Boy, the past few weeks have been exhausting!! I have painted every room in our house except for the living room and one bathroom. We painted all of our baseboards white, all of the doors white, and now we're just touching up trim around the house. We boxed up about twenty boxes of stuff and put some furniture in the garage. We even had our master bathroom completely remodeled (new shower, floor, lighting, cabinet, and fixtures). All of this was on a crazy schedule to get our house ready to sell by next weekend. We were very interested in a house in our ward, saw it four different times, and just about put an offer down on it. BUT- we didn't. Larry and I didn't both feel good about it, so, as of yesterday, all of our efforts came to a screeching halt. At the same time that we were house hunting, we also had a couple bids to see about adding on to our house. On Monday, we are looking at some architectural plans. We both feel like maybe that is what will be best for our family. There just wasn't a house out there that met our needs.
I am feeling a little sad about it all. I was excited to move and have a change, but I think it's more important that Larry and I are unified in our decision and both feel good about it. I AM getting excited about designing a space that will help us function better in the house and neighborhood that we love, though. We are planning on adding about 900 square feet off of the back of our house, with a giant family room, 2 large bedrooms, and eventually, an additional bathroom. Our yard will still be big enough and the price seems right.
So, now I've got some boxes to unpack! At least the craziness of painting several hours each night will be relaxed and we can enjoy the fruits of our labors. Oh, and we don't have to try to sell our home in this crazy economy...
Saturday, February 14, 2009
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4 comments:
WOW! Big stuff going on around your place. I'd love to see some photos of all your hard work.
You need to email me some pics of the new paint job! Did you end up using the paint color that we talked about? I am excited to see what you have done!
Sounds like you guys have been really busy. We're excited to see how your house turns out!
Yay! That will be great to have more room and not have to go through the drama of moving!!
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