Our dream finally came true - Oh Sh*t! What do we do now?

As most of our friends and family know, Craig and I have (casually) been looking for an affordable fixer-upper since moving to Seattle. The lack of affordable houses anywhere close to Seattle put a damper on our goal, but alas we did not give up. Then one day at the end of April while sitting in the back of the classroom, I decided to peruse redfin.com and found quite a beaut. At the open house, three days later, the Realtor smiled and said it just needed some fresh paint and some "TLC." Not sure which house he was talking about because it surely wasn't the one we were standing in (noses' plugged), but the place showed real promise. After walking through it for only 15 minutes Craig had new floor plans sketched out on a napkin at Hattie's Hat.

Flash forward 24 hrs, and after an 11pm phone call with our Realtor friend Todd, and mortgage guy, David, we were pre-approved and within 12 hrs after that, had officially extended an offer. To both Todd's and our surprise, they accepted our bid and that's when it all started moving 1000 miles a minute and it's yet to cease. There were inspections to be had, loan options to research, permits, quotes, earnest money, insurance, credit reports, appraisals, signing over my first born and on and on.

We signed our official papers on May 30 developing severe cases of tendinitises, then finally got the keys (in a fancy gift wrapped box) the next day. Checkout the album below for all the 'before' shots. Hopefully 12 months from now, we'll compare these to the 'afters' giggling like little school girls with glee at the drastic improvements :)