Moving on Up

Technically this post should be titled "Moving on In...into my Parent's House", but that just doesn't sound as good as moving on up.  My husband and I actually moved into my parent's house December 14th, two days before we closed on the sale of our first home.   All joking aside, it is a good thing and we are so appreciative that my parents are letting us and our adorable dog, Ozzie, crash at their house until our next living situation is finalized.  I plan on using this blog to document all the fun that encompasses figuring out all of the ups and downs associated with building/buying our next home.  While we figure out the details, I would like to give you a little background as to where we are coming from...

The picture above is of our first house.  We purchased it seven years ago and it feels like yesterday.  It is a beautiful historic home built in the late 1800's in St. Louis's Fox Park neighborhood.  I loved this house the minute I stepped into it.  I admit I cried the day we moved out and the day we closed.  It is such a beautiful home inside and out.  What made our first home even better was the neighborhood.  I miss our neighbors and the involvement our neighborhood association had in making Fox Park a great place to live in.

I know that it was the right time to move on, but in the meantime, here are some of my favorite things about this house that I will always miss!

The ceilings - they were so tall:

Our master bedroom with its little nook:

Our big for the city backyard:

This house taught us so much about home ownership.  It gave us a great idea of what we would love to have in our next house.  It taught me that it is okay to pick a bad paint color because you can always fix it.  Yep...we had burnt orange in our bathroom.  Fortunately, it only lasted a couple of hours!  It taught us that there will always be another project to do around the house.  It taught us to buy quality pieces of furniture that we really love and to not just settle.  Most of all, it taught me that we can create a space that we love, are proud of and are comfortable in.  This house and Fox Park will always be special.  I am looking forward to finding something special about the next one!