I feel like we waited forever for January 21st to come so we could close on our new home and start our lives in Yorktown and now it feels like it went by to fast!!
We woke up not knowing if our closing would happen because of the massive snowstorm (10inches in some parts of the county) BUT everyone was in agreement get it done and get it done fast! Only took us about an hour to get all the papers signed and to walk away with our keys!!!!
We immediately went to work on the house .. We took down the wall to the studs, found some awesome wall paper on the second layer of drywall.
Took all the cabinet doors off and got them deglossed and the first coat to the inside done (woo!).
We sanded Madison's closet floor down (washer and dryer used to be there.. Nasty soapy mess!). And we taped off Madison's room to start painting and then we enjoyed our first lovely dinner in the house ... PIZZA! Because of the snow storm everything in Yorktown was shut down even Burger King was closed. So we found the ONLY pizza place in town that was open and lucky us we got there just in time as they were getting ready to close!
After our yummy dinner we finished up a few things and went to bed (Thanks Tim and Amy for the air mattress)
Today we woke up and got back to work but not before we had our first cups of coffee in our keurig!! It was in the baby's room but still!
While I was at work today Chris, his father and brother got to work and finished taking the wall down and adding recessed lighting to the livingroom!
The house feels totally different without the wall! There is still some work to be done such as sheet rocking it, adding a saddle to the floor and of course paint! Tonight we were so lucky to have Kate (Chris cousin) come up for a few hours to help me degloss the cabinet frames. Such a small task but it really needed to get done! Thanks Kate :)
Tomorrow is another big day, wall being worked on and Madison's "big girl purple princess room" is being painted!!!
It's pretty surreal owning a home again, but also owning a home we can do things too!! Owning a townhouse was great but we couldn't change the layout or do any big changes so being able to do these things is so exciting and new that we couldn't wait!!!
Can't wait to share some finished projects :)
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