Our New House

I figured I would get this whole blog thing going by updating everyone on the status of our new house. We finished up all the required repairs and the appraiser went back through this week. He gave everything the okay, so now we are just waiting for the mortgage company to finish up the last of the paperwork. We will hopefully be closing next Friday. It's very exciting...and more than a little bit scary :)

The house has tons of potential, and we have so many plans. Once we close, we are going to start cleaning and painting. The carpets are in desperate need of love. Since there are beautiful hardwood floors throughout the house, I just want to get rid of the carpet, but Joe wants to try cleaning it first. If anything, it will protect the floors from the paint. Go to my flickr site to see a "virtual tour" of the rest of the house.

The one room that doesn't need to be painted is the dining room. I love the dark jewel tones, so we are going to run with this theme throughout the house. The living room is going to be the tan and blue that we have in our current house. The master bedroom is going to be white with blue and purple accents. Ashton's room is going to be the best, though. It is going to have a whole jungle theme. Mom is making him a tree that will go floor to ceiling and we got him a leaf shaped canopy for his bed and a rope ladder for him to climb in on (in the hopes that he won't try to climb the tree). We'll be sure to post plenty of pictures as we progress.

Well, I am being informed that it is time for our bedtime story. Ashton is very anxious to know what happens next with James and his giant peach :)