So, we're moving? Obsessed: home edition

Well, it appears that we're buying a house. Yup, just like that. I won't bore you with all the details of the set-up, but essentially Adrian has a friend with quite a bit of property down here in the Valley. He's been showing us different places that he owns and I think we finally found it. Adrian's dream is build a house from the ground up and the property we've found will allow just that.

 It's not perfect by any means; this is a fixer property with some fencing that needs to be torn down, trees that need to be planted and a lot of grading that needs to be done. The house that we'll live in is temporary although nice enough to be a permanent home.

 It is two and a half acres with a manufactured home on the property and it's enormous, not what you would expect when you walk in. We will have four bedrooms, two bathrooms, an open kitchen (though not much counter space, hence the kitchen cart below), a walk in closet in the master, dining area and a spacious living area. This would be the perfect place if we decide we want horses someday!

 Whenever we move, which we've done quite a bit, I get really excited to re-decorate. To me, it feels like a clean slate and gives way to fresh, creative ideas in terms of repurposing things I already have and what I want to add. We'll have to do some editing in terms of what we take with us, but I'm so excited to create a new look for our life and home!

 Here are some of the things I'm eyeing (minus the lamp, I like the style which is why I added it but I would NEVER pay $200+ for one!):

For the new house by jessica-ayala on Polyvore

At first I was hesitant to move forward with this because it's in the ranches on the outskirts of town but you know, I'm kind of excited now. It's only about 7 or 8 minutes from where we live now and the drive to Gabriel school will only be an extra 5. Having grown up in the country without neighbors, I really enjoy the peace and privacy. There are a couple of homes around us but nothing like living in a track home neighborhood, which we do now.

 I know we've been indecisive about what we want and where we'd like to live, but we see this as a strategic move. Right now, we need to be here. This is where Adrian's work is until the foreseeable future. Until that changes, this is where our home needs to be and we need to set up roots here. It also gives us a bargaining chip instead of throwing away cash while renting our lives away so that in five, ten years when we're ready to move home, we'll have a house worth enough to make a down payment on a new home.

Anyway, that's all. We'll have a move in date hopefully by the end of today, but I'm thinking it will be mid-October. I also have to break the news to my current landlord that we won't, in fact, be staying until January like I told her last week. Like any deal, it isn't done until the last paper is signed, which we haven't so there is still the chance it could fall through, though it's doubtful at this point.

Basically this all means I have a shit-ton of work to do in a very short amount of time so if you don't hear a lot from me, don't be shocked.