In my previous blog post, I talked about MODERN EXTERIOR OPTIONS and how we asked our draftsman, Tony, to draw up an idea I had for a modern roofline for the new house. Well, we received our 3d exterior sketch so I have to share! As a reminder, here's what Tony originally sent us (see this BLOG POST for more details of the process): Here'[...]
I wrote in my last post that we had finalized our MAIN LEVEL FLOOR PLAN! Woohoo!! I feel like we've been talking about building a house forever and now that we have the floor plan figured out, we can finally take a step forward. I wanted to give you all an update of where we're at with the building process. We are currently waiting on our draf[...]
I'm looking forward to sharing the process of building a house with you all! Since we finalized the main level floor plan, I wanted to share the process of how we got to the finalized floor plan! If we do change something, it'll be super minor.... at least I hope so! Like I had mentioned in my previous blog post 10 Changes For The New Build, w[...]
Many of you have asked me what we've decided on for the new build... ranch, 1.5 story, 2-story, or multi-level like our previous home. Well... MULT-LEVEL! We are actually building pretty much the same house as our previous house but a few tweaks. LOL! Were you expecting that? The main reason is because I want a 2 story layout and Blaine wants a[...]
Even though we will be living in this townhome temporarily while we build our new home, I want to make this rental feel like home (make sure to check out the RENTAL TOUR if you haven’t yet). Since we spend a lot of our time in the living room, I wanted to start adding some decor here first. Check out this video below: https://youtu.be/D4-dZQBZ[...]
After writing "THINGS TO CONSIDER WHEN BUILDING" blog post, I received some questions. I will answer your questions but will break it up by specific questions. In this blog post, I want to answer a popular question which was "what are all the items to bid out or get pricing on" if building a home. Here's a breakdown of items on our current pric[...]
Many of you know that we sold this multi level custom house and finally closed on this house TODAY (March 22nd)!! Our family had such amazing memories in this custom home that we built in 2018. I love the fact that it's a modern home located in Iowa out in the country. I'm sure going to miss the country view from the backyard. The view is incr[...]
Here's a follow up of my THINGS TO CONSIDER WHEN BUILDING A HOUSE post. Let's talk floor plans. As we finalize our floor plan for the new house, I realized I never shared this process with you all with our previous house. Blaine and I loved our first home in Urbandale (12 years ago), and it was a split level. We decided to do something similar[...]
From my last post, March 10th was (supposed to be) the big day! That morning, I made the kids wake up early to take photos before school. Not only that, I made them wear "nice" clothes. Let's just say they were NOT happy with me, but the last time we had a family photo outside of our house was October 2018 which was when we moved in. It just made[...]
If you had read my LIFE UPDATE BLOG POST, one of the news was that we are moving into a townhome while we build again. Well, we are all moved into our rental! Since people have been asking what it looks like, here are some photos I took before we moved in. I'm glad I did because I'm currently sitting here surrounded by boxes. It has 3 bedrooms a[...]