Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Our Townhome!

After more than 3 months of building, we have a finished home! We closed and moved in this weekend. We are grateful for an amazing superintendent who made sure that every small detail was taken care of… we absolutely love it.

I had a great time picking out the appliances, cabinets, subway tile (our favorite), countertops, beadboard behind the island, floors, lights, etc. and we are really pleased with the finished look. What we love most is the layout... the flow of the rooms and the downstairs entryway. It really keeps the entry from crowding the living spaces. And we are proud of ourselves for buying it all on our own :)

We definitely picked a busy time to close on our place; I’ve been working every night (almost all night) on finishing my prospectus for my master’s project, Mitch and I have had busy busy work schedules, and we’re heading to Seattle this week for Thanksgiving. It will be nice to get done with these things so we can get home to relax and have a minute to enjoy our new place. Thank you to our old and new wards for helping us move everything in two and a half hours!

Shot from the outside.

Looking into the kitchen.

We love how the subway tile turned out.
Living room and stairs.

Dining area, powder room, & laundry.

Master bath.
Upstairs hall bath.
My new front-loaders. I pray I never have to go to the laundromat on 2nd South ever again!! (Please know how terrible it is to fold your garments in front of other people.)

31 comments:

valerie said...

Your new place is incredible! I bet you can't wait to start decorating it for the holidays. Congrats Shannon!

elise said...

ahhhhh! pretty! everything looks so good!!! :)

i can't wait to have a sleepover in a few weeks!

Meredith said...

Congrats! Your house looks beautiful!

Megan Holdaway said...

Holy cow, that place is amazing! Way to go!! I'm very, very happy for you. And I'm just thinking about how much room there is in your living room for us to do yoga :) ... Someday!

meggan said...

Shan, your place is gorgeous! I can't wait to see it full of all your stuff.

Jessica said...

Wow! I love it. It must be so nice to have everything NEW and CLEAN. Beautiful!

Jessica and Reece said...

What a gorgeous place! I am so jealous! Where in SLC are you living?

Erinn said...

It's beautiful!

Erin said...

I have to admit I'm a little jealous of such a nice place. Only two and a half more years of grad school...then we're through renting! Congratulations on the new place.

Anonymous said...

Love it!!!

Julianne said...

Amazing decorative choices! Love the espresso cabinets with subway tile - you really couldn't go wrong (especially with those countertops!) - and I love how wide the floor boards are. I just can't tell you how excited I am to come visit with my FOUR kids!!! Ha ha ha. Congrats!

Brie said...

Congrats! The place looks beautiful. You definitely need to take some time to enjoy it.

Bonnie said...

WOW!! thats so nice!! I want to come visit!1 haha :)

Jon and Ashley Lefrandt said...

Check that... now I can view your blog. Weird, I don't know what happened. IT LOOKS FANTASTIC! I can't wait to come and see it first hand! You guys, this is so exciting. When can we come and see it? I know you are both probably so busy, but we want to come and stop by! Let us know.

Kara said...

Oh my goodness!!!! Your place is absolutely beautiful! Pretty sure we have the same taste...I would have picked all of the same fixtures and colors. Yeah, we have great taste ;) How exciting for you guys! I can't wait until we have a place that we own!!

Jamie said...

I'm drooling right now! Sure beats Harmony Square, huh?

Danica Osborn said...

gorgeous!!!! congrats guys. you deserve that washing machine and dryer girl! we'll all want to see pics after you've added firniture and your personal touches too.

Meg said...

Your new home is beautiful! I hear you on the laundry issues.

Lori said...

That is so fun! I can't wait to see it all decorated... happy holidays!!

Gooch Family said...

Congrats on the new home!! That has got to be so exciting! It looks absolutely amazing!

Sean & Carly said...

M- Don't know when we are coming to visit/see the new place...we haven't been invited?! :)

Sean & Carly said...

First of all you are known as M when I am too lazy to type your whole name...5 letters is a lot you know. Second of all, I couldn't come with ma/pa because Sean and I had stuff we needed to get done, that is why our movie was so early in the morning. If I were you, I would wait on the Sunday dinner, Sean and I are on a diet, and probably can't eat what you would make, not that we don't want too....we just can't. Unless that is, you want to make something on our approved list...

abbie said...

shannon i LOVE the cabinets and how open that kitchen is! where are these in slc? congrats- i bet it feels so nice to move in to your own, complete place!

Katie M said...

so cute shannon! are you sure you don't want to trade for our one-bedroom with uneven flooring?? hahaha. must feel awesome to be home owners.

Megan said...

Beautiful! I'm totally jealous.

noelle regina said...

it's gorgeous Shan. when matt and i come out we'll stay with you :)

Amber Lea said...

Hooray!!

I want one.

Tell me when and I'll come paint.

Sabrina said...

Beautiful! I think you might own a condo in the same place as my sister-in-law and brother-in-law. They have a couple of different facades and the one you showed I think might be the other variety that is in their complex, but I can't tell for sure. In any case, that is so awesome you get to have such a nice place to come home to.

B and C said...

We are so excited to have you in the neighborhood!!

Anonymous said...

First: You have 29 comments on this post. I think thats a new record.

Second: This post is close to a month old.. what, are you too busy to post?

Third: I hope you guys had fun on Friday- I dont even want to hear about it.. Ill just be jealous. But I want to see you soon.

Thats all I have to say.

Alison said...

i know i'm late on this, but i hate your guts. meaning I love your guts. but want your house.