Well, now that Cass and I are officially moved in, there hasn't been a whole lot of things to do that are interesting. We've mainly just been unpacking and finding places for everything. Cass did a great job of unpacking a lot of stuff on Saturday while I was fixing a few things on the truck getting it ready for our back to back weekend trips coming up.Sunday however, we did a few things to the house. We bought some canvases and fabric to wrap the canvases in to create some "artwork" for the living room. We had one wall that was completely blank, so we needed to do something with it and Cass had the genius idea to do what we did.
I think it turned out pretty darn good!
We also put up our wedding pictures in the "foyer" hallway. I guess you could call it the foyer anyway. It's the hallway in front of the front door.
The other thing that we did which was really special was we took a painting that Cass's great grandmother (we call her "Momoo") painted back in 1970 and had it reframed. It had a frame around it before, but it was kinda falling out of the frame and the frame was really old. So we went down to Michaels and got a new frame for it which really breathed some new life into the painting.
It looks fantastic in our dining room and it's really special too because Momoo's Buffet, painting, and (coming soon) her dining table will be in the dining room.
So that's what's been up around our place lately. For Father's Day, my Mom and Dad joined us for a bike ride out at Willow Metropark and a BBQ afterwards at our house. It was great fun. I hope everyone had a great Father's day, too.
Well, the move was a success.
We rented a Uhaul truck for the move on Saturday which turned out to be one of the easiest moves many of the people who helped expressed that they've ever been involved with. We started packing up that beauty of a V10 truck with a 14 foot lunchbox on it's back around 2:20pm, which took us approximately 30 minutes and had it unpacked around 20 minutes after arriving at the house, 3:40ish. That was awesome! We were so geeked about how easily it went.
Cass and I had moved most of the essentials from the apartment over, so the bulk of what we were moving was just the furniture. Here's a couple of really terrible pictures that totally don't do justice to how the place looks now, but you get the idea.
We are FINALLY home. Everything's here. It feels so good.
Cass and I decided that this past weekend was going to be a mild weekend in terms of work. We needed a good break.
The only thing we really did was buy and hang curtains for the bedroom and pack and move some more small stuff from the apartment over. We bought the curtains on Saturday and got a pretty sweet deal from JCPenney on the panels and we used our 20% off coupons at Bed, Bath, & Beyond for the scarves. When we got back, I got right to hanging the curtains. They turned out pretty good. We both like them a lot.
They're kind of sheer, but the window shades behind them really block the light well so that's nice.
Except for the TV, the bedroom is pretty much finished. The TV will be going downstairs in the living room once we get the living room furniture in.
Here's what each window looks like.
And I love how the bedroom looks now!
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Just a quick post here. Cass and I went to Ikea last night to get a few things for our curtains so we could hang them up in the living room. By the way, if you like the Ikea in Canton, MI but hate crowds, go during a weeknight! We went last night and there was like nobody there in comparison to what that place is like on the weekends!
Anyway, we finally got our curtains up and here's what they look like. They're the same setup as what we had in our apartment (if you ever got to see those) only we split them up for two windows instead of one big window. Have a look!
Here's what they look like in the living room. Luckily, they go well with the green carpet.
And here's a better detail shot of what each one looks like.
Hey everyone, just a quick note to say that Cass and I finally got internet running to the house now. So, we can post more often and share our pictures on the weekends now instead of having to wait to visit the apartment or use the wireless at work! :-)
Hope you like the blog's new look, too!
Finally!!! Cass and I are finally done with the remodeling we decided to tackle before moving in. All the wallpaper in the rooms we're living in has been removed and the walls are painted. Those rooms of course include the kitchen (we're still going to paint the cabinets someday), living and dining rooms, and our master bedroom. Plus we installed new light fixtures in all the rooms except for the living room because there weren't any to begin with.
My mom and dad came out on Saturday to help us with painting the living and dining rooms. Those rooms had a real faint peach-ish color on the walls and we decided to change that to "Classic Khaki." At least, that's the name Olympic gave the color anyway. So the four of us painted for a good 7 or more hours getting two coats of paint up.
The end result was even better than I was expecting, I gotta say that! I didn't think it'd be such a noticeable difference, but I was wrong. The two rooms really feel much warmer and inviting in my opinion. We tried and tried to come up with a color that would look good with the green carpet and I think this color is just about as good as it gets. The curtains and furniture should only make the rooms look better I think. ('Cause they'll hide more of the green...)
So, that was Saturday in a nutshell, just painting pretty much all day with my parents. The four of us went out for dinner at the newly opened "Ram's Horn" restaurant near the Kroger on Whittaker Rd. It was pretty good. We're glad to know there's a decent restaurant nearby that won't cost us a fortune.
Sunday we went to church which was wonderful as usual, and then we ran a bunch of errands one of which included buying a new chandelier for the dining room and tiki torches for the patio. (Which i forgot to take a picture of, but everyone knows what those look like.) Shortly after returning home, Cass and I installed the new chandelier and basically relaxed for most of the rest of the evening. That old chandelier was just terrible, so we were happy to see it go. That evening, we grilled, sat out on our patio furniture, and ate dinner outside just enjoying our backyard. I also loosened up the soil where the leaf piles killed the grass in the backyard and planted some new grass seed. Hopefully, that'll start growing while it's still cool in the mornings.
Now all that's left to do is move in! For now anyways. Once we get everything moved in, I'll be sure to post some new photos with everything in place.
As for now, it's time for a few more before and after shots!
Dining Room Before...
After!
Another after of the dining room.
Living Room before...
After! This one doesn't look like much of a change in the pictures, but it just feels so much better now with the khaki color!
Well that's all the photos we have for now of the transformation, but we're going to be posting more pictures as we move in and everything so stay tuned! There's more to come.
