Almost time

In the almost 2 weeks since we closed on our house we have been doing a lot of painting and other small projects to get things ready before we move in on Saturday.

So far we have painted our dining and living room downstairs. Upstairs the master bedroom/bath, loft area and guest bedroom are all painted. We only have 2 bathrooms left to paint at this time. Painting is HARD work! My body has been so sore after all that painting and I was actually starting to get calluses on my hands!

For paint colors we chose lighter earth tone shades to go throughout most our house:

I have such a difficult time picking out paint colors. It is so hard to get a good idea of what the color will look like on all 4 walls of a room from a tiny paint sample! Luckily we are happy with all of our color choices so far. :)

This week has been full of packing to prepare for our movers on Saturday morning:

Just 2 more days :)

Yard

When I got to our new house yesterday after work they were putting in the sod and landscaping.

Now it all just has to grow, grow, grow!

CLOSING!

We closed on Friday and are officially homeowners!

Mirror Update

A few weeks ago I puchased this mirror for $10 at big lots.


It was a GREAT deal for a good sized mirror, I just wasn't loving the gold. So I decided to give it an update! I taped around the edges and covered the center with old magazine pages to protect the glass.

I then sprayed it with the leftover paint I used when I redid the handles on my dresser.

I'm so happy with how it turned out! Job well done!

Final Days!

On Wednesday, March 31st we had our final walk through. Basically we spent about 2 hrs. going through everything in the house learning how to care for everything and making notes on final touch ups that need to be done. Our realtor insisted on taking a picture of us:
We went back on Friday to look over things again and I took lots of pictures!

Entry through garage. Laundry on left, pantry on right:

Yay...appliances!

Looking out through sliding door off the dining room:

Entry by front door/powder room:

blinds were included throughout the entire house!

Upstairs loft area (James is in the guest bathroom):

Guest Bathroom:

Master closet:

Master Bathroom:

Separate toilet area in master bath:

Typical:

YAY!

Our closing had to be pushed back 1 week because of miscommunication from our builder and lender about our yard...ugh! As of now our closing is scheduled for this Friday, April 9th, at 4pm. This entire process has been STRESSFUL here at the end! I think the hardest part has been the failing communication in the last several weeks from both our builder and our lender. James and I often felt like we didn't know exactly what was happening when. I have felt SO tense and on edge these last few weeks! I don't feel like I will be able to relax until we walk out of closing with the keys in our hand!