mellow
October 11, 2010 at 4:05 pmDC, Exteriors, alley, houses
As many of you know, lately we’ve been looking at houses for sale and last week we put an offer on one beautiful row house in the Near Northeast/Old City area. Our initial offer was accepted and so we’re moving forward with paperwork, inspections, and great amounts of excitement! And, wow, at the risk of jinxing ourselves, is this first-time homebuyer experience starting off wayyy too easy?
So anyways, I’ve been thinking about paint colors for the living room, gigantic kitchen, 2.5 baths, and 3 bedrooms that are soon to become ours. What do you all think of this yellow door color? Too much?! Maybe just a little… More seriously though, I am digging these wall stencils from Cutting Edge Stencils. I’m definitely thinking we should do something a little bold with at least one of the rooms.
But all that will come with time. Moving in and customizing is going to be a fun task, though overwhelming to think about at the moment. It will definitely be a piece-by-piece project, but that’s part of the reason we chose to buy a place that has room for fixing up as we go but is still totally livable right now.
Anyone have advice for first-time homebuyers?
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October 11th, 2010 at 9:46 pm
Great color! Friends wouldn’t have a hard time finding you if you told them to look for the yellow door.
October 12th, 2010 at 8:30 am
As someone who has been watching ALOT of HGTV, property virgins, house hunters etc, the main thing is to get what you love! dont settle.
and if you need any help painting or whatever this so called “stenciling” is, just buy me some PBR and you got yourself a day laborer!
October 12th, 2010 at 9:27 am
The architect in me wants to evaluate everything before even moving furniture in so I can design the space and figure out which wall to tear down. But the homeowner (and husband) in me has learned to just get everything in there and get the stuff on the walls as quick as you can. Design can and will come in time, but it is just too easy to not hang that picture or not do anything with that extra room that you never had before. (Though given that we have been in our new house for 7 months and we have a huge stack of pictures just begging to be hung, maybe you shouldn’t take me as an example)
October 12th, 2010 at 10:58 am
YELLOW DOOR ALL THE WAY. effing sweet. i expect all sorts of crazy colors