It’s time. We need a bigger house. We’ve officially filled this house to the max, although some might argue we’d done that when we moved in. We made it work through a mixture of knocking out walls and moving dressers into hallways and generally staying zen about the situation.
The front of the house - country A-frame with natural rock wall addition
We’ve been keeping our eye out for a potential house for awhile now. Obviously, the more bedrooms, the better. And we wanted a minimum of 10 acres, preferably closer to 20. Not much to ask right?
The view from the front door of the house. Yes, that's a pond.
This house is a 6 bedroom, 2 1/2 bath home that is an A-frame with an add-on room that serves as a huge master bedroom. It’s on 25 acres at the end of the road. Rather secluded with the nearest neighbor a half-mile away, yet only 2 miles from the main highway and 10 minutes from town.
The fireplace in the big master bedroom. Best room in the house.
I’m telling myself it’ll all be worth it to move into this house where my boys can catch frogs in the pond to their heart’s content and run amuck through the woods without running into a fence or rowdy neighbor. But there’s a huge part of me cringing at what it means to sell the house we’re in. Fixing the kitchen cabinets and floor. Eliminating at least two of our clothes dressers and putting extra bookshelves (and books!) into storage. The hassle of making the house look nice for showing is overwhelming to me right now.
Do I have to? (in whiny preschooler-foot-dragging-voice)
I think it’s all worth it for this bay window view.
The bay window - on the opposite side of the master bedroom as the fireplace. Looks out over the pond. *sigh*
Yes, yes it is.
Ooooh, lovely!!!
Exciting!
You’d love the bay window in the master bedroom, Mom. 🙂
Ohhh all that space for the kids to burn energy sounds fantastic! And I dream of being more secluded, not for my sake, but so my kids don’t bother the neighbors;).
Lol! exactly. 🙂
Good luck! We have moved twice in the last 5 months (finally to our forever home that we bought). It was horrendous going through it but you end up getting rid of a ton of stuff you don’t need that you’ve accumulated for whatever reason. The pond and acreage are amazing! What a great place to grow up!