The Perfect House

Ughhhhh! Can I just start off saying that house hunting is an awful, awful thing?! Now that Jay and I are "grown ups" it's time we start looking to buy a house. We have gone to a few open houses and found a few houses that we really, reallllly liked. But they were in awful neighborhoods, or had a tiny kitchen, or didn't have a finished basement, or didn't have everything that I've ever wanted in one house. I know that last statement is a ridiculous wish that will only come true when we become millionaires and can build our own house. But it's still really hard to find important, necessary things in one house. We plan on living there for a while, having children and maybe moving if the house feels too small for our growing family. We want to find a house in a great school district because there is nothing worse then changing schools (trust me I've done it!). We want a nice backyard for our dog and kids to (eventually) run around in. We want something with a lot of parking so when we have dinner parties or holidays, people won't have to park around the corner and down the block. We want a nice, somewhat updated kitchen so he can teach me to be as great of a cook as he is. We want a finished basement so he can make that his man cave and not put his ridiculously ugly sports memorabilia anywhere where people can see it :) So far, we've found places that have some of these things but not one house that has enough of them that we would be willing to make sacrifices to call it our home. Damn you Pinterest for making me think houses like this actually exist:

Amazing kitchen/dining area

Of course a 2 story closet is necessary!

An entryway like this would be amazing

You would think a wine room would be on the top of my list for as much wine as I drink!


With love and pearls,
Ashley