it a little bit of me too. It's been very hard but it's finally coming around. Here are a few pictures of the house and the new changes!

EW! Ugly brown! Sorry, I didn't get a picture before they caulked it all. You get the idea.

                                                                             AFTER! Soooo much better!!!

 

So, with all of the black leather which I didn't particularly care for there was this red chair. It's cute but all the colors in this room are so harsh.  I needed something different.

No more red chair! This helped the room out A LOT! It's starting to feel like home!

 I painted the fireplace wall yellow...why on earth did I do that?! I kept it for a few months and decided I HATED it. It had to go. So, this past weekend it went back to grey. As well as the dining room wall.

I love the suttle stripes, but the yellow wasn't doing it for me. So, grey it went too.

It's amazing what curtains do for this room! It's going to take a while to get used to this.

 Another view during the day. Sorry, it's kind of bright. And I'm on a mission to find a cute dresser I can repaint a light rustic blue to put under the TV to hold our entertainment speakers and such. It's been rather hard to find!

                                                                  ....and my chair! I love this chair!

 

The living/dining room is coming along. I'm planning on pulling in some pretty blue accents to bring it all together. This house is starting to feel like home!  More to come when I get some new stuff. :)