Surprise...we're homeowners!

So, yesterday we bought a house!! Yes, you read that correctly. Man, it was hard keeping this secret, but it all happened pretty quickly and here we are, homeowners! We've been looking online and with our realtor off and on for a while and at the end of February we were driving through a neighborhood in Midtown that I had heard of, but never been through even when I lived in Little Rock several years ago. We had seen the particular house online and liked it and thought it had potential but we just weren't sure about the neighborhood because we had primarily been looking in West LR. As soon as we pulled up in the driveway I had a good feeling. We went through it, and from what I can remember we were both pretty quiet, taking it all in. We went home, talked and prayed about it and called or realtor to see if we could look at it again the next day. We went back the next day and it just felt like home...well home, that needs some work and a lot of wallpaper taken down! We made an offer that night and that's when the fun began. I left that next afternoon for a women's retreat in Texas, so we got to spend that weekend negotiating while I was in Texas and the hubby was in LR, and by the time I got home we were under contract! The next few weeks were a blur with all the typical house buying stuff, inspections, appraisals, etc. Everything went so smoothly! We still wanted to keep it quiet, just because there is always a chance that these kinds of things can fall through, so we only told a few family and friends, but man it was hard keeping it quiet!

We are SO excited to finally own a home and can't wait to make it our own! The home is 3 bedrooms and 2.5 bathrooms, it has a large open kitchen and 2 living rooms. It has SO much space! I think that may be my favorite part! For almost the last 3 years I have lived in 700 sq feet or less, so I am just beyond excited to finally have some space!! We are excited to have a home we can grown into for years to come. The home has only had 2 owners, the last owned it for about 30 years and took such great care of it. It's very outdated and has lots of lovely wallpaper but we're ready to tackle it! We're going to start with painting this week and then hope to move in next weekend. There are a lot of little projects and updates we want to tackle, the kitchen, backyard, etc but we are going to take our time and enjoy the process! Here are some pictures of our new home. These are the 'before' pictures...I can't wait to see how everything turns out!

Closing day...with a SOLD sign!! And a whole lot of rain!

Living room to the left of the entry

Dining room

View of the living room/entry from dining room. I LOVE the huge window!

Kitchen with eat in dining room

Kitchen

Downstairs den...this may be our favorite room (once that lovely paneling is painted!)

Master bedroom

Smaller bedroom- this will be an office for now, and one day a nursery (not any day soon!)

Guest Bedroom

Master bathroom

Hall Bath

So, thats our house!! The before pictures anyway. I've been pinning away on Pinterest and we've picked our color pallet (I think!) so I can't wait to see how our ideas come together! If anyone in the LR area are in the market for a new home, we have an AMAZING realtor and mortgage guy that we would love to refer you to!! Stay tuned for lots of renovation updates as we make our new house our home.