Well, we did it.
We closed on the house this morning and we're the proud owners of a couple of tiny keys, a ranch home, and a nice little mortgage. But gosh, this is so great. I'm just giddy everytime I think about it, really. Our sellers, you know, those people who used to own our house, will be out tomorrow so it's not ours to sleep in just yet (though with the keys, wouldn't it be funny if we did show up tonight?) but I'm working on trying to convince Cliff that we should bring up sleeping bags, order a pizza, and stay there tomorrow night... you know... just for the simple beauty of it all!
Because while we'd love to be there tomorrow, there's some work we'd like to do and since we've got time to do it, we might as well. We'll be putting up new crown molding and painting, namely. Cliff's parents will be coming in to help over the next week or so and we've got just a little bit of work ahead of us, but it's going to be great.
Speaking of painting, we've made our final decisions on colors and here's what we've settled on:
It's a funky pallette with a few "random" choices, but if you could see these colors up close and the layout of the house you'll see how it works. You never can tell what something truly looks like from a computer screen (every heard of monitor calibration). Who wouldn't want to do laundry in a room as bright and cheery as that anyways (and let me tell you this is one heck of a laundry room... it'll double as storage and pantry as well)? And when an extended family member has NINE GALLONS of Benjamin Moore paint in shades of colors you were already looking at, you make it work!
We closed on the house this morning and we're the proud owners of a couple of tiny keys, a ranch home, and a nice little mortgage. But gosh, this is so great. I'm just giddy everytime I think about it, really. Our sellers, you know, those people who used to own our house, will be out tomorrow so it's not ours to sleep in just yet (though with the keys, wouldn't it be funny if we did show up tonight?) but I'm working on trying to convince Cliff that we should bring up sleeping bags, order a pizza, and stay there tomorrow night... you know... just for the simple beauty of it all!
Because while we'd love to be there tomorrow, there's some work we'd like to do and since we've got time to do it, we might as well. We'll be putting up new crown molding and painting, namely. Cliff's parents will be coming in to help over the next week or so and we've got just a little bit of work ahead of us, but it's going to be great.
Speaking of painting, we've made our final decisions on colors and here's what we've settled on:
It's a funky pallette with a few "random" choices, but if you could see these colors up close and the layout of the house you'll see how it works. You never can tell what something truly looks like from a computer screen (every heard of monitor calibration). Who wouldn't want to do laundry in a room as bright and cheery as that anyways (and let me tell you this is one heck of a laundry room... it'll double as storage and pantry as well)? And when an extended family member has NINE GALLONS of Benjamin Moore paint in shades of colors you were already looking at, you make it work!
And finally, if you'd like to get one of the "We've Moved!!" postcards I'm designing and have never received a Christmas Card from us (I'm telling you, we send one to everyone in our mailing list), send me your address in an e-mail and I'll try to get one to you!
2 comments:
Love that pallete. Our laundry room is BRIGHT lime green and I do love that it makes that chore a little more fun somehow!
CONGRATULATIONS!!! Its such a wonderful house, and I know you'll make it such a happy home for you and Cliff.
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