Life in the New Zealand Countryside
• Friday, March 30, 2007 - Getting Close
Its 3 days until we begin to move!!!! We completed the stairs yesterday, we will need to take the hand rail back, and dh will make one himself to fit. We sanded all kitchen walls, I masked off the two sets of double doors, and dh did a white undercoat. The final colour will be a light warm blue. I definately didnt want a cold blue, its too hospital-like or doctor officeish, but we thought a pale warm, almost lilacy blue would look good with the kitchen unit, which is wood. I cant believe how fast things are coming together. You dont see the progress so much when you are tearing things down, as all you seem to be doing is alot of cleaning up. I cant count how many time I have put rocks into sacks and swept up all the dust. But once the major things like putting up beams are done, it goes really fast.
There is of course the other part of the house, upstairs, but that we will attack last, once we are living there are have the rest of the house in good shape. I couldnt imagine us living there when we first bought it, and sometimes I even thought we had made a mistake, but it warmed up to me over the months and the more I worked on it with dh, and spent time there, it seems like its going to be a great home. I was also a little freaked out of being in this huge house by myself for alot of the day, as it had so many doors and little rooms and two sets of back stairs that went up to the attic, it just seemed so weird, like you never knew who could be in the next room, but now that dh has taken all of that out. The two bedrooms upstairs that were joined by a funny long bathroom, is now all one big room. We will separate it again with new framing and walling. And both those horrible rinky stairs to attic are gone too, which we will replace. The whole house is so much more open and clear feeling, not stuffy and closed like it was.
Dh's father comes back from India on Wednesday, and we want to be in the new house and out of his house by Tuesday at the latest, so I think I will begin packing things on Sunday. Its great that its just down the road, we can do it all with dh's work van. :-)
Take care everyone. |
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