AFTER 2 YEARS + a whole crap lot of house renditions later – – – WE HAVE OFFICIALLY BROKEN GROUND on #theparrishplace. Can you tell we’re excited?
We’re mostly grateful to have found a custom builder who has stuck by our side + helped us pass the CCNR’s in our old neighborhood. The plan was to have several people bid out our plans, but it’s no easy task to do that muoltiple times. We went with COOK BUILDER + he’s honestly been with us every up + down along the way. He shoots us straight + we’re grateful for that. So far so good, NOW THE REAL FUN BEGINS!
We are craving a place to let these boys roam free. To not have my anxiety soar each time they walk outside to play + I hear cars rush by. We’ve learned a lot about roots the last several months, finally time to re-plant them.
I asked Juan if it was weird if we camped in our tent on our lot until the house was ready. #excitedmuch? I’m still kinda half serious.
Things we are most excited for:
- GING | NATURAL LIGHT I’d live in an entire glass house if it wasn’t creepy, a laundry room + a place to actually organize my hats + a tub that isn’t combined with the same shower we allllll use. (high maintenance, i’m aware)
- JON | a garage to park our cars in, plenty of cold storage space, a place to put all our freaking shoes (his biggest pet peeve for sure), his own drawers
- JONAH | walking to school, the half pipe, having his own underwear drawer + finding the secret door that we promised him. (we have zero recollection of this – – – – NATE! SOS!)
- RIGGS | playing basketball inside, jumping on a trampoline, swimming, building a treehouse in the “forrest” + riding his bike on the jump in the road whenever he wants
- JACK | he mostly just talks about bringing his motorcycle bike to the new house + a trampoline
Saved the sneak peek of the hole coming to life – to on our ‘home’ bubble on Instagram. Follow along in stories as we will be updating regularly!
ever evolving house inspo!
We hired Hyrum McKay Bates right off the bat as an architect. I knew he was a perfect fit when I saw how detail oriented he was. I knew he’d help make our crazy ideas something more timeless. I’m kinda the worst decision maker, but he hasn’t thrown in the towel. We showed up on his doorstep with our napkin drawn dream home in hand + said make this real life. He’s done it, TWICE. Looking back at our first designs is kinda funny. We basically lived in that house in our minds + hearts, so what we’ve landed on now really feels like EXACTLY what we want!
More to come soon!
eeeeeeeeeeeeek,
the parrish’s