Our lease is officially up mid-summer, which seems far enough away right now, but I know it will sneak up on us and suddenly we'll have lots of important decisions to make in very little time. Which I guess is why we're starting the search now. [Technically this has been an ongoing search for a while now, but the closer we get to the end of the lease, the more real it feels.]
We've lived in this rental house for almost two years. Our landlord would love to sell it to us, but the price isn't right. The location is perfect for us, and the house is spacious, but it definitely needs work. The carpet throughout the house is horrendous. The walls and ceilings have some cracks that may be signs of foundation problems. The layout is kind of strange. It's great for now, but far from our dream house. Although "our" dream house may be two different houses entirely. We can work that out later.
We do agree that we'd like a fixer-upper with good bones. It must have potential, but it doesn't have to be pretty. Yet. We like living outside of town, close to Randy's work, but with a country feel. A few acres of land and distant neighbors. Quiet and somewhat secluded. It's what he grew up in and what I've grown to love too.
We found this cute house online and drove by it Saturday afternoon to check out the location. It's further outside of Tulsa than our house now. The property is big, though still surrounded by several other houses in close proximity. It probably won't be our first house, but it's still fun to imagine. We talked about the changes we'd make as we drove by. We'd fence the yard and expand the garage. And that red paint on the adorable front porch must go. If we agree on nothing else, our loathing of this shade of red could keep us together.
Which got us talking about colors. I asked what colors he was thinking might look nice instead.
Dark green and tan.
Uh oh. We might have a problem here.
Dark hunter forest green may be my least favorite color. Next to that shade of red currently on the porch. And tan. Of course there are some exceptions. [This plaid couch is not one of them. This couch is possibly the reason I don't want these colors anywhere near my future house. I am secretly encouraging Riley to keep chewing up every bit of it when no one's looking. Don't tell.]
However, I was imagining something more along the lines of these colors on the exterior...
Yes, I know I am addicted to white. I can't help it. White makes everything feel so bright and fresh. So unlike dark forest green.
I suppose none of this porch color talk really matters until we actually have a porch. Hopefully, one that's attached to a house we can call our own. Until then, I'll keep you updated with any further house-hunting adventures, color feuds, and Riley's ugly-college-couch-eating progress.
Happy Monday!
[top images via Craigslist, bottom images: left, right]
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