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Hello!
Hi all,
I joined TN previously and come in to follow your board frequently. I would have posted previously, but completely forgot my sign on info (that I only used minimally anyways!), so I FINALLY created a new profile
A little bit about me: I live north, so am fearing the cold weather that is approaching, am married and have a daughter. Work in Marketing as a Graphic designer with also a degree in Interior Design. We sold our house earlier this year and are currently building with a Spring 16 finish timeline. I'm trying to find a happy medium between making purchases for the new home when I happen upon great sales (why are curtains so insanely expensive?!) and saving every penny. I have a decent budget (just use excel for weekly expenses/pay), but it's recently been shot with spendy car repairs this month, so am working on making up the costs from the vehicles. Not debt-adverse and in the last year have really worked on learning more about credit scores and how to understand the crazy system. And also learning about prying the budget away from my (no-attention-to-detail) husband and closing/combining accounts. It's been quite the year!
I also blabber on. Hello!
I joined TN previously and come in to follow your board frequently. I would have posted previously, but completely forgot my sign on info (that I only used minimally anyways!), so I FINALLY created a new profile
A little bit about me: I live north, so am fearing the cold weather that is approaching, am married and have a daughter. Work in Marketing as a Graphic designer with also a degree in Interior Design. We sold our house earlier this year and are currently building with a Spring 16 finish timeline. I'm trying to find a happy medium between making purchases for the new home when I happen upon great sales (why are curtains so insanely expensive?!) and saving every penny. I have a decent budget (just use excel for weekly expenses/pay), but it's recently been shot with spendy car repairs this month, so am working on making up the costs from the vehicles. Not debt-adverse and in the last year have really worked on learning more about credit scores and how to understand the crazy system. And also learning about prying the budget away from my (no-attention-to-detail) husband and closing/combining accounts. It's been quite the year!
I also blabber on. Hello!
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Welcome back!
It's so hard not to overspend when purchasing stuff for a new house. It must be so exciting to build too!
One thing that might help is coming up with a budget for things that need to be replaced/purchased and putting that money aside in another account. Think about things that are immediate and things that can wait a little while, and then come up with a list in priority of what you need... Once you come up with the budget and put the money aside only use that money to purchase what you need, especially the immediate/high priority things. I would also wait on curtains and things like that until you're in the house and know what size you'll need, what colors you want in the room, etc. You have plenty of time to watch sales and try to get the best deals. Good luck!
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Welcome back! That must be exciting to be building a new home. I wish I had a link, but I read a funny and informative article years ago that was titled something like "Things You Buy When You Purchase Your First Home That Noone Tells You About."
While I realize this isn't your first home, the first thing the author talked about was spending a small fortune on window dressings, lol. She also talked about how her thrift store furniture from college just didn't look "quite right" anymore in her new house. And the myriad of tools and lawn care equipment that she didn't even know existed. I can especially relate to that last one!
My "house hate" is the linoleum in our master bedroom. Seriously!!! Who puts linoleum in a bedroom? And not just any linoleum. Green Marble-look linoleum. I've attached a pic so you can marvel in the horror. BUT, as much as I can't want to put in hardwoods for that room, the floor works just fine and so we've lived with it for 4 years and counting. It is now at the top of the improvement list and I will get my hardwoods sometime next year.
For the curtains, I've been purchasing slowly and only for a few rooms for mostly privacy. Will def wait on blinds until after we are in the space to see which windows will actually need them. It just stinks that we needed to start from scratch because all of our window treatments sold with our last home
Also love Joss & Main! They do a great job of showing room settings and sparking ideas, too!
Think about how luxurious your hardwood floors will be once you get them! Flooring is so expensive, it's nice that you were able to wait to hopefully get what you will really loveMy "house hate" is the linoleum in our master bedroom. Seriously!!! Who puts linoleum in a bedroom? And not just any linoleum. Green Marble-look linoleum. I've attached a pic so you can marvel in the horror. BUT, as much as I can't want to put in hardwoods for that room, the floor works just fine and so we've lived with it for 4 years and counting. It is now at the top of the improvement list and I will get my hardwoods sometime next year.
This home will be larger, but mostly in dining space. We had a tiny kitchen and non-existent dining room before, so while purchasing new tables will be a pain, I'm so, so excited to be able to have a nice family meal or entertain soon! I am keeping around most of our furniture so that we don't need to worry about EVERYTHING. Like the light grey sofa covered in nail polish by my (then) one-year old