Monday 16 July 2007

Moving In


This weekend, while other people went fishing and to the movies and out to bars and riding in parks and did all kinds of other fabulously relaxing things, we moved into our house. And... we moved into our house.

We went to Sherwin Williams and Home Depot and scrubbed cupboards and went to the storage place and carried boxes and assembled furniture and unpacked boxes and did trash runs and met neighbours and emptied suitcases and arranged the kitchen and swept and mopped, and met with security people and cable guys and cleaned the bathrooms and unpacked more boxes.

et cetera....

We're still working on it. It's really hard but that's offset by the excitement element – all the planning and decorating and the wow, this is really ours feeling. My least favourite parts are the moments where you find yourself surrounded by half-unpacked boxes, open cupboards and chaos, and you think this.will.never.end.

Disorder makes me deeply nervous, and it renders Nathan slightly unhinged – so for us moving house is awesome.

Yeah. If Nathan's ever-amazing dad hadn't driven down from Dallas to help us, we might well be rocking in the corner by now, and need some therapy.

Oh – the picture above shows part of upstairs. The architect who designed this house was known to have an abiding affection for angles and interesting (but functional) floor plans, so it's tough to show the full effect. The picture below is our bedroom. Those curtains have got to go. The very small girl can stay.


14 comments:

  1. The floors are gorgeous! I love what I can see! Congratulations to you and your family!

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  2. Looks gorgeous. You must be so happy. Have fun making it a home.

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  3. Congrats, the new house looks beautiful! The first photo looks especially awesome. :)

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  4. Congratulations. It looks wonderful. I'm really happy for you and know the feeling.

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  5. Oh wow! Love those hardwood floor and the huge windows! Gorgeous! Congrats =)

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  6. Your new home is beautiful - love the floors and the rooms look so big! Have fun - once the moving is over and you can sigh with relief it will all be worth it!

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  7. Oh wow! Love those hardwood floor and those huge windows! Gorgeous! Congratulations! =)

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  8. Very nice house! I love the banister on the stairs and the gorgeous wooden floors.

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  9. I hate moving! But, it is so worth it when it is over - ENJOY!

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  10. Beautiful house, congratulations! Lovely light and airy.

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  11. looks gorgeous and worth the wait! congrats!!

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  12. what a beautiful home!! congratulations!!

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  13. Wow! Your new home is beautiful! I love hardwood floors! Congratulations and celebrate when you're all moved in!

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