House Plans are complete!

 The Fired-up Farm House!

Our house plans are compete.  We hired home designer Phil Bonine to be the third party, and someone not emotionally tied to the project to help us pull our ideas together.  He asked us to bring all our ideas to our first meeting with him.  I pulled out two 3 ring binders, one large file folder and another file folder with printed images from Pinterest and various other websites.  This was almost 20 years worth of design ideas I have been saving.  It was interesting to see how my taste had changed and my desires with a family of 5 are much different than when we were DINKS.

Pete and I analyzed how we live in this house and how we entertain.  I'm giving up the eating area and formal dining room.  Currently my dining room is so under utilized.  Our kitchen will be bigger and the dining room adjacent to the kitchen.  The mud room is large with a cubby for every member of the family.  Pete will have the office/den to himself and my desk will be part of the built-in's in the mud room.  I will put my degree in BACKPACK management to work.  I'll have a small window overlooking the neighboring vineyard.  I want just a small desk, because I'm rather messy when it comes to my desk and I have found the more space I have to spread out the more of a mess I make.  Our master bedroom is upstairs with the kiddos.  We labored over this decision, but I want to be by my babies.  I figure by the time I can't walk-up a flight of stairs to my bedroom I surely won't be able to take care of 9 acres.  Pete's den on the main floor can convert to a bedroom if needed and we designed in a full bath off the mudroom.  

Well, I could go on and on about all the things I love about this floorplan, at least on paper.  Now, we patiently wait for our house to sell.  Anyone want to buy a house in Texas Heights???