{"id":3313,"date":"2019-05-29T20:12:28","date_gmt":"2019-05-29T20:12:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/collectivelycarolina.com\/staging\/4719\/?p=3313"},"modified":"2022-03-14T18:30:14","modified_gmt":"2022-03-14T18:30:14","slug":"wedding-wednesday-no-6-were-homeowners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/collectivelycarolina.com\/staging\/4719\/wedding-wednesday-no-6-were-homeowners\/","title":{"rendered":"Wedding Wednesday No. 6 \/\/ We&#8217;re Homeowners!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>EEEP! Y&#8217;all I am so EXCITED! I have been absolutely dying to share this news with you for over a month now. Rudd and I officially closed on our house in North Carolina yesterday and it&#8217;s going to be so fun to start sharing home-related content with you. I seriously can&#8217;t believe we can say we&#8217;re homeowners!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As some of you know, Rudd is a realtor in NC and is also a contractor, which made our house buying process much easier than it might have been otherwise. We&#8217;ve been on the hunt for the past few months and finally found something that checked all of our boxes!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3315 size-full\" title=\"We're homeowners! Just bought our first house in North Carolina!\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/collectivelycarolina.com\/staging\/4719\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_2256.jpg?resize=780%2C975&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"We're homeowners! Just bought our first house in North Carolina!\" width=\"780\" height=\"975\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/collectivelycarolina.com\/staging\/4719\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_2256.jpg?w=2923&amp;ssl=1 2923w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/collectivelycarolina.com\/staging\/4719\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_2256.jpg?resize=240%2C300&amp;ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/collectivelycarolina.com\/staging\/4719\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_2256.jpg?resize=819%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 819w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/collectivelycarolina.com\/staging\/4719\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_2256.jpg?resize=1229%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1229w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/collectivelycarolina.com\/staging\/4719\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_2256.jpg?resize=1638%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1638w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/collectivelycarolina.com\/staging\/4719\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_2256.jpg?resize=400%2C500&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/collectivelycarolina.com\/staging\/4719\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_2256.jpg?w=1560&amp;ssl=1 1560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/collectivelycarolina.com\/staging\/4719\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_2256.jpg?w=2340&amp;ssl=1 2340w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">dress (similar <span style=\"color: #ffb9c7;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ffb9c7;\" href=\"https:\/\/shopstyle.it\/l\/3YLg\">here<\/a><\/strong><\/span> and <span style=\"color: #ffb9c7;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ffb9c7;\" href=\"https:\/\/shopstyle.it\/l\/3YLh\">here<\/a><\/strong><\/span>) \/\/ <span style=\"color: #ffb9c7;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ffb9c7;\" href=\"https:\/\/shopstyle.it\/l\/3YLj\">sandals<\/a><\/strong><\/span> \/\/ <span style=\"color: #ffb9c7;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ffb9c7;\" href=\"https:\/\/shopstyle.it\/l\/3YMT\">sunglasses<\/a><\/strong><\/span> \/\/ <span style=\"color: #ffb9c7;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ffb9c7;\" href=\"https:\/\/shopstyle.it\/l\/3YLp\">necklace<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffb9c7;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ffb9c7;\" href=\"https:\/\/shopstyle.it\/l\/3YLw\">Rudd&#8217;s shoes<\/a><\/strong><\/span> \/\/ <span style=\"color: #ffb9c7;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ffb9c7;\" href=\"https:\/\/shopstyle.it\/l\/3YM0\">Rudd&#8217;s polo<\/a><\/strong><\/span> \/\/ <span style=\"color: #ffb9c7;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ffb9c7;\" href=\"https:\/\/shopstyle.it\/l\/3YM2\">Rudd&#8217;s sunglasses<\/a><\/strong><\/span> \/\/ <span style=\"color: #ffb9c7;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ffb9c7;\" href=\"https:\/\/shopstyle.it\/l\/3YM4\">Rudd&#8217;s belt<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s definitely a bit of a fixer upper (which is something we were hoping for because of Rudd&#8217;s construction skills) and there are a lot of things we want to do to it, including remodeling the kitchen, replacing interior doors, painting, etc.! On top of that, we&#8217;re going to be on a major furniture hunt over the next couple of months as we fill up our first home together. (I actually started buying some things over Memorial Day weekend!) I can&#8217;t wait to share each and every find with you along the way!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Rudd is going to be moving into the house after we fix up a few of the &#8220;major&#8221; things like the kitchen, and I&#8217;ll move in after the <span style=\"color: #ffb9c7;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ffb9c7;\" href=\"https:\/\/collectivelycarolina.com\/staging\/4719\/category\/style\/wedding\/\">wedding next April<\/a><\/strong><\/span>! I spent some time yesterday afternoon taking a bunch of &#8220;before&#8221; pictures of the inside of the house so that I&#8217;ll be able to show you all of the transformations. Next up: Picking out our interior paint colors! Currently searching for the perfect white color for trim\/cabinets. Give me all of your suggestions in the comments! 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