On the Market

As of early this week, our house is officially on the market! Alicia just posted our listing today. I also created a house page with more details, pictures, and commentary. Feel free to send the link to anyone you might know who’s looking for a house in our area, and tell your friends as well. Alicia hired a stager named Anna who visited our house, rearranged furniture, cleared out lots of our “personality” from the house, and generally made it look more like a model. It was a bit difficult for Jenny to have another woman come in and tell her what was wrong with her decorating, but the results are great. We even repainted the blue accent wall in the kitchen. It seems like half of our possessions (the half we seldom use) are in storage. Now it feels like we’re living in a hotel – the bed is made unless we’re in it, the kitchen sink is always empty, the countertops are always clean, and our toothbrushes are in the cabinet. Now the waiting begins. I’m really curious to see how many people want to see the house, how long until we get an offer, and what the offer is. I think we’ve priced our house very fairly, less than you’d pay for a comparable new house from the builder, and it has lots of upgrades and nice touches to help it stand out. Tonight we celebrated with a bottle of raspberry wine, which is FABULOUS. Pick up a bottle at World Market.