I’m not sure, but this may be the first time I have sat down other than to eat or to nurse Mary Elizabeth in the past three days. We don’t have Internet in our home yet so even if I hadn’t been unpacking box after box and sorting and resorting, I doubt I would have been around much. I’ve been a whirlwind of activity (my mother-in-law used the term “hyper” in the most affectionate way possible to describe my endless motion). My husband has been out of town for a few days for his new job, so the majority of the packing and organizing has been in my hands. And having control freak tendencies, this suits me just fine.
Madeline and Rachel had another spend the night with Pop, but tonight they’ll come home to their new room. They started unpacking and arranging their books and toys, but I finished it up this morning. Their room might be my favorite bedroom in the whole house. I had a window seat as a little girl, and it was the perfect place to read or to daydream. One of these days I want to have a big cushion made. It’s time like these that I wish I could sew, but it’s not going to happen.
I really like our downstairs bathroom off the kitchen, too. Isn’t it fun?
The kitchen was the first room I tackled, and I’m getting used to my new fancy schmancy appliances (I burned my pizza last night).
I love the ubiquitous hardwood floors, but my heels are aching. I’m used to padding along on carpet all day long. Speaking of carpet, I do want to get surface rugs for the the girls’ rooms. I need an extra big one for Mary Elizabeth’s room. I like the look of Pottery Barn Kids rugs, but the price makes makes me choke on the Pirate Booty
In other random news, Only Good Movies interviewed me some time ago, and my Q&A is now up. I’m not sure why they included both photos I submitted. I’d really prefer to not have my goofy grin all over the place, but oh well.
Okay, enough of this idleness. Back to work!
Maybe try Ikea? We are getting the Flokati rug for my son's nursery. Very affordable and I love the look of it for a nursery.
We moved into a new house recently and the change from linoleum to ceramic floors in the kitchen took A LONG time to get used to. My poor feet and knees are still paying the price. While I imagine wood to be a LITTLE softer, you may want to have some rugs in the places you stand most frequently. We had great luck at overstock.com when looking for a big enough yet affordable area rug for our (tile floored) family room. You may want to look there. Happy nesting!
Hey Kate! Love the pics of the new house. I want to see more! It looks like the girls' room is adorable. Unpacking is not a lot of fun, but a new house is! We have hardwoods, and you'll get used to them eventually!
A local carpet shop can cut and bind ANYTHING in their stock (that you can afford ;-D) to your exact specifications as to size. It gives you so many more options, and doesn't cost much differently from the pre-mades.
(I'm also a new hardwood owner.)
I have friends who just built a new house and they used carpet tiles for the flooring in their kids rooms. They did the whole floor in carpet, but the tiles can be used to create rugs in any space and you can mix and match whatever colors and patterns you want. The coolest thing is that if something ruins one of the tiles, you can just pop it out and put a new one in!
I love your bathroom too. I absolutely love older homes and married a very able rehaber, but I think my kids might not cooperate with that much work on the house! It looks good!
OMG, a window seat. My childhood dream manifested for my niece-cousins.
The whole house is beautiful! Congratulations! Can't wait to visit!
God bless you, Kate, as you settle in!
hugs,
Donna-Marie
The place is looking great.
Oh, I love all the ideas for area rugs. Thank you! I explored a dozen websites last night. I'm thinking of going with FLOR. How cool are those carpet tiles!
L, come visit and daydream on the girls' window seat anytime. We owe you a visit, too. Thank goodness for Maine.
So much fun! And hard work, but it leaves you feeling very accomplished every night, I'm sure :)