What I Love Most

I figure since I did this post on what I was going to miss most from our old house, it was only logical to do a post about what I love in our new house. So without further adieu, here they are. (ohhh... momma used a fancy phrase)

The neighborhood - It's exactly what we were looking for. In our search for houses, we found so many that didn't check every box. It would be a young neighborhood but would be missing a pool. Or it would have a pool, but there would be no mature trees. Or it would be older homes, therefore probably not full of young families. We were actually thinking of building in this exact neighborhood when a house came on the market. The amenities met every need and the house followed suit. We scooped it up and have since been invited to the private online page where I've found out just how much goes on. From monthly drunk bunco, to neighborhood shot wagons, to block parties, it's an extremely social neighborhood.

Attached garage - So trivial, yet so exciting after 3.5 years of walking outside to get to the garage.

Extra high shower head - I'm 5'10" (ok really only 5' 9 and 5/6ths") and had to bend my knees a bit to get under the old one. Someone who is near 7 feet tall could enjoy this shower head, not to mention the shower in general that is double the size of our last one.

Under-mount lights - Amazeballs. They really did some awesome upgrades in this house and one of them is the lighting. We have 6 under-mount lights under our kitchen cabinets, all of which have both a low and hi setting. It really makes the house look great in the evening.

It's REALLY hard to get a good picture of the lighting.

Separate bathroom - Most 3 and 4 bedroom houses from the 30's were built with only one bathroom upstairs. It's such a normal thing with new construction to have multiple bathrooms upstairs, but you don't realize how much it was missed until you have to share your bathroom with your kids any longer. Trying to soak in some warm water while your son drops a load 2 feet from you wasn't exactly my dream for a house. Thank goodness for on suites.

Granite - Although I feel shallow saying it, I wish it wasn't so dark, but we do have granite already in the bathrooms and kitchen and it's so nice to have that clean feel again!

Walk in closet - We had a GYNORM closet when we lived in Kansas and then went to a tiny 4'x6' walk in closet in our last house. It was quite sad, but we learned to deal and just used our guest room closets for overflow. Our new closet is once again nice and roomy with extra space we don't even currently need! I'll spare you the pictures of boring clothes strewn all over. 

Wildlife - So far we've seen prairie dogs and turkeys around our neighborhood, but I'm most excited for the deer. If you're driving anywhere around our area at dusk, you can see batches upon batches of those things. These two were in our cul-de-sac the other evening.

Peace & Quiet - We lived on a fairly busy street before that was a through-way for ambulances and firetrucks as well as walkers going home from bars at 3am. I'm not a sound sleeper anymore so waking up a few times a night became a constant. Now, I have woken up a couple times just out of sheer terror due to the quiet. I'm slowly getting used to hearing crickets and birds chirping again and it's so nice to be away from all that traffic.

I'm sure I'll fall in love more after we've lived here for a while, but I thought I would leave you with just a few more shots. There's still not a lot on the walls, but at least it's a start! 

Love our morning room. 

Don't mind the playroom with nothing on the walls yet.

 Drew's room and a giveaway coming Sunday evening!