Changes are coming

After a wonderful visit to Michigan to see Jessica, David, Grant, and Charlie as well as my parents, we came home and decided that there was a lot that we needed to do to make our house the way that we want it. Thanks to Jessica and the things that we saw in her house it gave us some thoughts and ideas so this last week has been the beginning of a new home for us to live in.

 

When you move into a place you spend some time getting it all set up the way that you want it and there are things that you cannot live with at all, and other things that you think that are okay for right now but you would like to change down the road. That is where we are now, down the road and the journey will be long but after the vacation from the things that we cannot live with at all, alas comes the things that are down the road. Of those include the ugly dark wood cabinets in the kitchen that we would like to replace but the cost of that would be huge, the old table that was our first matching table and chairs for the kitchen, the kids beds, finishing the guest room downstairs (not sure if that one will get done for the next two), the green carpet in the hall and the front room, and the sectional downstairs. I was not ready to give up on carpet, I love carpet and wish that I could put carpet in the garage and in the yard and on the street and everywhere. I love the feel of carpet and socks or slippers it is so comfortable, but after looking at David and Jessica's house for a few days I am thinking that the look of wood is classy so I like that too and with some talking about it I will get to keep carpet in the bedrooms and downstairs which are the lounging places anyway; and just put wood in the front room, the kitchen, and the hall. So it will have the classy look but I will still get my carpet in all the cozy places. It will be like Hanna Montana...."The Best of Both Worlds" Flooring is expensive so we are looking at manufactured or laminate flooring but some of the good stuff looks real. With this thought also brings the thoughts of the couch will not fit right because the upstairs is more of a sitting room and the couch is more of a lounging couch with multiple recliners plus we spent a lot of money last year for the couch and love seat that we are no longer using upstairs, so with progress makes more changes as well. We will most likely move the couch and love seat downstairs and retire Dad and Mom's old sectional.

I am very excited about all the changes that we are making and again making the house look just like I want it to, we will get to all the other stuff as time goes on and now that I have a camera again I will get back to blogging as well. I will share pics of the kids and more pictures of the house as we reach new milestones.