Well, we have officially been living in our dream home for two months. All the boxes have been unpacked, except for some obscure items (I really thought we would use that badminton set more often).
It feels really good to get settled in, but the reality of never-ending projects has been sobering. Although the construction dust has dissipated, we realize a house is never really finished.
So the fun continues. Here are some highlights and photos of what we’ve been up to since last month’s blog post.
- We got a big, cozy king size mattress. (Thanks mom and dad for the awesome house warming gift). All I can say is—Why did we wait so long to do this? It’s like being in a luxury hotel bed every day. It makes for epic naps. It’s very difficult to go to work in the morning. For Huntsville locals, visit Mattress Max on Jordan Lane. Great products without the exuberant overhead. Ask for Bob.
- We set up the guest bedroom. Just in time for our first house guest arriving tomorrow. 🙂
- This evening we enjoyed dinner at our new dining table for the first time. We purchased several items online (so grateful for Wayfair, Overstock and Amazon!) and I’m always nervous about how the actual piece will look and feel when it arrives. The dining table and chairs were better than I could have imagined.
- Dining table arrived from Wayfair 🙂 Those chairs are from Amazon. We went with a color pop!
- This is a floating dining table, which we fell in love with online. I love how the glass legs allow the marble floors to shine.
- We began to tackle some outdoor hazards, yes hazards. Our swamp of a swimming pool has been a dirty, scummy eye-sore since we purchased the property 7 months ago. Well, this morning Valley Pools came out to begin the process of restoring this abandoned pool. The morning started with a jolt—a rousing snake sighting. Let’s just say I’ve never seen my city-boy husband run so fast. 😉 More to come on the pool!
- The foreclosed home came with a mysterious pool, with a wooded barricade.
- Removing the baracade…
- The current state of the pool as of this afternoon. Gross.
- We also began building the privacy fence around the house, which was apparently destroyed by a tornado a few years ago and never re-built. Fence + Snake-free pool + August in Alabama = happiness.
- Posts for the side fence gate
- We love our neighbors…but….
- Aaaah, much better 🙂
Slowly but surely the blank slate is coming alive. And there’s no shortage of adventure, that’s for sure.
It’s still unbelievable at times to grasp that this once-hectic construction zone is now our cozy nest. Deeply grateful to call this space our home. #HomeSweetHome
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