House Tour: Winter 2014: a house log

Something about filming the video tour of our showhouse progress made us realize that we were overdue for one of our own house (that and the fact that so many of you have been asking for one). And considering the last one we made was the “before” of this house, overdue is in fact an understatement. So please forgive our delay and enjoy this little jaunt around our quite much in-progress pad:

In the video you might notice a few things…

• There are several “disaster zones” in the house (the dining room, the guest room, and the unfinished storage room) which are in short a catch-all dumping ground for things that we have not figured out a place for yet – so we kept those real and showed you the chaos.
• We also take a moment to highlight the bins full of baby girl clothes in the living room that Sherry’s going to consign/donate. Why do we consistently point out the most random things when the camera’s rolling?
• There is a sneak peek of our bathroom ceiling, which is halfway done.
• I filmed while Sherry narrated, since we have learned that Sherry’s a bit too Blair Witch Project with her camera skills, and I am not as good at chatting without long awkward pauses.
• Sherry now wants me to add that there is nothing not-awkward about her narration. I like her last sentence the best.
• Please forgive the couple of obvious cuts – like when I trekked down a long dark hallway towards our laundry, or when I spun around and smacked the camera into our closet wall and may have muttered something unsavory.
• Burger makes a cameo and totally plays it cool (“do not mind me, I will simply keep eating.”)

And if you are interested in making a direct comparison, here is our original house tour video from waaaay back in May – which was before we had even moved in.

Do you folks ever walk around with a video camera (or simply a regular camera) to “time capsule” your progress? It is such an straightforward thing to put off doing (and it certainly feels weird while you are doing it), but it is kind of excellent to have them to look back on.

Psst- You can check out the video tours of our first house here, here, here, here and here – and the video tours of our second house here, here, here, here, here, here, and here.