One Month In: a house log
It is hard to believe we have already been here a month! And let us not sugar coat things… this house is looking fairly crazy right now. Blue trim out the wazoo, wallpaper at every turn, bright salmon living room walls, old carpeting that still covers the stairs & our closet, and a whole lot of furniture that we simply plopped down on moving day (so it is safe to assume that nothing is staying where it is for the long haul, this is simply where it landed). On one hand it is like “moving day literally feels like yesterday” but on the other hand, in a few rooms (especially the ones upstairs), we are like “wow, it is hard to remember what this looked like before” – which is a funny little Bermuda Triangle to be living in. But sufficient chitchat, here is how our house looks one month in.
The foyer:
The kitchen:
The table’s way too small, but thankfully it looks a little less crazy than it did on moving day…
The sunroom:
The office:
The living room:
The dining room (confession: nothing has changed in here since day 1, so we used the same picture):
Here is the half bathroom:
… which is certainly looking a little lighter and brighter than the wallpapered version we began with.
The guest room:
This is one of the rooms that has come a long way. Here is how it looked a few weeks before we moved in:
The hall bathroom:
The spare room / possible future nursery…
… which looks a little distinct than the mauve-trimmed carpeted room we began with.
Clara’s room:
This one has come a long way too. Here is what we were dealing with a few weeks before we moved in:
Our bedroom:
Which is certainly a far cry from this pre-move photo:
Our bathroom:
It is lively to scroll through this post to see how it looked on Day One too. We certainly still have some simply-moved-in moments going on. Like this kitchen cabinet full of a jumble of tools:
Our closet needs some assist too…
But overall, for a month in we are simply glad to have gone from seeing this when we walk up the stairs…
… to seeing this…
The hallway is certainly the most dramatic change so far. It is sort of like Old Carpet With Blue Trim And Wallpaper Central when you are climbing the stairs, but when you get to the top it feels clean and new. I let out a giant sigh every single time I go up there. And yes, that railing is SCREAMING for an upgrade. But even though we are faaaar from completing any space at all (it typically takes us around two years simply to paint every room), it is pleasant to see that we have checked this stuff off:
- ripping out a bunch of carpeting
- installing hardwood floors upstairs
- painting the doors and trim upstairs
- adding new doorknobs
- removing wallpaper from the half bathroom
- removing the doors between the foyer/kitchen/living room/dining room
- getting some tree work done
- removing the glass shower doors and re-caulking our bathroom tub
- hanging curtains in the guest room
- stripping old carpeting out of the sunroom
- installing new blinds in all of the bedrooms and bathrooms
We are slowly starting to feel like this is our house. And we are deeply and hopelessly in love with it (blue trim and all!) along with our new hood. Seriously, you might need an anti-nausea pill if I keep gushing. I know we have learned never to say never (thanks Beibs) but you’d have to drag me kicking and screaming from this place. I am about to get a “Be Mine Forever” tattoo on my forearm…
Psst- If you are wondering what our plans are for each space, chances are we have not fully fleshed them out yet, but this giant to-do list should assist. We prefer to research/plan things as we attack them, so we promise to share every detail with you folks as we go!
