Building Dream Home Day 2

Day 249 I finished organizing the boards on Pinterest. Now to begin deciding on colors, flooring, and
accessories. As I organized these boards, ideas begin to come together in my mind for each room. The question constantly in the back of my mind - will it look good? How do I place the furniture? Will people think it looks good? 

Of course other plans are happening at the same time. Choosing a builder, figuring out how to handle the finances and the plans. Just to let you know - our plans went through about 8 rewrites and we are still finding changes we want to make. 

After the plans began to come together, we realized we had planned a 1.3M dollar house and needed to rethink a few things. One of those cutting the walkout basement and garage underneath. Most people go through this when building a house unless they have unlimited resources. 

I say dream and plan it - then see what you can afford. You will find you still have your dream home. 

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