New House Update
Well, we’ve lived in the house now for a little over a week, and things are coming along. I’d say about 90% of the boxes have been unpacked and things put away. The house is slowly starting to feel like home. This past weekend, we were able to paint the kitchen and the master bathroom. Ashley ended up not liking the original paint color picked out for the kitchen, so we decided to make a change about an hour or two into the project. The master bathroom was a pain in the ass to paint. Though, it was expected, I wasn’t planning on spending the entire day in there. I’m just glad its done…almost. (We still have to do some touching up) With the painting done, we’ll be able to install the mirror, lighting fixture, towel bars, etc.
As a result of getting the dining room painted, I was able to put the blinds back up. Ashley cleaned them, and while she was doing that, I was putting up the curtain rod for the back sliding glass door in the living room. With the rod up and the new curtains on it, we actually have a little privacy now.
The guest bathroom is done as well. We ended up painting it a deep red called “Vineyard.” It came out really nice. The mirrior, light fixture, and towel bars were all installed. I still need to install the toliet paper bar. I have not quite decided on the best way to put it were we want to put it.
My office is slowly coming along. All the furniture is in it’s place and most of the books and files have been put away. There have been two issues, though, that have been slowing up the process. One is that my computer was destroyed by a Trojan and as a result, I’ve had to reformat the hard drive. Anyone who has done this knows that it is a huge hassle and it takes a while to reinstall all the programs and get the machine back into working order again. The other issue is merging and making room for Ashley’s stuff. The office is a good size, but I had it pretty well filled with just my stuff. Adding her’s to the mix has been a little more difficult - organizationally - than I had anticipated.
Next on the task list this weekend will be “re”-painting the kitchen (we’ve decided to go with a darker green because we’ve changed the color we were going with for the cabinets) and painting the accent wall in the living room. So between now and then, we’ll be prepping for that and trying to decide on a paint color for the accent wall.