Finally. We are all back from Korea, and settling into our new home in Virginia! I have been wanting to sit down and write a post every day for the last week, but we have been going, going, going, and I haven't had time to! I know lots of you are dying to see the house; I've gotten lots of texts! While I'd love to give you a video tour of what it looks like right now, you probably wouldn't be able to see much behind the paint cans, tool boxes, stacks of homeless decorations, drop cloths, and trash. So, what I will do is show you some pictures from the listing (sorry) and the videos our realtor took for us when we were still in Korea and had not seen the inside of the house! I promise you, in the next week we will be finishing up a lot of rooms, and I will be posting about each and every one! I have before and after pictures like nobody's business and I can't wait to show them off. But until then, please let these pictures and videos hold you over.
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So there you have it! A glimpse at our new home! The house is beautiful. Very old, but very charming. We have over an acre of property. The house has 4 bedrooms and 1.5 bathrooms. There is a 3 bedroom, 1.5 bathroom apartment above the garage, which we plan to rent out soon. We are currently busting our butts painting every inch of this house and updating as much as we can! We're working on repainting the tile in the downstairs bathroom and painting the kitchen cabinets right now. Almost finished with both! My mom and sister are coming out Sunday and they're going to stay for a couple days to help paint!! Once everything is finished, I will post before and after pictures. AND THEN I can finally start decorating! And get a job so I can afford to live again. I swear Lowes must love us right now; we are their most frequent shoppers! We've been there at least once a day every day since the day we moved in and spent ALL our money there.
In other news, Drew finally put on that uniform again. He'd been off work since I left Korea and started going back in Wednesday. He's still not working, working... but he has to go in for a few hours a day to in-process and whatnot. It will be a sad day when he starts those 12 hour shifts again. What will I do?! It's been great having him around to help with all kinds of stuff.
We are loving Virginia. The doggies have happily adjusted. They are HUGE fans of having a fenced in yard. OH YEAH! We got our yard fenced in on Wednesday. It's wonderful to be able to open the door and let the dogs out. It's been too long since we could do that! We really haven't done anything except house work, but we really do love it here. The weather is beautiful; so hot and sunny and not too humid! (yet) Can't wait to be done painting and remodeling so we can actually enjoy the weather and not just take 30 minute tanning breaks:)
I would love to write more, but the kitchen cabinets are calling out for me to finish them. It's been 4 days since I started them, and it's about time to get these suckers done. They will be done by Sunday at the latest. Mark my words. Promise I'll post them as soon as they're finished!
Until then!
In other news, Drew finally put on that uniform again. He'd been off work since I left Korea and started going back in Wednesday. He's still not working, working... but he has to go in for a few hours a day to in-process and whatnot. It will be a sad day when he starts those 12 hour shifts again. What will I do?! It's been great having him around to help with all kinds of stuff.
We are loving Virginia. The doggies have happily adjusted. They are HUGE fans of having a fenced in yard. OH YEAH! We got our yard fenced in on Wednesday. It's wonderful to be able to open the door and let the dogs out. It's been too long since we could do that! We really haven't done anything except house work, but we really do love it here. The weather is beautiful; so hot and sunny and not too humid! (yet) Can't wait to be done painting and remodeling so we can actually enjoy the weather and not just take 30 minute tanning breaks:)
I would love to write more, but the kitchen cabinets are calling out for me to finish them. It's been 4 days since I started them, and it's about time to get these suckers done. They will be done by Sunday at the latest. Mark my words. Promise I'll post them as soon as they're finished!
Until then!