Mike and I closed on the new house on Tuesday. Now we are living in a sea of boxes that rivals the forts I used to play in in my basement when I was a kid.
We took a little trip to Sears (since they were having a killer no-interest-no-payment-till-Jan-’07 sale) and picked up a couple things for the kitchen. Nothing like a little stainless steel to make you feel like a grownup (that and a mortgage).
Now we are trying to figure out if we should completely remodel the kitchen and if we do, how far do we go? Should we just get new cabinets and stick with the current layout? Or should we go crazy and knock down a couple walls since the kitchen is a little small and remodeling would increase our resale value?
We will probably come down somewhere in between, maybe new cabinets and a new layout, but no destruction of walls. For now it is just fun to play with the kitchen planner at Ikea and argue about which cabinet design we will choose.
This is a picture of my new house. I wasn’t planning on buying a house. I never thought in a million years that I could afford any house that I would actually want. And yet, there it is. My new house.