New House - First Steps

When we purchased our house, we were informed that in a few weeks, we were going to be able to decide on our ''upgrades'' for the house. In other words, we had to choose our counter tops, doors, floors, etc. Problem was, it turned out we only had about 2 weeks to decide since we were ''late'' on closing our house given that a few people had ''purchased' it before us but we still had to respect the contractor's deadline.

MAMA - HELP

My mother first came with me to the design center to help me pick the colors but, we only had about 30 minutes to have a look at everything before the store closed. *Side note, one of the downside of living in a big city is having to go through traffic and visit stores especially when they're only open during the week. Anyway - back to the 'visiting the store in 30 minutes or less story. So, picture two women running around looking at all the samples trying their best not to break anything. I'm sure it was quite funny to see. My heart sure was beating fast. Good thing between my mother's good taste and my quick decision making power, we walked out of there having chosen most of the samples. 

OUR OFFICIAL MEETING

By the time Stephane and I walked into our official meeting where we had to pick our samples a few days later, I had a great idea of what I wanted. Here's a list of the samples we chose: (it's hard to see the exact colors since the lighting in the store wasn't the greatest and the camera on my phone distorted most of the colors.)

Left: tiles for the kitchen area. Right: counter top (white with silver sparkles).

Above: kitchen cabinets (it's a medium/ light grey). Middle: kitchen tiles. Bottom: kitchen counter top.

Left: hardwood floor (main floor). Right: kitchen cabinets (this picture shows the colors really well).

Above: counter top (second floor washrooms). Middle: cabinets (second floor washrooms). Bottom: tiles (second floor washrooms).

I've never realized how hard it is to make decisions ahead of time when you only have a tiny idea of what the room will look like (I'm a very visual person). I'm pretty confident that the result will look great - but I can't wait to see it all come together.

- Jessica

Welcome!

This is a very exciting time in our family's life as we're about to move into our very first house together. We've lived in various other places before but this is - ours -.

HOUSE STORY
In the spring of 2015, we decided that we would start looking for a house not knowing exactly what we were looking for. We had a general idea of our budget and the area where we wanted to live in but other than that, we had intended to take our time looking around (but not too long). We looked at a few houses in the area but they were all too expensive, too old, needed too many repairs, too far or too small. I never realized how frustrating and exhausting house shopping could be until then.

I decided to look into new models because I felt frustrated with all the houses we had looked at up to this point but never in a million years thought that we could afford a brand new house. I emailed one of the representative of the company for new built houses and, out of the blue, a miracle happened (or so it felt like). She said that there was a special on the particular model we were looking at. A few other couples had previously ''purchased'' the house but, since all their financing kept falling through, the company needed to close the deal ASAP. Therefore, they were willing to offer the house at a MUCH lower price. We spoke about it for a day or two but we knew we had to close the deal as soon as possible. Within a few days, we had signed the papers, and just like that - we were house owners!!

Problem was, we still had to wait about 10 months to get the house since it wasn't built yet. Eeeeek! It will go by fast, right? Pfff, it's only 10 months. No big deal. Well, it turns out, when you're REALLY REALLY waiting for something, 10 months seemed like a lifetime.

Turns out, waiting a couple of months before moving into your house offers a lot of advantages such as brainstorming, dreaming and, well, going nuts on Pinterest.

A BLOG WAS BORN
Interior design has always been part of my interest one way or another. In fact, over the past 6 years, I've taken many online classes on interior design during my free time. Problem was, I never had a space to experience with other than my bedroom.

I can't even begin to describe how excited I am about creating a space where I feel inspired, comfortable and where people I care about get to feel right at home.

I created this blog to share my process as a first time house owner and my creative process to make it a home. But, I will also share blitz and pieces of my life along the way as well.

We're really excited for this new adventure in our lives.

Thanks for sharing those experiences with us.


- Jessica