It occurred to me the other night as I was falling asleep (which is when I get all of my great ideas...so irritating) that I reference "our first place" pretty often on the blog, and most of you have never seen it. You've seen our current house tour here and here, but not the old place. Time to fix that.

These photos were taken the week we put our house on the market back in March of 2013. The house sold in just one week, due in very large part to the staging. We made way more on the sale of this house than we ever expected. What, what! I'm not joking when I say that staging your home adds enormous value to your house. That's not what this post is about, but seriously, stage your house.

I should reiterate that this was NOT real life. 1/4 of our possessions were packed up in our garage out of site. There isn't a stray toy, half folded basket of laundry, or rogue coffee mug to be found in these photos. But it was so nice to see what the house should have looked like if I had the time and energy to keep it "show ready" all the time. By now you guys know that's not me.

For your viewing pleasure, may I present to you our first place. Built in 1951, 1500 SF, 2 bedroom, 2 bathrooms, and basically perfect. Except for the lack of 3rd bedroom and really crummy school district!

LIVING ROOM

STUDY

KITCHEN

DINING

GUEST BATH

HENRY'S NURSERY

MASTER SUITE

BACKYARD

Boy, I really miss this place. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy having a bed for guests to sleep in, a pool, and the fantastic playroom that our current home offers, but there's something about the first home you buy as a couple. The home you bring your first baby home to. It will always bring me the warm fuzzies.

I was going to go into detail about how great the flow of this house was, tell you all about our bathroom renovation, and share some other interesting details, but Henry was up the first half of the night ralphing (because he ate an entire bowl of dog food; you can't make this stuff up) and Max was up the second half teething, so if you have any questions, drop a comment and I'll share. If you need me, I'll be drinking all the coffee.

PHOTO CREDIT // Selso Garcia

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