Home. Bittersweet. Home.

Kim,
My heart hurts for you, but it sounds like you have a great attitude and will be able to handle all the changes. As women, I find our attitudes generally "rub off" on our children and even husbands so I know your positive spirit will make things easier for them. Good luck and I look forward to following your search for a new home.

I can't speak for you, but sometimes a fresh slate is good.

This move means that you can choose any thype of house you would like without the worry of "will this fit or will this floor match the wood in the…"

Im sure you will do a fabulous job starting from scratch. I can't wait to read about all of your progress.

Best of luck in your NEW home search.

Wow! Wow! Wow! Truly bittersweet. I wish you the best with your move and new shopping. I admire your talents for staging a home, and the fact that the buyers wanted EVERYTHING is a huge compliment, despite the sadness of having to part with things.
Good luck!

Wow! Your house is beautiful! But you will have a fabulous time finding your new beautiful spot in the world!

What makes a home is not the stuff or the things but the people in it! 🙂 What an exciting adventure! It is a great time to buy in the Phoenix market-I am sure you will find something wonderful.

Oh honey! I completely understand, how scary! More than anything you SOLD your home. This is wonderful. I had something similar happen to me once and I was actually offended until I gathered that it was flattery. I'm not surprised for a second that someone loves your taste so much that they wanted it all! I'm glad you were able to keep your armoire and get to start all over. Clearly this is a job you should be doing!!!

I guess this really is a fresh start! I love your "redo" photos of your kitchen – you did such a beautiful job! Good luck and I hope you will post your progress on everything. Would love to share.

WOW!!! your kitchen looks beautiful! looking forward to reading your new decorations! =) you have GREAT taste!

Kim, I'm excited for you!!!! There is nothing I LOVE more than shopping for a new house and looking at the potential it has rather than the negative!!! I love what you did with your kitchen cabinets!!! I'm actually wanting to paint my oak cabinets are dark espresso brown….Maybe you can email me with your steps. This creative blog looks like staging and decorating needs to be added to it. I look forward to seeing all your fabulous new things!!!!!
P.S. Post pictures of ALL your rooms so we can see the beautiful way you decorated to encourage someone to want it fully furnished.

That is great news that your house sold! Yet to part with so much is hard. I can understand why they'd want it all just from those few pictures, amazing.

We are also embarking on the selling of our home and I don't enjoy the stress of waiting to see if it sells. (or the constantly picking up after 4 kids to make sure it looks nice)

On to your next adventure.

So I have to say over the past 2 years I have found myself in the same boat at some point. Life happens for a reason and what you make of it is up to you. So with saying that, be happy and confident in what you do from here on out and maybe this will be a fun time to reinvent your new home in a fun new way. I think it would be hard to leave things behind, but as long as you take things with that hold memories the rest is just stuff and you will have so much fun decorating your new place. I know I had alot of fun in our new place. Its not our permanent place but I have learned so many new things about life and enjoying it more. I hope this all works out for you and you can breathe easier throughout all of it. 🙂

Yay! that you sold it! I felt the same way when we sold ours but this weekend we headed out to our old house bc me parents have their river house right beside it and I was totally okay and didnt miss it a bit! I understand the whole moving a lot too. My dad is a builder and I'm 25 and have moved 26 times! Have fun with the new venture!

WOW! I wouldn't even know where to start with pricing everything in my home. I bet THAT was the crazy part.
I'd be floored. But so freaking excited to move on and start completely fresh. Exciting times!!

congrats on getting it sold. i'm a pack rat and also a "semi-reformed" shopaholic so i know the bittersweet feeling you are going through. i think you have exceptional taste but for a buyer to request "everything", that's so strange to me. best wishes on your new chapter and may it bring lots of wonderful memories as well as fun surprises.

Wow, that's crazy that someone to buy EVERYTHING! If the rest of your house looks as good as your kitchen…I can see why they wanted to buy everything…they probably couldn't make it look as good as you had it. You want to come to Dallas and redecorate ours? haha. Good luck to you and have an awesome time shopping for the new house and furniture. I can only imagine how beautiful it will be. Wish I had your talent in home decor.

hi Kim,
I'm so sorry, AND congratulations! I don't know if you felt like that when you sold us your other home, but know that it's being cherished like no other home. You do have a knack for decorating, EVERYBODY comments on your decor in my house. We love it! You'll work your magic in another home where you will be happy, because that's where your family will be.

congrats, again! That's ironic because I just emailed my friend your house listing/photos today to see if they were interested…

Hi Kim – I have only recently found your beautiful blog – it has become one of my favourites. I am sure you will find somewhere wonderful to move to and it will become your favourite place to be – a home is where your beautiful family is and what you make it and by the look of your blog wherever it is it will be sensational! Think positive and look forward as the possibilities are endless! Leanne

You are very brave to start all over again. But, then again, shopping is so fun and decisions about decorating is something that I love to do–and I guess youdo too. Congratulations on the sell and good luck with what's ahead. Youdid a super job on your kitchen!

You've got great style! I'm sure bringing that into a new space will be cathartic and motivating. Worry not – everything works out as planned!

You've got great style! I'm sure bringing that into a new space will be cathartic and motivating. Worry not – everything works out as planned!

wow kim. that is big. impressively big. i don't know what i would have don't in your shoes. it's got to be a rollercoaster of emotions for your whole family, but enjoy the clean slate. hopefully it was meant to be. thinking of you.

Hi Kim,

Congrats on your sale. Look forward to hearing how you decorate your next house. Love your kitchen remodel. I love what you did with your cabinets, as does many others. Could you make a post sometime about how you redid your cabinets? Did you just paint them? We are thinking about giving our kitchen a "facelift" and love your transformation. You really need to start a decorating service if you haven't already!!

Amy

Wishing you the very best!!!

Congratulations Kim! Good luck in searching for your next perfect home. Cloe x

Congratulations and big hugs to you. Sometimes our hand is forced and we don't know why but we grow from it. I am sure you will transition to your new home beautifully and look forward to following along your journey.
Your armoire just spoke to me. I have a very similar piece that I am just about to take on and renovate and organize (which naturally means a domino of other projects…). Thank your for the inspiration.

Your kitchen is amazing!!! You have done so well I am shocked that it is the same room as the before! I thought it was out of a magazine. How did you refinish your cupboards they turned out absolutely gorgeous!
good luck with your move, looking at your pictures you will do great in making your new home beautiful!

Congratulations! We also sold a home where we had invested a lot of money. Although it sold above our asking price, we didn't fully recover our investment. But it was ok with us. The improvements we did improved our quality of life. We enjoyed them daily. So we don't feel like we lost money. We also know that the new owners thoroughly enjoy them as well on a daily basis. All those things are worth more than the cash.

Could you possibly share the paint color that you used in your old kitchen? I love it!