Our New House

We have lived in our "firehouse" as we now call it, for over 9 years. That is the longest I have ever lived anywhere. I have been ready to move for about 4 or 5 years, but the market was bad and it just wasn't happening. Our new house is big, it is beautiful and it has exactly what I want in it......because I picked it all out. 

I have endless Pinterest boards and hundreds of home blogger sites bookmarked, and I am crossing my fingers that it all comes together as I hope. 

This is the picture just days after they started construction. I am SOOOOO excited to have trees behind my house instead of a messy neighbor's condo kitchen window.

Coming along nicely. As you can see the house is Craftsman with shingle returns in the gable and a 3/4 front porch. 

There is a lake in the neighborhood and it is beautiful. The kids are excited to use those boats for fishing. 

And the clubhouse......

Kitchen, Nook and Great Room. The fireplace will be stacked stone, which I am so excited about!

The kitchen

My trees again

My coveted front porch.

My favorite picture of all, my sweet boy staring longingly at the lake. 

The House Fire

We had already decided to move further south. The house had been purchased, the packing had begun. We decided to go to dinner one night, and when we returned, our house was on fire. After a frantic 911 call, the fire trucks arrived (yes, I said trucks, as in 8 of them) and the kids were hysterical, we stood in the front yard as our possessions burned. 

The firefighters, God love them, saved our house, but I honestly think they made a bigger mess than the fire. They tore holes in the ceilings, they kicked in doors, and they tore the boys room apart, but they put out the fire and kept everyone safe thank goodness. 

Luckily for us, the fire hadn't been burning long, and they extinguished it quickly, but it had done a lot of damage. It started in my boys' room from a defective light bulb and the boys lost everything. One nightmarish experience with the insurance company and a crappy rental house later, we watched our new house go up, while our old house sat burnt, black and smelly.

Check out these horrific pics of the aftermath- I apologize in advance for the poor quality, these were obviously taken with my phone. 

The house is now being remodeled and the new house is almost done and we can't wait to move in. Onto bigger and better things (literally). 

-Nichole

Let me introduce myself.....

Hi there, I'm Nichole. I am here to chronicle my life and my move with my three sweet little monsters to a location further south. My goal with this blog is to share my ideas, photos, recipes, decor, events and occasions with all of you. I have a regular job, I have lots of laundry to do, I have bills to pay and what seems like endless pairs of socks all over my house, but I am hoping this blog will provide me with a creative outlet to escape from all of that. Stick around if you can, and let's be friends. Thanks! XOXO