Decisions Decisions....

Matt and I have been talking for a long awhile about the desire to eventually move out of the hip urban loft condo and into a house. Yes, a house. It's with mixed feelings, of course, as we totally LOVE our condo in the city right now -- walk everywhere, in the heart of Capitol Hill, easy access to the highway, etc... but we recently decided that now is the time to finally move forward. For the last few weeks, we met with a real estate agent and lender and started prepping our condo to put on the market. By prepping, that means renting a storage unit and packing up a TON of random stuff that we don't necessarily need for everyday and removing any clutter from our unit. After meeting with a staging consultant and getting some advice, we rearranged our furniture and have set up the place to be ready to sell! We've also started checking out open houses so we can see the light at the end of the tunnel. It's an interesting market as it's not a great time to sell but it's an awesome time to buy....so while we may not get what we'd like for the condo now, we'll be able to get a whole lotta house for a lot less than that house was worth just 2 years ago. Well, the photographer came last weekend and our listing will go on the market in the next day or two...and I'm naturally having last minute anxieties about making sure the price is set right....hence, the decisions to be made. We'd love to sell and buy a house in the next few months...but are also mentally okay with that not working out and trying again next year. As a result, we want to price it in a way that gives us that room but is also an attractive offer. So many factors! Anyway, we just got back the photos that will be used in the listing and are IMPRESSED (yay HDR!). We can't help but think "dang! we live here!" Here they are!