Tom and I looked at another possible new home today. "New" in relation to us; this one was built in 1926! It needs a fair amount of aesthetic work to bring it to Land-ready, but we wouldn't need to add on or move walls or anything structural. Smoothing the ceilings (instead of the swirly textured imprints it has now), refinishing the hardwoods, and painting the walls would pretty much do the trick. And I think I can live with the near-primary wall colors so long as we had the floors and ceilings "corrected" before we moved in.

Oh, wait, we would have to carve out some closet space from the massive master bedroom. But as renovations go, that's pretty minor.

We came straight back to work after we saw it this afternoon and haven't really gotten to talk about it yet. But I think we're going to go ahead and get our house on the market, since selling our current house is required. Wow.

I am still crazy about both the house plan we designed to build on our lot and about the bungalow on Hargrove we have seen several times. But the Hargrove house would require adding a master closet and a garage, because there is virtually no interior storage and there is literally no outdoor storage. And the bedrooms are so small we couldn't have a nightstand on either side of the bed in the master! With a full-size bed! Not a king or even a queen. So the Hargrove house really isn't quite what we need.

Our house plan, on the other hand, is exactly what we need in terms of layout and space design. However, we can't afford to build it. So it remains shelved for the future, when our financial situation is different (retirement/new job for Tom, "real" job for me, etc.).

Which brings me back to today, the 1926 saltbox-style house we saw today. I feel good about it. Looking forward to talking it over with Mr. Land.