Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Homeownin’ It Up!

 So I know it has been awhile… but buying the house, on top of packing and moving - and unpacking- and cleaning and painting and more cleaning … all while still keeping up my day job, is EXHAUSTING. It has been like what I think jet-lag would feel like… house-lag! The good news is I feel great now… and I’m back with some house postings to let you know what we've been up to.


This post will just be a general post about what the house is looking like now that we’re here… but I will be back later this week hopefully with some detailed posts about some of the improvements we made. (namely--- the beautiful, glorious hardwood floors).

So after two days of moving everything into the new house from the apartment… and then about another two days of unpacking… this is what all of the rooms are looking like now:

LIVING ROOM


All of these pics were taken on my phone... forgive the quality!


  
Obviously this is before we got rid of the pile of empty boxes and trash. :)
We still need to:
-get 2 bookcases so that we can unpack our two very large boxes of books
- “new” media console for TV, with storage for DVD’s (by “new” I mean new to us... most likely we’ll find something at a flea market)  
-get a sectional
-new curtains
-rugs
-coffee table (something round I think)
-hang some family pics? Or maybe some art? Both?

DINING ROOM

We still need to:
-get a new larger dining room table with seating for at least 6 people
-convert storage console into open shelving & paint or stain
-eventually replace countertop on storage console
-find/hang some art on the open wall

OFFICE/MUSIC ROOM





Probably one of my favorite parts... having an organized area for my crafts and art stuff!
This is probably our most completed room so far.. I'm loving the way the guitars look up on the wall... they're beautiful. BUT...We still need to:
-move futon in here once we purchase a sectional
-get a different desk chair
-need a rug (probably something round)

BEDROOM



-would like to get a large rug for underneath the bed
-also want to look into vintage metal bedframe
-new bedding set?
-hang some art on the walls

BATHROOM


-paint the walls (SOMETHING CHECKED OFF OF MY LIST!!! although not in this picture)
-hang shelves with baskets on wall for extra storage
-create an outlet in here ( yup… I have no outlet in my bathroom right now… it’s very inconvenient)
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KITCHEN


-paint chalkboard wall (TWO things checked off of my lists! you can't see the wall i painted here either... I will back with that update later!)
-black and white checkerboard floors (vinyl tiles)
-paint or stain cabinets
-new cabinet hardware

Nothing has happened in the basement except that we moved a few boxes down there, so I won’t bore you with basement pictures. We do have plans to waterproof the basement, but not right away.

We also bought our first lawn mower, and the yard is starting to look a lot better! Zach is in charge of that department, so I really have no idea what he has in store out there…



This is actually back behind the garage... Zach mowed and cleaned up a bunch of trash back here... but we still need to get gravel!

And happily, the cats are in love with the new house too… lots more space for them to play in now! (although they mostly sleep in the window.)



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