Model Home!

When we purchased our house back in February, Mattamy only had single family model homes built. While we really loved the singles, they were out of our price range, so we bought a townhouse - without the benefit of having a model home to look at. We had the floor plan, of course, but it would would have been nice to have a model home to walk through.

Fast forward to this past weekend, when Mattamy finally opened an urban townhouse model! I was super excited to go and see it, since we actually purchased one of the urbans, so Mark and I headed out there this evening. It wasn't the same floor plan as ours, but it was close enough that we got a good idea of what our future home will look like. AND I LOVE IT! Now, we know that the model home is filled to the rafters with expensive upgrades that we can't afford, but even beyond that it was a gorgeous home, and we got lots of ideas for upgrades we would like to get.

Upgrades that we're seriously considering:
- Hardwood on the second floor (in the living room)
- Ceramic tile in the kitchen and bathrooms
- Upgraded cabinets (the ones in the model were this lovely dark brown stain... I think they're out of our price range, but seeing these cabinets really convinces me we should at least go up one level from standard)
- Chef's Kitchen upgrade that'll give us the bigger island, potlights, etc.

Upgrades that were awesome but won't be happening for us:
- The wet bar off the game room. It was so nice, but for the amount we entertain (or drink, for that matter) it'd be silly.
- Granite countertops. Mark thinks we should at least get it on the island. That DID look nice, but I think even that is pushing it.

I wasn't entirely pleased with the bathtub in the model home; it was bigger than a standard tub, but not a Roman. It's absence makes me think that it isn't an option, since they went all out on putting in the best of the best in the model, but we'll see.