Well, as you know, we listed our house for sale in late July and we got an offer on it two weeks later (I’m still telling H it was my “decorating skills and staging” that swept it off the market so quickly…you know, so he can come to appreciate that the funds I spent on decorating were a “worthwhile investment” as I’ve always touted them to be).
So one Sunday, two weeks after we listed our home, H and I were about to go out looking at houses to see some of the ones we liked in person. That morning, we get a call from our realtor telling us there was a good offer on the table. Crazy coincidence, right?
Even crazier…we find a house we LOVE that day. I seriously stepped into the house, said “this is it” and I’m pretty sure I cried when I saw the master closet. It was glorious. More on that later.
So this home we loved is a new construction and a model home so we knew it would go fast and we put an offer in on it Monday morning. They accepted our offer. Awesome, dream house!
The rest of the month was spent on inspections and appraisals and what ensued was some of the most stressful, anxiety-filled days of my life. I worried about the inspection and obsessively cleaned the house constantly (even though “cleanliness” is not even on the inspection). I constantly worried the offer would fall through and we wouldn’t get our dream home. I hardly ate, hardly slept. I lost at least 3 lbs of muscle mass that I worked so hard to put on. I was a mess. A wreck. On top of all of this, I was spending weekends packing our home (our movers gave me a 9/10 score for my awesome packing!!!) I was packing all the while panicking that our sale wouldn’t go through and I’d have to unpack it all. Like I said, absolute mess.
The thing is, we wanted the new house so badly, that it made it even more difficult to cope with the possibility that it might not work out. It was also tough knowing that our fate rested in the hands of another person’s decision.
So, our inspection passes with flying colors. All was well in the world. I was eating again, sleeping okay. Then BOOM! A week before we close we get an email from the buyer’s realtor that our home was appraised at $11,000 less than what the buyer paid. Buyer wants to re-negotiate, but it turns out, we hired an AMAZING realtor (please email me if you are in Houston and need a great one!) and he figured out that in the appraiser’s report, he had mistakenly subtracted the square footage of our garage from our bottom level twice. Mr. Appraiser hadn’t checked his work so our 1400 sq. ft house was being appraised as a 1000 sq. ft house (which was obviously so very wrong). Once again, I was a mess.
In the end, the appraisal was fixed and everything went beautifully. We closed on our first home at 9am last Wednesday morning and on our second home at 12noon that same day. We had the movers mover everything at around 1 pm and I had unpacked, decorated and basically completed 75% of my home in 1 day.
You see, my friends from Canada flew in on September 1st to come visit, so I didn’t want our home to look like a box factory. The entire time we were still in our old home, I constantly felt trapped, like the boxes were going to close in on me (yes, totally crazy). I couldn’t have that feeling in our new home…so I worked diligently and since I had packed so well, I was able to unpack with ease and organize really well.
I still have to organize my walk-in closet and unpack and decorate my office, but those rooms don’t bother me as much because the rest of our home is perfect.
So now, to the photos. I’m going to show our old house with boxes everywhere and our new home, empty. Over time, I will show photos of our new home decorated and each room on its own. I will also show progress as I tackle some decorating projects. As I mentioned before, we were fortunate to buy a model home that had significant upgrades (think super dark hardwoods, travertine tile, granite counter tops, french doors, etc) so we don’t really have anything to “fix” or “upgrade.” It will be more about organizing and adding decorative touches. I’d also like to add a photo wall eventually.
I am so excited to show you just a glimpse of our new home and can’t wait for you to see it all decorated! I even plan to do a home tour video and videos on how I organized each room with tips and ideas.
So here we go…old house first (see how I could have totally legitimately felt that the boxes were closing in on me?)
We moved from a 2-story, 2 bedroom, 2 full bath home to a 3-story, 3-bedroom, 3 and a half bath home. We are absolutely in love with it! The best part is that our new home is not far from our old home so we know the area well.
This is the second floor of our home. The entire second floor is the kitchen, dining room and living room and also has a laundry room and half bath. The kitchen is a like a dream come true. I even told H I would cook more in this kitchen. We love the high ceilings and how the large windows make the space feel so open and airy.
This is our master bath on the 3rd floor of our home. I love the separate shower because we don’t really take baths. I also love that the toilet room is hidden behind a door. Our last home had this feature as well and it’s lovely. Both master closets are off of the master bathroom. Yes my friends, my H has his own closet and I have mine.
Here is one view of my closet. It has some windows in it which is pretty darn cool. It is a mess in there right now…but it will be amazing one day. I just have to get the time to get it organized perfectly.
Below is our 3rd bedroom which will for now, be my office. It is down the hall from our master bedroom and it will eventually be a nursery, we hope.
Lastly, this is the set of french doors that you see from the inside of our second bedroom, the guest room, which is on the first floor of the house. I love them! We also have french doors that lead out to a small backyard and on our second floor we have them going out to a small balcony area.
Thank you for everyone’s support during the crazy month of August. I am so thankful and happy that everything worked out with the house. I am so appreciative that we were lucky enough to find this house on our first time out (we had been monitoring the market for over a year with daily listings from our realtor, so we knew what was out there).
If you have any questions about home selling or questions about moving, packing, etc please leave them below! I’d love to do a tips and tricks post about it if you all are interested!
xoxo,
Veronika.
Wow gorgeous home!!
YES to a tips post. My husband and I are moving in 45 days; our offer was accepted (after much drama) last Thursday! I'd love to hear what your tips and tricks. Hopefully, they will help with our sleepless nights …
Congrats V! When things are meant to be, they are meant to be, huh?! Love the new home! Can't wait to see more of it 😉 Yes, please blog more about your experience searching for your perfect home. I plan on dipping into the market by next year! AGAIN….CONGRATS!!
Congrats! Your new home is gorgeous!
It looks beautiful!!! I absolutely LOVE it!! 🙂 Congrats and can't wait to see all your color choices and decorative ideas 🙂 xoxo
First off, your new home is absolutley stunning. I cannot wait to see more decor posts in the future. I am not one bit suprised that your first home sold that fast, I would have bought it in a heartbeat. So happy for you, enjoy your new home!!
WOW! Congrats to your new beautiful home!
Congratulations on your new home!!! People always tell you how frustrating buying a home can be, but you never truly understand it until you go through it. But once the papers are signed and you have the key…it feels so good!!! Can't wait to see it all decorated!!!
Congrats Veronika – the new home is gorgeous!! I can't wait to see more pictures.
Congrats on the new home! It's beautiful. That closet would make me nearly cry, too 🙂
Oh my gosh!! V-your new home is incredible! Those floors are to die for! The kitchen is spectacular and I love your closet. Congratulations on this amazing move, so great that everything went so smoothly and just fell into place for you!!!
xoxo
Love the new place! How many sq feet is it?
It's 2000! The high ceilings and open-concept design actually make it feel a bit larger 🙂
Omg!! It is so beautiful! I love it! I can't believe you got unpacked so fast. Were you working too or did you take time off? That's crazy! Very happy for you!
You weren't kidding when you said you had a crazy and stressful month! Congratulations on your beautiful new home. Love the dark hardwood and your gorgeous kitchen! Cant wait to see what you do with it!
Congrats!! May you create many wonderful memories in your new home 😀
Your new home is so lovely! What a great place!
I have to admit I was wondering if you were doing ok, I missed your posts! And I mean all that in a totally non stalker kind of way 🙂
Congratulations! Your house looks like it came straight out of a magazine! Have fun making it a home!
Congrats! The new place looks beautiful! The kitchen and dark wood floors are awesome! Happy moving in!:)
Congrats on your new home! I love the wood floors in the kitchen.
WOW! It looks great…big congrats V! Cannot wait to see all the rooms as they are decorated. Super exciting!! 🙂
Congratulations – it sounds like it was a nail-biting experience – but so happy it all worked out in the end 🙂
We've also moved into our first home, and I've been featuring our room by room decorating projects on my blog…I really want our house to look "grown-up" instead of thrown together LOL! I'm very inspired by your decor (loved your living room with the grey sofa and purple cushions) and look forward to seeing your reveals!
that is so exciting!
can't wait to see what you do with that AMAZING closet!!
enjoy your new place!
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on myy!!! congratulations Veronika on ur stunning house. it looks so different from the builders' standard features. very modern n fresh!! cant wait to see how u wuld decorate it!! xoxox
I'm so happy for you! That's awesome you guys found your dream house. It looks beautiful!
omg Veronika!!!! your new house is absolutely gorgeous. i'm in love with it! that's so nice that you have such a spacious master bath, open kitchen, and your own office! congrats to you both!!! i'm looking forward to seeing the place all decorated 🙂
omg, amazing amazing new home! congrats! so much fun!
your home is gorgeous and that closet man . . . when can i move in ha ha 😀
Gorgeous house! I'm so glad you got it 🙂 and its definitely a lovely house to start a family with now as well! Because your old house was probably a newlywed house, now you have a "home" 🙂 xox
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Congratulations! It is absolutely beautiful! Good luck with unpacking and re-decorating 🙂
Your new house is beautiful!! I'm excited to see how you decorate it up. I moved again myself (on a much smaller scale, I am one person and don't own a house full of stuff) and it was stressful enough for me. I'm happy to hear you survived the month! x
Oh I love looking at pictures of homes!!! Your house looks gorgeous! I love all the beautiful tile!
We've always bought a new construction and never a resale- it's definitely the way to go!
I cannot wait to see more pictures and how you decorate it! Knowing you it's going to be mind blowing!
Love your new home! It's gorgeous! Congrats and I can't wait to see updated pictures! 🙂
What are your tips for packing? Did you buy your boxes? Was this a move you did on your own, or did you hire any help? I am not sure how to organize or even where to start! Any tips/tricks would be great. Thanks!
Congrats! That's such exciting news!!! It was so meant to be- I can't believe how perfectly that all worked out (well, minus the stressful moments). Your new home looks gorgeous!!! I can't wait to see more pics and see how you're going to decorate it.
Looks beautiful! Can't wait to see how you decorate!! 🙂
Janine
Congratulations on your beautiful new home!! It's gorgeous!!! Love the floors. Now you can totally relax & take in all of the beauty & blessings around you, enjoy girl! xo
Congrats on the house, it looks amazing! Sorry to hear you had such a stressful time with it, but at least you are through it now and can enjoy your beautiful new home and have fun decorating! Can't wait to see more and it's so good to have you back! I think it's obvious we have all missed you, ha! 🙂
It's absolutely beautiful!!!!! I love it already- that kitchen is SO amazing! Congrats to you, honey!
Oooh I can't wait to see how good it looks afterwards!
Congrats V! Glad everything worked despite the stress… house is beautiful!
Your new home is gorgeous. Congrats!
I'd love to see a tips and tricks post. You mentioned staging, but your house was already nicely decorated. What changes did you make when you decided to put your house on the market?
What a GORGEOUS house!!! You're going to have a blast decorating. Hope the stress is gone — looking forward to the decorating and maybe some tricks on staging? Congrats!
Congrats!! Both your old and new homes are gorgeous! I would LOVE to see a packing tips post since it seems like your packing method helped with your sanity a lot, especially when UNpacking – We are moving soon too and would love your thoughts! Thanks!
love it! it looks so spacious! Congrats, and everything happens for a reason, you were completely stressed for August, maybe some good things are coming in the near future! 🙂
oh, and Yes please to tips and tricks!!
CONGRATULATIONS! What a beautiful home! Looks like the stress was worth it! 😉
Congrats on your new house – it's gorgeous! I especially love the wine rack in the kitchen!
Congratulations Veronika! Your new home is absolutely gorgeous – I can't wait to see more of how you decorate it!
Congrats on your new home! I definitely can understand the stress that comes with selling/buying/and moving into a new home. I'm so glad I came across your blog!
Congratulations Veronika! So happy for you and H. Your kitchen looks gorg!
-Ava
Congrats! Your home is stunning! So happy that you were MIA for such a great reason. I was getting worried that something had happened. I look forward to hearing your tips for packing and decorating. Congrats again to you and your H. 🙂
Your home is beautiful! Congratulations 🙂
Congrats! Your house is gorgeous…
So happy to hear about the house. But even happier to hear you're doing better. 🙂
congratulations, Veronika! thanks for sharing your story with us. looking forward to hearing your packing and organizing tips.
amazing home! so lucky!
I moved this month, too! Right there with you on the stress!
CONGRATS! It is absolutely beautiful and so you.
Who is the builder? My husband and I have been looking to buy a house for almost a year and can't find something we both love.
Thnx!! -A
How exciting! My husband and I just found out today that the offer we put in on the house we love got accepted, and we are so excited about becoming homeowners. Any packing tips?
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jessica—congrats! I am about to publish my post on packing 🙂
Congratulations on moving into a new house! I'd like to see him outside. And of course, plenty of interior photos! I really like your taste in decor at home. We're going to renovate your house, and already use some of your ideas.
In advance thank you very much, Xenia.