One More Week

Whew, the time really is flying!  It's only 6 days until closing, 7 days until the U-Boxes get delivered and 8 days until the movers haul all of our stuff into the house.  I'M SO EXCITED!!!

First and foremost in this whole process will be to get started on the painting.  Every room is going to be the neutral colors of Creamy Mushroom and Swiss Coffee as was the Arizona house.  So as soon as we can get into the new place, we're going in with painting supplies and starting in the master bedroom.

Master Bedroom via Realtor Listing

(Note: All of the photos are from the original listing and all I have at this time).  As beautiful as this bedroom set is, it's WAY too much furniture for the space.  I'm very much looking forward to making it my own with lighter pieces.  I'm thinking my bed will go below the window on the right and my antique dresser will go on the wall where the bed is.  That is all we brought from our room; we gave everything else away.  That bathroom door is going the wrong way.  If the bathroom is too narrow for the door to swing inward, then I will put in a pocket door OR one of those sliding barn doors would be awesome!  I've always wanted one of those...

Bedroom #2 via Realtor Listing

I am so happy that all of the bedrooms in this house are larger then the bedrooms in our old house.  This is going to be the guest bedroom sans everything in this photo.  There will be no pink carpet, no wallpaper, no chair rail, no seafoam green paint...

Bedroom #3 via Realtor Listing

BLUE!!!  This is going to be my craft room/office for the time being but will eventually be a second guest room.  Craig wants to finish the basement and make a craft room for me down there with cabinets, countertops and an island.  Wouldn't that be awesome?!?!  But with all of the other projects and plans, that one might take a while to get around to.  Again, this room will be painted like the others and all three will have the same carpeting.  Something I didn't have in my previous house that this one has, is light sockets in the ceilings of bedrooms 2 and 3.  We had to use floor or table lamps in those rooms.

I have been looking at houses for many months and even though I have seen hundreds of them, either online or in person, I have yet to see one with the perfect layout.  I'm starting to think the industry needs a few good architects.  Anyway, even the soon-to-be-ours sweet little casa in the woods has its wonky spaces and issues.  Some of these are easily dealt with and others we'll just have to live with.  Unless I win the lottery...

Great Room via Realtor Listing

Case in point, the area in front of, this side of, the fire place.  Notice how the fireplace sits crooked in the large great room.  The living room area is obvious, the dining area is to the left under that chandelier, and notice the lights hanging to the far right; I have no idea what this is about and, wait for it...

Great Room via Realtor Listing

There is a hole in the wall with spindles in it.  If you were to look into that hole, you would see the basement stairs and there is no door at the bottom.  This will be one of the first issues we address.  Anyway, I have no idea why this is set up this way or if there even was an intended purpose.  I thought maybe I could make it into a cozy sitting area.

Living Room via Realtor Listing

Here is the opposite side of the fireplace.  For some reason there is no mantle on this side but the hearth is elevated.  This set-up doesn't make a lot of sense because there is really no cozying up to this side of the fireplace.  This picture was taken just inside the front door.  All of the furniture will be facing the television.

I've always wanted a big picture window in the living room for my Christmas tree and this house has one.  But if you look at the floor next to the first fireplace picture, you'll see an indention in the carpet.  That is an outlet, which means I could put my Christmas tree there and it would be seen from just about any common area of the house and also from outside.  I have options and am already looking forward to decorating for the holidays.  :D

Okay, that's it for today.  Tomorrow will be a more comprehensive look at the kitchen, pantry, laundry room and bathrooms.