I was thinking about how far we have come in the past year. About a year ago, Mom and I went around to open houses to see if #9 was priced right. Somewhere in the middle of that day, we realized that it wasn't about whether the house was priced right or not. It was about the house itself. We even went through the open house that was held at #9. There were other families there. All they saw was the updating that was needed and everything the house didn't have. Obviously this blog is proof that we even saw things in the house that could be changed, the difference is that to those families, it was just a house. Four brick walls, three bedrooms, a kitchen, and all the other things that make a house. The real difference between us and them at that open house was that, to us it was already home.
Memorial Day weekend is usually spent enjoying a peaceful weekend at the farm. This year, we got a little bit of that relaxation, but Monday was all about getting our house ready to go on the market. So here is the timeline right now: moving day is Saturday, June 9. The people who are staging the house come Monday/Tuesday. The pictures of the house are being taken Wednesday/Thursday/Friday. And the first open house will be June 17! Talk about whirlwind.
Okay, so here are a few more pictures just to keep everything up to date. I can already tell you that these are NOT the most updated. In no particular order:
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| The door to the basement. It's glass panes, there is just protective plastic over it right now. |
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| Our beautiful kitchen |
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| I may be slightly biased, but I think the island has the coolest piece of granite ever! |
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| We started on the patio a little. This is where the hot tub will go. |
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| The new fridge |
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| The dishwasher is on the island |
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| It's not painted yet, but this is the door to the upstairs bathroom. |
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| This little garden is outside the dining room windows |
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| A better view of the garden outside the dining room |
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| The upstairs bathroom |
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| The upstairs bathroom again. I decided on black grout against the suggestions of the contractor. I think it'll look cool. It will have a similar look to how it looks in the pictures. |
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| The stove top and hood |
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| Yay! All the siding is finished! |
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| This little "stage" is where the wood fireplace will sit |
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| Someday this will be a patio |
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| The oven and a blank space where the microwave will go |
Needless to say, the next week and a half are going to be such a blur, it'll be really hard to keep up. I'm going to do my best though.
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