Qualities I love in a home.

Our lease is up in our townhome at the beginning of June, so the hunt for a house begins.  I'm going to go ahead and apologize now, because for the next few months I have a feeling that "house-talk" will take over my blog.  I got an email from our realtor yesterday, and she asked for a list of "qualities" we're looking for in our first home so she could start the process, so I thought I'd share with you what we told her. 

(Disclaimer: some of these pictures are from million-dollar homes, so obviously our home won't look anything like it, but we can dream!)

The Kitchen
We told our realtor know that if the house has white cabinets, to not even bother showing it to us.  Maybe that's "over the top", but remodeling a kitchen would not be cheap, and I really prefer oak over white cabinets any day.  I also really want an island in the kitchen. 


Garage
Tyler wants a 2 car garage and would love a work station somewhere, whether that's in the garage or maybe even a seperate shed in the backyard.


Open floor plan
We love entertaining, so an open floor plan is ideal for us.  Not necessarily a "deal breaker", but it's a big plus. It also makes spaces feel bigger, which is ideal.


Back yard
I want mature trees, Tyler wants a fenced in back yard.  We would also like a big deck for all that entertaining we'll be doing...hehe. ;)


Exterior
We would really prefer vinyl siding on our home to wood siding, but unfortunately in this area vinyl isn't a popular choice for some reason.  Ideally I'd love a mix between brick and vinyl.  Hopefully we'll get lucky.


So there you have it.  A few qualities we love in homes and would like to have in ours.  Wish us luck and pray for us as we begin our search!