9/1/10 Update

Well things are getting a lot closer so I'm just going to start dating my updates since our projects will go on for a while. Our closing date was supposed to be the 27th, last Friday. A few things came up and we didn't hear from anyone for a few days until a couple days before closing. Then they told us we needed to fix a couple things in the house, but we were not able to finalize everything by the 27th. So into this week, we turned in a few more forms, and the appraisal was updated, so as of now we are just waiting for things to be finalized and we should be able to sign tomorrow or Friday and close!

From there the demolition begins! A few walls will be torn out, carpet will be ripped out downstairs, temporary flooring in the kitchen/dining/bathrooms will be placed, windows will be replaced, plumbing will be fixed and adjusted, insulation, and onto painting. We'll clean the carpet in the upstairs (which we'll replace when we have enough money) and then we can move in! That's all just the beginning--it will be ongoing and as excited as we are now, I'm sure we will soon be tired.

We made our first purchase (in high hopes that everything goes well)! We bought a cheap vanity from Home Depot for the downstairs bathroom. There are 3 bathrooms that all need to be redone, so we just bought one that was super on sale. I'm so excited to decorate this one. I've always like the black & white look so having 3 bathrooms, at least one could have that theme! The single sink is black with white cabinets below. It came with a mirror, but they also had some more mirrors separate for $14.99, so we also got 2 of those. One is black-framed that I may use instead. Anyway, with that I'm thinking black and white tile/vinyl, white walls with maybe black trim, and black towels/floor mats. Simple and cute! It is in my head at least :)

I tried to find a picture online but they don't have it on their website so this is kind of like it but opposite in color.

So the next update will be when we are official home owners!