Split Decision

Yesterday, Matt, Ramsey and I went out on another search for Wheati's new home.  I packed my usual goodie bag of gatorade, Milky Ways, pretzels and granola bars, all to keep myself in high spirits as we viewed home after home with no luck in meeting all of Honey Wheati's requirements.  We were in an established community with mature trees, sidewalks, street lights, and well cared for homes lining the streets.  The first home on the list to view was lacking the open floor plan we were looking for.  Since Wheats has to be in the same room we are, we'd like the main rooms of the house to be open to feel as spacious as possible.  We moved a few houses down the street to find a quaint little one-story home with an absolutely beautiful dark stained wooden door that immediately caught my attention.  The inside was captivating.  The entry way has tile flooring and leads to new high-quality carpet in the living room with vaulted ceiling, white brick fireplace, and plantation shutters on every window.  From the front door, you can see the dining room and kitchen with tile floor.  The dining room has a full wall of picture-frame woodwork painted white and the space would perfectly fit our dining room table.  From there, the kitchen grabs your eye, with granite counter tops, solid wood cabinets, neutral back-splash, stainless steel appliances, a deep white sink and high arch faucet.  Beautiful.  The place takes your breathe away.  And then you go outside to a covered patio with another connected patio perfect for a patio set with umbrella.  It is fenced in and has a perfect area for Wheati to have a "dog run" that I can see him loving.  Back inside, we were led to the master.  It has crown molding, not huge, but large enough to fit all of our furniture with a connected bath with a combo tub/shower and walk-in closet with beautiful built-ins.  Down the hallway you'll find two bedrooms with more crown molding and wooden built-ins and another beautiful full bathroom.  I feel at home in this house, but Matt isn't sold on the exterior of the house.  I see the exterior as something we can change to make the home our own since there is so little in the home that we would change.  A drawback would be the laundry hookups are in the garage.
I'll let you know the verdict on the house and when we hear about HGTV.