Some before and afters!

We moved in! yay!

So, my "after" pictures have already changed, some, but I tried to update as much as I could.

We are loving living here. It makes the drive to work downtown seem like nothing. I mean, it is a full hour to and from work, and I'm quite aware, but it's so great living out here. I feel so much safer and things are so much simpler. I love it! 

upstairs, minus the carpet

I have since organized a little better :)

All the ones below here aren't before/after, just some more pics!

Malinda, if you see this. I added the glass cylinder thing to the right of the toilet. Holds three rolls, and so cute!

we're getting the 'back splash' thing in a couple of weeks

sorry, my floor was dirty. This was after lots of moving in from outside...we tracked dust all OVER the place.

Our first night in the house

We still have work to do on the house, but we've pretty much moved in. I'd say we're halfway between houses. We still need carpet upstairs, a shower door, we desperately need some concrete poured in the back (the dust we're tracking in is crazy), still have to finish out the basement, storm windows (or some insulation solution, and that's all I can think of right now.

new range! Woop woop!

first use of the closet

pantry, aka holding space for move in boxes

mudroom

larry getting comfy on the rug

bedroom

yay! First night!

I am LOVING the kitchen. It's so much fun. The first meal I cooked turned into ordered pizza...i got in over my head. Tried to unpack the kitchen and cook at the same time. I was making white chicken chili, salad, and grilled cheeses. We ordered pizza about 8pm when the progress just wasn't there. So, the next night we had chili and salad.

Need some suggestions if you get a minute

We have a small guest bath, and mini pedastal sink. I'm having trouble thinking of how to arrange this area.

Here's what I'm thinking: I'd like a place to hang my nice guest hand towels (yay I get to use them!), a solution for toilet paper (where to put and what to use for the roll and for extra TP storage), and I'd like a glass shelf in here..for soap or a candle, etc. I'm putting a rectangle mirror rimmed in silver over the sink....any other ideas on how to make this functional without over-crowding are much appreciated!

Almost and i mean almost there

We're actually starting to move THIS WEEK! It's crazy. Of course, my pictures are a little behind. I will add the most recent ones once we're in. Over the weekend we moved in the refrigerator. whoa. It was a bit too much of an undertaking. Matt was left with 2 big bruises on his arms, and it's hard for me to move because I'm sore. Big thanks to Carrie for supervising and helping us! My brother helped, too; but he had hurt his back, so we didn't want to be the reason for injury, so hopefully he's okay. I am so excited to soon be in the house permanently! In the meantime, if you know anyone who wants a house in High Point Terrace, send them on!!

the floors are now finished...this was prior to the last coat.

It's actually clean, now:) again, older pic

that fixture is from my grandmother's house...it has little prisms that go on it. Also, we have the stairs stained, now.

we had to come up for a solution for the bathroom since there was the SUPER huge window right there. Hopefully, no peekers.

So, after years and years and decades and centuries of building, we're RIGHT THERE. I can't wait to update once we're moved moved.

Paint..and floor is refinished!

This post is about 2 weeks old. I just never got around to uploading pictures. Now, we have lighting as well. YES! We walk in the house and flip a switch and LIGHT! I know that should be totally normal, but we've had this house for close to 2 years now and had to rush to Somerville on Fridays to be sure and get there before dark so we'd have light to see it. So thank you Benjamin Franklin. You and electricity rock.

I will try to post those pics soon, too, but for now we have paint and floors. Woop! And, finally, I'm able to say that we'll be LIVING in this house in the next month. I think we may spend the night there this weekend. We can't move furniture in, yet, because there is still a final floor coating that has to happen after the final paint touch ups after the final electrical stuff and after the final plumbing. Sounds like a lot, but it's really not much at all! Just a few more weeks!

The den (there is our fan in a box)

kitchen! and the paper path the tiling guy made to the bathroom. Looks like a trail we made in our kitchen:)

color! (well, neutral)

our dining room (with chandelier in a box)

yay to da yayaaaa! we haven't had the stairs all the way stained, yet, but they'll match the floor.

i'm in love. This was the chandelier I picked out for the library/piano room/one day nursery. Matt told me to handle it, and I went with pearls. I love pearls. I'm a pearl over diamond girl. Don't get me wrong; the chandeliers out there with the bling bling prisms are beautiful, too, but this one is an instant calm for me. ahhhh.

piano room/library/office/future nursery

our bedroom with fan in a box

shower is done now. This was during the process!

desk area in the den

mudroom

butler's pantry

It's getting so close, and I'm so very excited. Move in couldn't come at a more perfect time. Fall is my favorite. I can't wait to put mums and pumpkins all over the porch. Maybe we won't have 1 piece of furniture in the house, but we're bringing in the blow up bed and moving in by October.

Wow, she hit $1,000,000

Just wanted to follow up on the post I had in here a couple of weeks ago. Rachel's birthday wish went from $300 to $1MM. So amazing!

Here is the New York Time article about her:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/11/opinion/rachels-last-fund-raiser.html

And, here is her fundraising page:
http://mycharitywater.org/p/campaign?campaign_id=16396

The comments are so heartfelt and sincere.
Amanda