The past few days have seen us go from a two story house in Phoenix, AZ to a one story (much smaller) house in Salem, OR. The process of un-boxing has commenced and the place is starting to look a little more like home.
Observations:
Love the neighborhood and the back yard, especially. We live right on a small creek (Glenn Creek to be precise) so walking around in the back yard is kind of like being in the deep woods. We have some big trees, some uneven elevation to make the yard a little more interesting, and of course, the creek which makes a great little ambient noise throughout the day and night.
Love the floor plan of the house. It is more in the 70′s style, but we have a nice kitchen and open view of what we call ‘the green room’ which may end up being our office. It has a fire place which is cool and a perfect place to hang a flat screen television, but its a little small to put our full couch which is why the green room may become an office instead.
The room (red room) which could be a candidate for our living room has a nice big window looking into the yard, with a comfortable window seat. It has more room for the couch, but might be a lesser entertainment room due to the fact the window lets in so much light.
Our bedroom is on the small side, along with both bathrooms. We may end up just splitting these and each of us taking a bathroom (which truth be told is just fine for me!)
Some of the negatives? The oven is really small. I’d be surprised if it could even fit a small turkey, but it is new and modern which is nice I guess. The kitchen floor seems to be at a slight slope so our fridge looks like it is leaning. The cabinets are spacious but they are old. The water pressure to the sink in the kitchen is almost non existent. Finally, our bedroom is painted pink 
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