We're buying a house!

A few weeks after arriving in NW Arkansas, we began our house hunt. It was a pretty enjoyable experience. We actually looked at the house we are going to buy when my parents were visiting. It was kind of neat to have them along with us. They have seen the house we are going to own. Out of those they saw, it was their favorite, too. We feel like we got a pretty good deal on it, too. Here are some pictures.

The front

Eventually, we'll take out some of the bushes to allow for different types of gardening, but it looks pretty good as is.

The entry with a little coat closet

If you were to walk in the house and take a left (right on the picture), you first have a door to the laundry room, which leads to the garage. We're very excited about the built in storage in the garage.

If you continue down the hall instead of going into the laundry room, you come to the kitchen.

Another view 

The kitchen pantry is a good size.

Tile in kitchen (the picture was taken more for us, but we're sharing it all the same)

Looking into kitchen from dining room. We are planning on taking out this half wall and putting tile down in the dining room. Who wants carpet in the dining room?! Not us!

Looking the other way into the dining room.

If you walk straight from the entry instead of taking a left to go the kitchen, you would walk into the living room.

Living room with dining room to left,a sliding door to outside, and a gas fireplace.

Another view in living room

Similar view.

We plan on eventually taking out the door that can be seen, which leads into the master bathroom.

Our hallway.

 

There are three doors on the right side: Bedroom 1, Guest Bathroom, and Bedroom 2

Bedroom 1 (Will be Allie's)

The closet

Guest Bathroom

Bedroom 2 (Rachel's)

 The closet for Bedroom 2

The hall closet at the end of the hall

The Master Bedroom

Master Bathroom (looking into master with linen closet behind door)

Another view from same direction. (Toilet is just out of view.)

 Our Master Closet!!

Shelves in the Master Closet

 We are going to replace all the carpet, except for where we will put tile in the dining room. We need to buy a refrigerator and washer and dryer, and put in a little bit of fencing. Thanks to the neighbors, it is mostly fenced. There are a lot of expenses, but we are SOOOOO incredibly excited about our house. It will be so wonderful to have space and a backyard. We close on the 30th of August. We can't wait!

Given the things we are going to be purchasing, we've been making several trips to Lowe's, Home Depot, and other stores. The girls mostly enjoy it. Here's a picture of them enjoying a lawn mower or "tractor."