Needless to say, it has been busy with all the packing and beginnings of unpacking. I have added some photos of the process, pretty boring but in the pictures you can also see some things that have been accomplished with the house!
The picket fence is 4 feet tall and Howdy is trying to convince me to come see him so he can slobber on me and I can give him some love!
Our beautiful pack porch is not so pretty right now! These boxes are all kitchen, Lydia's room and some books. Linda and I have unpacked most of the kitchen and I had Lydia move her boxes to her room. Kevin is convinced she has as many boxes as him, myself and David put together. Until I saw them all in her room I thought he was crazy.
Kitchen . . .
We were barely able to walk through the kitchen until Thursday last week! It is amazing what you collect when have two bathrooms. We had four medium size boxes for the bathroom and than doesn't count what I threw away when packing and put in the garage sale box!
This picture was taken while Linda and I were unpacking the kitchen this last Saturday. We had already completed several boxes before I remembered to take pictures for the blog. Oh! We had record breaking temperatures on Saturday so it was very warm while we were unpacking.
There is a large box and medium box stacked in the hallway for the bathroom. You can see the beginnings of us filling up the pantry with cookware and can goods.
Bathroom . . .
Not much to see changing here. I think I have decided to paint the cabinet and medicine cabinet a chocolate brown and do accents in teal. I went to Wal Mart to pick up couple of cheap rugs and ended up getting some designer rugs with brown and teal. That is a color combo I have always like but never thought of for decorating. Kevin bought an extension for the shower head so he and David can stand up straight when showering. The ceiling fan is still in place but he continues to say it is going soon! I installed a hotel shower rod. It is so roomy in the shower.
Lydia's room . . .
There isn't much new in here except Lydia has started using her closet space regardless that it isn't yet completed!
The closet alreay filled to the rim with boxes.
More boxes in the corner! Lydia passed out on Saturday afternoon after her first slumber party.
The lights are her purple Christmas lights. She has already hung one bulletin board. This vanity is just like my mom's vanity except for color of course. I bet we will end up repainting to match Lydia's decor and we also have to find a mirror for it. Once all is settled, I will have to get Lydia some more paint to finish up her room.
This is just Lydia. Nothing house related. I hope you can see Belle stretched out with her. You would have thought she was at the slumber party as well. Although she did wake Kevin and I up twice during the night!
Finally, Lydia's blinds are all up! I could not get the drill to screw in the brackets no matter what I tried. Kevin got them to go right in! She moved her bed to where she can see the comings and goings of the neighbors on the street.
After one full week in the house, Belle is still skiddish.
David's room . . .
Nothing has really been going on in David's room either. He has made it home by tossing all his dirty clothes on the floor, all over! He also has few boxes left to unpack but it is hard without somewhere to put his stuff. He and Linda tried bringing in his desk/dresser and one of the drawer facings fell off. This piece was also Kevin's when he was growing up so this wasn't really surprising! Bob is repairing it for David and he will be unpacked soon.
Mitchell spent the night with him his first night and they were freezing. I had made up Lydia's bed for Mitchell in her room and they moved her mattress into David's room so they could share the space heater and they say it never heated the room.
David's bed and floor covered with clothes.
David's blinds were put up this last weekend.
Master bedroom . . .
Kevin was able to get one of our blinds hung this weekend. He is going to have to cut the other down a little more before he can hang it. He was also able to get all the closet rods hung in our closets and David's this weekend.
Blinds on my side of the bed.
Kevin's closet. He hung 3 rods and they are all full of clothes.
My closet. Notice two rods and the top rod is not full. I think Kevin is going to raise the top rod a little more for me. I used some of longer blouses to help decide how far apart the rods should be but they are still too close together.
Dining Room . . .
This room started out as the collection spot for all the bulky furniture. I placed felt pads on the big pieces which keeps them from scratching up floor but also allows me to scoot them around with ease. My office hutch is all set up now. My dresser that was a free garage sale find is in the left corner. When everything else gets unpacked and our bedroom painted, I will get this piece painted as well. The dining room table sat out on the back porch for almost a week before Kevin and David had time to get it moved it. We haven't eaten at it yet but we probably will this week!
You can't see the dresser very well to the left but you can see the credenza on the right. I'm not sure where that piece will end up going right now. It was suppose to be where the TV was going to sit but that idea was a bust so now it just sits in the dining room waiting for a home.
This is my office hutch where I work Monday - Friday teaching geometry and grading papers. I am planning to set the home computer to the right of the hutch so the kids can use it for their homework, writing, etc. As you can tell, there is miscellaneous items just sitting around everywhere either waiting to be unpacked or we are trying to see where it will fit.
Living Room . . .
There was a progression happening in this room through the last week. It started out as a collection spot for mine and Kevin's closet items! This is also where my kids learned what a gas stove was and what it looked like when lit. Elliott came over last Monday and hung out with DirecTV man who had many challenges installing the cable on the interior wall. I think it took about two hours for him to complete the whole installation.
The pile of clothes in this picture are all mine and few of Kevin's. He had the rods up in his closet and a lot of his had been moved already.
The armoir would not fit in our room after all. It is too deep and we would not have had enough room for walking. I was really bummed about that. For now we are going to continue its former use as an entertainment center. It seems so huge in this living room. In our old house we had 14 foot ceilings so it seemed like a small piece.
Looking from front door into living room. My bookcase is to the left on the other side of the armoir. Now it will not look good on the wall it is currently on because of the armoir in the living room. Amy is hopefully going to come over this week and help decide where to put all my furniture.
Look, no clothes! Well it looks like a coat is hung on the rocker, didn't notice it until I took the picture! Now to find the quilt rack so we can get our blankets off the floor.
Well that is where we are for now. We will probably still be unpacking and deciding where to put it all this time next week! Kevin has started finishing up some of smaller cosmetic items, like door facings. I will be cooking most of our dinners at home, yippee!
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