The Winner Is ...

House #1

Seriously, I was leaning toward the other two house almost the entire trip. But DH was firmly in favor of the Red Laundry House because of the neighbors he met and the feeling he had. And he's not a guy that usually speaks his mind when I've made mine clear. So when he spoke, I listened.  And agreed.  Then we saw that you all thought the same too.

Okay, prepare yourself for an onslaught of photos. I just have to tell you, describing this house tonight to my mom and the kids, I felt a little silly.  And putting these pictures up just makes me feel down right ridiculous.  Because it is so far over the top and fancy and we're, well, let's just say living on the "funny farm" kind of describes the state of our home and our style. Now that DH and I will actually own this house and its amenities, we are determined to be freaks about keeping it nice.  But I doubt that it will make us fancy in return.  We'll just continue being normal freaks who like to feed their kids Eggo waffles and walk around in bathrobes at night.

In the end, the builders were practically begging us to buy it, and we couldn't turn down their offer.  There's a lot of things that I won't show you, but I'll show you some of the favorites in the home.

Master Bath: the white granite counters and glass tiling details, the walk in shower with 2 heads, the pillars around the soaker tub, and the walk in closet with a built in bench in the middle (I laughed out loud at that ... I mean, who needs a bench in their closet? Beside Oprah and me.  DH says this will be called the Throne Room.)
  

Rooms: cutout shelving around windows and a window seat in each

Powder bath: pedestal sink and pull top toilet (to flush it, of course ... I had to test that just to make sure)

Lighting on the stairs for nighttime treks to mom and dad's room


Red front door:


Kitchen: tiling behind the stove and around the backsplash, slab granite (didn't get that, but here a pic of the type in the butler's pantry area) and huge island (not that either)

Family room: mantle and built ins


Bonus Room: huge ... probably for the boys bedroom

Laundry room: built ins and tiling on backsplash

 

I think the laundry room is one of my favorite rooms, beside the master bath and the kitchen.  The red cabinets just make me happy.  Oh!  And a major draw was the guest bedroom on the main floor, so that when our family and friends come to visit, they have a place of their own.  A home away from home.

I feel like we'll need to start calling this place the Fabulous Farm.  We'll dumb it down, obviously, just by living there and calling it home.