I know, I know. I am married to a builder, we have two lots to build homes on over the next couple of years, two beautiful house plans that we drew together, more story boards than we could ever count and we bought a home, one with the most incredible rooms, y’all the kitchen + closet = LOVE, and to die for views.
Back in May, I was at the doctor with Bo for his shots and just so happened to look on Realtor at homes for sale (near me) in Murrells Inlet, SC as that is where Shawn and I wanted our forever home to be. This beautiful, southern home on the inlet popped up, I swear I looked at Realtor.com everyday and why on this day this one popped up, I didn’t know then, but it would be our forever home.
Shawn was out of town so I called our good friend Bradley Parker to take me to it. My mom and brother were with me, so we went to look at it, and as soon as I pulled into the driveway, I knew it was our home. The driveway, the architecture, the southern charm, the landscaping, just every detail was everything we have ever wanted in a home, and the views were TO DIE FOR. I immediately called Shawn and told him I had found our home, and he laughed and never said anything else about it, we had our house plans, we were building.
As soon as he got back to SC, I called Bradley and made him set up another showing, mind you, Shawn is a Realtor too, he he, but I felt like it was more of an experience if Bradley were with us.
Shawn and I went and looked at the house, and Shawn loved it, but his dream was for us to build and so he didn’t really take it serious.
Over the next month, we’d take the boat by the house and look at it and he would bring it up…okay, I would bring it up every chance I got and we would talk about how beautiful it was. Literally, there was not one thing we would change about the house.
Another month went by, and a lot of begging and pleading, but the day finally came we decided to put an offer in on the house. Shawn and I are so busy with work, I think we finally came to the realization that time isn’t slowing down, and we are so ready for life to start in a new home-that we didn’t want to wait another year while our home was being built, especially when this one was so perfect. With a little negotiating, the sellers accepted our offer and we closed on our dream home yesterday!
I cannot wait to watch Bo grow up on the inlet. I am saddened at the fact that Shawn and Bo will be out on the boat and fishing everyday so I will barely get to see them, he he, but I know it is somewhere Bo will LOVE growing up, and his dad too! When we were doing the walk through on Wednesday, I already pictured where Bo’s kindergarten pictures would be, where he and all of his buddies would be playing hide and seek, where I would take his first prom pictures followed by graduation, and finally, where I would see him pull in and out of the driveway when he will come home to see us from college. The number of memories that will be made in this home are uncountable and it makes my heart so happy to see Shawn so happy! Murrells Inlet is his happy place and he deserves this beautiful paradise to come home too because he works so hard for us and everyone else.
I wanted to share so much of this with you all, but I also didn’t want to jinx it-I swear it all feels almost too good to be true.
I will be updating and sharing pictures + decor with you all but for now, we are just SO excited to get moved in and make this stunning house our home.
