The House is Ours!

Well, today was a bit stressful we had an 11AM settlement time that changed to 3PM, then 1PM, and then 2PM! I was really stressed out about the changing times and then we didn't know what our closing costs would be. We were provided with a good faith estimate and then our costs ended up being 1/2 of what we expected!!

We then unloaded the trailer, got dinner, picked up some things from Wal-Mart (like a 6' ladder), and headed back to OUR house for dinner and preparation for my trip to the apartment with the boys. Yes, I have the boys for 2 days . . . okay, sit down please, I don't want youse to hurt yourself. I am nervous because I have a short temper and sometimes the Monkey is able to get that match close to the powder.

Needless to say that our only excitement on the way home was finding a bank to make a deposit. It took longer than I expected, but we found it & hit the road. The boys got a double feature tonight on the trip back to our old apartment. I am excited. a 1.5 hour commute [1 way] will turn into a 5 to 10 minute commute!!! I am looking forward to this happening. I think that Lauren is even more excited about it than I am, she has a house & it will have a fenced in back yard [by Spring] and a deck [later on].

So, we open another chapter in our lives and move forward again with vigor and anticipation for the future.

w.

p.s. I will post new pics on in the usual places when the painting is done.

Kitchen/Dining Room

These bowls and dish towels from Crate and Barrel make me feel a little better about my direction for the kitchen and dining room, but I'm not sure I'm there yet. There are things that we would like to replace eventually, but eventually could still be years away. The stuff we have now is still functional and in pretty good condition (minus our dining room chairs, which kinda scare me).

Our table is a yard sale purchase made by my parents a few years ago. It's an Ethan Allen piece and is really well built. Zee and I have been talking about sanding the top and painting it black. Our dishes look like this:

I've been thinking about painting at least one of the walls in that area a terra cotta color. (This is why I'm worried I'm going overboard on the orange.) Also, I have a HUGE print of the play "Merchant of Venice" framed that I could hang in the dining room. BUT I'm having a hard time seeing this room pull together - mostly because I'm afraid it's turning too country/tuscan for the rest of the house.

I'm not sure how this one is going to turn out... any thoughts, ideas, suggestions?

The boys' bedroom

Little Man wants a red bedroom. I want the boys to sleep at night. The compromise is going to be 3 khaki walls and one dark brick red. And since we'll have a play room, I want their bedroom to be something more relaxing, that will also grow with them.

I love this print! But it's a numbered print and too much. They do, however, have 4x6 stickers on sale, 2 for $5. I think I might buy 4 and put them in a big frame.

madras plaid bedding that the boys can grow up with:

Zee and I saw this on another blog and totally want to make our own version:

And to make the room a little more "BOY", I love prints like these vintage advertisements:

(prints found on posters.com)

Even though I should be working...

I find myself day dreaming of a few things. All of which surround our new house. My thoughts sound something like this:

"I really liked the bathroom in the model. Could I pull it off? Should I try it? There's no way i'm going to wallpaper. Paint the walls orange. Really? Orange. Is my husband going to kill me? But how would I get that cool wallpaper effect? Is it going to coordinate with my bedroom? I can't afford new bathroom stuff. What about the kitchen? Am I looking at too much vinyl lettering? What do I want to do first......"

My brain is on overload. Mostly, I need a central place to keep my ideas, so as the stars align and we can pick up things here and there, I'll remember where I wanted them to go.

The master bath:

This is a picture of how they've done the model. I love this wallpaper, but think it would be a nightmare. Zee suggested painting the room and adding something like this:

or this...

or this...

The two tone poppies and the big dandelion are my favorites right now.