Our New House





We are now homeowners again! Friday morning at 11:00 am we started signing away on the 19th street home. By 11:30 we amassed a new mortgage. The whole process of selling and buying a home took much longer than we ever anticipated, over 8 months. I thought since the Lord wanted us here he'd make the whole process fast and quick. I learned to trust more in His timeline than my own.

After work on Friday we drove to Sterling to buy paint for the main floor living spaces. We went to Home Depot before Phillip was born and learned the store closed at 8 pm. So we went trusting we'd have an hour or more to get what we needed. Five minutes after we arrived (at 6:40) the store announced it was closing at 7. Huge bummer to drag two kids by car 45 minutes for 20 minutes in a store. We barely had time to grab painting supplies and four gallons of paint. The local painter gave us an estimate of $1500 to paint just the ceilings...we are painting all the ceilings now.

Justin grabbed some items from the storage unit and started painting Saturday morning. I went off to can pears with the kids in tow. Around dinner time Amelia, Phillip and I made an appearance at our new house. Alison was kind enough to snap some pictures of us all. Justin wanted to carry me over the threshold! This is our first house we bought as a couple. I really like the main wall color sample Justin put on random walls around the house. The main house color will be a medium beige with cream trim. The kitchen/dining room and living room will have red accent walls. Our bedroom will be butter yellow and light green. Phillip's room will be brown, blue, and yellow with a monkey theme. Amelia's room is still under determination but most likely a pale pink or purple. The main bath will be cream, blue, and yellow. I hope to find a red couch set to anchor the living room area. Flooring should be installed the end of the first week of October. Basically, we have 9 days to paint 1700 square feet worth of walls, ceiling, and trim. The ceiling paint we got at Home Depot was flat paint, it sucked even more light out of the room so I am picking up semi-gloss paint tomorrow to repaint the kitchen and dining room. I also have plans to replace the kitchen back splash (it is gray too) and a horrible florescent light in the kitchen. It turned the lovely beige color a pukey green color. If anyone wants to help paint we have plenty of brushes!

Here is a link to view picture of the rest of our new home: CLICK ME!!!

Comments

Taylor's said…
All I can say is that you guys are way too cute!
Johnson Family said…
Love all the pics! It will be a great home for you guys! I especially love the red accent walls plan. ;) Can't wait to see all the "afters". Wish I was there to help!
Love the threshold picture of you kissing! EXCITING!!!

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