THE House Post

So here is the house blog posting that many of you have been waiting for. There are MANY pictures to look at as I felt like I had to include the before and afters. There are not pictures of the 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. Those rooms are not changed too much or finished at this point. Other than that here is the tour and timeline...ENJOY.

March 8 - Close 1007 Nana is OURS

House Wine gift from Tom's mom and our cheers to our new home.

The outside of the house in March - check out the grass and trees

The outside of the house on April 7

March 8- the painting begins

The basement - This is the view from the other half.

This is half the size plus a laundry room and full bathroom.

Our new sectional - the first big purchase we made

The back deck after we stained it and added our new patio furniture

Before: Breakfast Room

After: Breakfast Room

After: Breakfast Room

Before: Dining Room (All the wood floors were refinished)

After: Dining Room

Before: Kitchen

Before: Kitchen

Before: Kitchen

Kitchen work

Kitchen overhaul

Installing countertops

After: Kitchen

After: Kitchen

After: Kitchen

Before: Living Room

Before: Living Room

After: Living Room - Shelves and Mantle built by bro in law

After: Living Room

After: Living Room

These are the biggest changes we have made to our home. Lots of decorating still to take place but we are comfortable and happy for now. We have been so blessed to have received tons of help from family and friends and love our new place. Thanks for all of your well wishes! Please come visit soon :)

Open House

Today is one month since we closed on our first home! I would be lying if I said it hasn't been just a bit chaotic :) We closed March 8th and after a day of painting I left town on March 9th. The following week our floors were refinished, a mantle and shelves were built, and Tom and company continued to paint. I was very anxious to return home on March 16th and check out all the progress. It looked incredible. March 17th we moved everything in finishing just minutes before a huge storm hit. Since that day we have been busy painting, installing cabinets, decorating, buying more furniture and trying to get the yard in order. We planned for a May open house but decided at the last minute that we would have people over this weekend instead. House photos will be on the next entry. For now, here are some pictures of family and friends gathered for an absolutely perfect evening at our new home.

Tom and I - first mantle pic before guests arrived

A little spread of food including a "M" pretzel from the pretzel shop on the corner

and cookies from the bakery. Our local favorites :)

Gathered in the sunny dining area

The kids had so much fun running around and playing in the back yard

Joe sang and walked around the deck...

much safer than the 20 times he almost walked OFF the deck

sisters (an in laws), mom (and in law) SO FUN!

A good night for kids ends in the bath tub!

We had such a wonderful time having our family and friends over. We cannot wait for many more gatherings.