It's been awhile since I talked about the house. Can you believe we are coming up on a year since we moved in? Okay, we are still a couple months out (I think it's actually two months from today that we got the keys) but still coming up on a year.
I think last time I wrote was in the Fall and we were putting everything on hold to let our finances take a bit of a breather. We are still hoping to catch our breath there, but have decided to try and finish out a few more things. Just a few...
We still need to get the back area finished with some outdoor furniture, we are thinking a few seats for the covered porch area and maybe a table and umbrella set up for the yard itself. Right now we have our little cafe set from the townhouse and Tux thinks that's just fine. Whenever he gets to go out to the covered area he jumps right into the chair and surveys the world from that perch. All that time seeing us sitting on them in the townhouse now he can finally claim them.
We still need to figure out the extra cabinet situation in the dining room. I thought I had it set up with the company who did the original cabinets. It took MONTHS to get anyone to even answer me, finally got someone to take measurements, told me it would be January when they could do them and that they'd get back to me with the contract. And... yeah. That was that. I reached out a few times and then finally just gave up. We are going back and forth now on just doing it ourselves (Brent's idea), maybe buying a sideboard instead of cabinets (we just can't find one we like) or me starting the process of calling cabinet companies again and seeing if anyone is will to do such a small job.
The living room still needs something for the big empty wall. A display cabinet maybe? But we did buy a new couch set today. The big couch and loveseat we have in there that were in the basement at the townhouse fit the room nicely and the color looks good but they were bought to be giant squishy pieces. Daily wear on them is making them look pretty worn and sloppy. It makes the room look messy even when it's not. Which is driving both of us bonkers. We found a set today that is a little firmer, a little more structured, but still comfy. Hopefully that will solve the issue. It's going to be about 6 weeks before they are ready since we customized the material, but since it wasn't urgent that's okay.
Of course now we have to figure out what to do with the little couch that is in the media room. I think I'm going to give the desk in Katie's/The guest bedroom away and put it in there. We kept the desk from the old office just in case Katie needed to move up here she would have a space to work, but I don't think she's going to be doing that at any point in the near future. She and her roommates are looking for a bigger place in Bend to settle so I think we will be lucky to have her visit, though I see that becoming rarer and rarer. She's got her own family away from her OG family now that she wants to spend time with. We get it, we got her for longer than we could have ever hoped for honestly. Byt our 30s we weren't visiting home much at all.
We still need to figure out what to do with the entry hallway. It's huge. I mean it, just this grand hallway that is totally empty. I joked to Brent about putting the little couch in it and turning it into a reading room instead of just a hallway. It's big enough I could totally do it. But it needs something. And the practical parts too, we need a shoe drop zone for the front door, the coat closet is down the hall from the entrance so you have to carry your shoes to the closet, which isn't that big of a deal, but it's weird. So some sort of drop area there.
And art. We still need art on the wall. High ceilings and big walls means all of our art was the wrong size but we haven't replaced any of it yet. And rugs. We needs some runners for the hallways and entry rugs that actually fit the doors, and a rug for the covered porch, and one for the dining room, and maybe a new one for the living room. And while we are on the topic of floor coverings how long do you think I'm going to make it before I replace the eh I guess it's fine carpets in the bedrooms with the lush and squishy carpets I had in the townhouse?
So you can see why we have to keep taking breaks to let the finances breathe. And let us catch our own breath. And stop the panic attack when the list keeps growing, oh yeah and we need this and this and we should probably replace this...and to keep from throwing Tig to the wolves when he claws up the brand new bar stools or window sheers! I swear to god that cat is just this side of feral. It's a darn good thing he's the sweetest thing when he's being sweet. Balances out the fact that he's a destructive terror the rest of the time.
So basically we are exactly where we were last Fall, but with a new couch on order.
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