Because we still have a house to sell before making the move, we don’t want to buy another house until that part is wrapped up. The grand plan is that when we sell in NC, we’ll rent an apartment in Michigan while we search for the perfect mid-century gem. Despite that, we can’t keep our eyes off of the real estate listings. It’s something we’ve always done, though – scanning the listings, looking for amazing mid-century modern homes just for fun. Now it’s for real, although I can’t quite call it “for real” until our current house sells. Once that happens, then we are genuinely all-in.

Since we started the mid-Michigan mid-century home search, we’ve come across a number of great houses, even with the market being a bit slow this time of year. There is one that we’ve been spying in East Lansing for some time now, and we can’t seem to get it out of our heads, even  though it doesn’t fit exactly what we are searching for. In our opinion, it’s a bit overpriced for all of the work that it needs inside, and taxes in that area are pretty high. It would be tough to justify the cost, but it has a ton of potential if the price was right. Can’t you just envision gorgeous wood floors, a bit of work on that ceiling and beams, with a fun front door and entryway? Oh, and those windows! The listing is located here with lots of photos.