if I ever write a book...

I think I will title it something like "Teaching is Passion; Marriage is Work; House Hunting is an Art."  I have come to the conclusion that is you are willing to spend a million dollars on a house you will probably purchase a beautiful home, with a nice yard, new kitchen appliances, straight corners, and a full garage and attic.  At that purchase price, you may be paying it off until the day you die and then some.  Husband man and I handle finances (well, mainly husband man because he's much better at it than I!) much differently than most of the US population does.  Needless to say, we're not purchasing a million dollar house.  Besides the fact that the area we are moving to is small town country land and not many houses sell for that much, we also want to own the home before we both die.

We have toured our share of "fun houses". No, not fun as in the "Wahoo I want to do this again" kind of fun. Fun as in those distorted mirrors at carnivals that make you sick and you feel like you're wobbling, even though you're standing still....that kind of fun.  Those are also not the home we want to purchase.

So, is there something between "uneven fun house" and "million dollar mansion" that we can call our new nut hut?

Maybe. Just maybe.  And we may have found it last night.  It a new small town we found about thirty minutes from husband mans work we found ourselves a 3 bedroom, 1 and 3/4 (fyi...that means the second bath doesn't have a tub, just a shower!) bath home.  It's got a kitchen, dining room (with bookshelves!), and living room.  It also has a nice mud room/entry/laundry room which has a door to close it off from the rest of the house.  The main living rooms are ready to go.  Colors I like, good amount of space, decent carpet.  The upstairs bedrooms need some new paint...mainly because two of the three rooms belonged to wonderful children who chose colors such as bright purple, blue, and green.  I'm thinking one earth tone room and one gray/white room :)  There are two large closet/storage spaces and an attic that could be used for storage.

It's not huge.  There isn't anything extra special or "character" about it.  It's a normal home in a small town.  It's got just the right amount of yard to put a fence for our pup (who I think is getting about as stir crazy as I am sitting in this "temporary housing") to run around in.  There is a garage, but it's the first thing to come down as the roof appears to be mainly a large tarp :-D  But if that's our biggest problem, we'll count it a blessing and carry forward.

We'll be reading over the seller's disclosure and taking a second walk through.  Hopefully those go well and we'll start the offering process.  The kitchen and dining room will probably be my favorite rooms for a while. What to see a sneak peak of our possible new nut hut?

Half of the kitchen.  I like the cozy feeling these raw wood walls
create.  There's just enough cabinet space to fill, but not
too many!  It's just right.  We probably wouldn't keep a table in here
as I am enjoying the idea of a dining room.  The possibility of an island (YAY!)
is stirring in our heads!

Most of the dining room.  Rumor has it, the seller is selling this table
and if husband man is okay with the price, I'm hoping it can stay! It
has a beautiful granite top which is hidden under the tablecloth.  Don't
you love the shelves built onto the wall??  I can't wait to change some colors
and make them stand out more!

There you go....maybe, just maybe, by this time next week I'll be writing good news about a new nut hut!  And then heading home so I can pack the one we're leaving!!
Happy Thursday!
-M