We have a move in date!

October 8 – Oct 24

We finally have a move in date! We have our final walk-through on Nov 15, and we close on Nov 22 (our anniversary). So, that afternoon we can start moving things in. (if all goes well on the walk-through)

Of course, we don’t have anything major in storage to move, just clothes and some small stuff. Most of the clothes in storage will need to be washed since they had a power outage due to the storm and things got a bit musty with no A/C. I can do that and get quite a bit of the kitchen stuff washed and put away while we wait for deliveries. (more is coming from Amazon) 

The tricky part will be having all the major stuff scheduled to deliver and not arrive before we can move in or too long after our move in date. Until we get a bed we will stay in the hotel. Such fun! (NOT)

I’m anxious to see how my color choices for furniture play with each other. In my head they should work, but I haven’t seen the accent chairs in person; only online so who knows if the colors are “true”.

I went very neutral with colors (counters, cabinets, floor) and instead went with more colorful furnishings. (I don't have very "normal" taste anyway.)

Here are some online photos of my choices which are just internet photos:

aqua leather couch with 2 reclining seats

there will be 2 of these accent chairs (I haven't picked out a table to put between them yet (I want to see how things look together first)

chrome & marble topped tables

the area rug that I hope ties it all together instead of fighting it

wall unit

the table has another leaf and I ordered 2 more chairs for a total of 6

 granite in kitchen

tile floors throughout

 Greg got me in the kitchen going through window covering samples

it's still filmy & dusty with construction stuff

 master bath (it's done now, these are older photos)

shower seat & niche

countertop in master

 guest bath - in person I like the grey shower better than the one I chose for the master

granite counter in guest bath

I'm going tropical for the master (side tables aren't my choices just in the stock photo)

night stands

I haven't decided if I want a matching dresser or a bench at the end of the bed - not room for both. 

The "headboard" will be panels that attach to the wall. Something similar to below only in a sand colored suede and probably just the middle 2 panels. The bed frame will be a simple platform bed since we are going with a Luxi 3 in 1 mattress. (It can be adjusted so one side can be soft and the other more firm. (3 different types of firmness to experiment with)

I haven't picked out anything for the guest bedroom yet. The den is also a work in progress. It will be like a "game room/den". 

Probably 2 of these in a grey color with a table in between.

wall unit to store board games & play video games 

After we see how this fits in the space we can always add to the wall unit if there is room for another tall cabinet or a long short one under the window in there.

We drove by the house today and they finally removed the port-a-john from our driveway. We were beginning to think it was our 3rd bathroom. Sunday, we will go peer through the windows to see if the painting has been finished. Now that the "outhouse" is gone, we'll get photos of the house since the landscaping is done. 

I've been ordering kitchen items like crazy. Some have been delivered already, but most we'll have shippied directly to the house now that we have a date to work with. Many things I can pick up as I need them at Bed Bath & Beyond. (which is very close to our house) We have received our new vacuums. (a Roomba that self empties and a Roomba mop and then a hand vac for high dusting etc.) 

So, that Saturday and Sunday will be busy getting ceiling fans and Greg installing them and getting all the TVs set up. Window coverings are scheduled to be installed that Friday after closing. Saturday we have quite a lot of the furniture delivered. The mattress should be Saturday or Monday. 

I'll add the photo of the outside of the house to this post after we stop by on Sunday. Before we order the patio furniture we wanted to measure the screened in patio even though we have the measurement on our plans, just to make sure. Monday, we will go and choose the color of base and the chair fabric & colors.

back patio before the screen is in

photo that the appraisal company took - I'll take more on Sunday and post here

I forgot to get shots of the backyard and pond. Peering in the window it appeared they hadn't done anything since we were there last week. Still no fridge and they haven't painted the inside. They have time and neither of those things take long. The only issue we see to address (without being able to go inside) is that the patio door in the screened in patio opens the wrong way. It doesn't open so it will be easy to roll the grill out there onto the pavers. It's drawn correctly in the our plans, so hopefully they can rectify that. We realized that with it opening the way they installed it would require going off the pavers and into the grass, which is why we specifically asked for it that way.