Getting Closer

We spent our first night at the house on Friday. It was nice to just be able to stay and not head back to the apartment at 11 at night. We are STILL living in the apartment. There seems to be a fine line between having enough stuff to live in both places. We'll be packing it all over to the house in the next 3 days though. I'm not looking forward to that transition. I'd like to keep Caitlin at her school she's in not until Thanksgiving. The house is about 25-30 minutes away from the apartment. So, that will be even more driving than we've already been doing, going back and forth to work on the house. Oh well.

We've made a lot of progress on the house. It's actually starting to feel like a home. I have to say I am VERY sick of painting though. We have a little more trim to touch up, but other than that, the kitchen, eating area, living room, sitting area, and one bedroom are all painted! Yahoo! Now I'm taking a break until we paint the hall, bathrooms, and 2 more bedrooms. I'm done will painting for a little while. My poor hands are all cracked and scraped with broken nails from all the cleaning, painting, and moving boxes.

Here's some of our progress.

The Kitchen

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After

I'll have to put a better picture up(in the daylight).

Eating Area

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After



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Stairs

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Living Room

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After

Sitting Area/Office

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After

Not put together, but at least painted!

Obviously we still have many works in progress, but at least we have a few rooms that are all put together. We still have a lot of cleaning, replacing, and touchup to do, not to mention unpacking. At least we're getting closer. Maybe someday I'll be able to start decorating!