Sand, Tape, Paint and Paint some more...

So all week we've been working out guts out trying to get the house ready before we move this next weekend. The entire house needed to be painted and it's been quite the task. In your mind it seems as thought it wouldn't take as long as it actually does, or it won't take as many paint cans as it actually does! We've had a lot of help and we are very grateful to our family members that have been here sweating many hours to get us ready. So I'm a moron and I forgot to take BEFORE pictures. We're not quite ready for the after picture's either - so you'll just have to wait and see in a few more days or week or whenever I get them posted.

It's been interesting along the way. When we looked into going and seeing this house for the first time the listing advertised "NEW PAINT!" I think they went and picked through the remnants at some home improvement store because there are some pretty interesting color combinations. All of the trim in the entire house was painted this nasty peanut butter shade - which takes 3 coats to cover. The bathroom upstairs has a black chair rail with green on the bottom and yellow on the top (they may be Jamaican bobsled fans). The living room has this interesting forest green faux finish on one wall. I think we were counting in the thousands the number of holes we had to patch (ok maybe not that many - but a whole lot). I think with any picture or decoration they hung they must have used a huge screws instead of petite nails.

So that all sounds a bit negative, but we really do like the house. It's in a great area, large fully fenced backyard, mature trees, 4 bedrooms, 2 bath, living room, family rooms, room for our dining table (which was actually really hard to find), gas, CENTRAL A/C (a first for us), garage, and a lot of storage space. There still is a bit to work on (the house is 30 years old) but we're excited to make it our own. When we were looking at houses it really was quite discouraging to see what our budget could buy. Some were really cute but didn't seem like they had much room to grow or they weren't in the most desirable location. I'm glad that we were able to find something that meets our needs now and in the future.

So like I said pictures will come soon... if we ever finish with our projects and get moved (it feels a little impossible at the moment).