Since my last post, there have been quite a few updates. Most importantly, Joern and I spent our first night in the house last Friday. We intended on it being a "sleepover," and well, it is so darn warm and cuddly in here, we have stayed every night since last Friday. No, we haven't officially moved in, there is still a ton of stuff in our apartment, and its kind of weird, because I feel like we're cheating on the apartment, but it is so nice here! Of course, the pregnancy hormones aren't helping, and every time we run back to the apartment to pick up something, I leave in tears, because I am sure going to miss that little place. But, I'll leave all that for a tribute post. For now, I'll focus on the good stuff: the house!
I think that its easier just to go room by room, instead of doing anything chronological, so I'll start :)
Kitchen:
Dining Area:
Living Room:
The tables are actually our end tables, and serving as our temporary coffee table. The chair is only in the corner because it was in the way. But, I kind of like the chair in the corner when its just us.
Master Bedroom:
For the record, I normally always iron our bedding, but it just wasn't in the cards last weekend. This week's bedding will be ironed, and I'll post a new picture.
The second picture is of the exterior blinds- love!
Master bath:
Joern painted the ceiling in the shower and installed the lights. Then, the plumbers came and installed the rain showerheads. We just need the shower door, but I have to say, I adore our over-the-top shower!
And yes, we need to buy something for storing our toiletries!
Erbse's room:
Staircase:
The lights for the stairs have been installed.
And much to my horrified surprise, and Joern's delight:
Oh my dear lord, they change colors! I don't have any clue of who okayed these, and when, but this was NOT my decision!
Cellar, well, actually the whole house:
It seems like a slightly dumb picture, and its hard to know what you're looking for here, but the central vac is installed and useable!
The house is about 90% liveable. It is really difficult living without countertops, working water in the kitchen, or a working stove, which made for a rather sad Thanksgiving this year. But really, we're getting there. We can sleep comfortably, the heat is working better than we ever expected, and we have one semi-private bathroom. I'm looking forward to the first week of December, when we are expecting our interior doors, and next week when the rest of our exterior blinds are installed, and I can use the toilet in the powder room (hooray! no more running up to the master bath 20 times a day when I have to go to the bathroom!)
2 comments:
Dear Allison and Jörn,
Who is talking about a "sad thanksgiving". You guys are truely blessed: such a lovely house and Erbse on his way. And everything is ready on time. Wow! You have done it. I wish you the last bit of strength for the BIG move and don't forget to relax. (non ironed sheets are a great start for that ;-)
Take care! Stefanie
Ps: Coloured lights might not be too bad after all. You may colour code your messages like white light = everything is normal, red light = alarm (like: unannounced visitors are in the house, who will stay over night or for a couple of weeks), green light = ...... (you guys will think of something). But to be honest, Allison, I hope that most of the time it will be on white light :-)
You're right, it wasn't a sad Thanksgiving at all, just a completely different one. And whats most important is that we will be pretty much moved into the house when Erbse comes. Thank you for helpiung to put things int perspective :)
As for the colored lights, I like your signal idea. I have a feeling though with my two boys, I will have a hard time keeping the lights on white. I'm still annoyed because someone made a decision without talking to me!
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