Our House...on the End of Our Street

I've been meaning to post pictures of our house for days now (okay, we just closed Wednesday, life has been a little crazy).  Dann and I love this house, and I love the ideas I have for it.  I used to rush off to Nordstrom to buy a new outfit; now a shopping trip is to Home Depot.  The house has all of the "big" stuff done already.  A new roof, newer HVAC, brand new windows.  It just needed our personalization.  The last owners had an interesting obsession with pink.  I am not a pink kind of girl, and I can't wait to paint, paint, paint!  We spent all weekend cleaning and moving in, and are finally somewhat settled.  Nebraska Furniture Mart cannot deliver our furniture until mid-April, so until then, we are without bedroom or living room furniture (plus my new elliptical)!  Carson and Finley are thrilled to have a backyard.  There are dogs in nearly every backyard surrounding ours, and they love to run along the fence and play.  I know home ownership will be a lot of work, but we are ready and excited.

The house is a nice size for us to grow into.  There are 4 bedrooms and 4.5 bathrooms.  The master bedroom is on the main floor (which I love).  The basement is partially finished, and Dann loves his "man cave" he is creating there.  There is a second refrigerator and wet bar for him to continue to his brewing.  He also is making a "gentleman's loft" in the attic.  It's funny, what Dann thinks is important and what I think is important is VERY different when it comes to this house!  While I race to paint every wall a neutral color and decorate, he wants to work on the attic.  What a typical boy.  I will post a few pictures now.  I plan to post room-by-room as we work on each room.  The kitchen comes first (thanks Mom, for helping me with primer today) and I hope to have before and after pictures very soon of pinkless cabinets, new tile, new stainless steel appliances, and NO wallpaper in our kitchen!  But for now, here is a sample from our new home.

Our deck - brand new, and it seems to go on forever!

The back of our new home.

Looking down from the upper level onto the main floor (the 3 bedrooms are upstairs).  I LOVE the entryway floor!

Pink laminate cabinets, with carpet, in the kitchen.  Needless to say, I've already started demolishing this.

Just in case you didn't believe me about the pink.

Big huge perk - the HUGE master bathroom suite!  There is a 90" his and hers vanity (pink unfortunately, but what else!?!) which leads from our master bedroom into this bathroom.  Heaven.  (Minus the pink).