The "Before"

(to see all of the "before" pictures of our new house,
click on the flickr badge on the right side of the page or click here to go directly to the photo set. Make sure to click on pictures to get descriptions and "notes" on what you're seeing. )

Anyone who has heard anything about our new house knows there is one thing we need to change before we can officially move in. The previous owners seem to have a particular liking for Green. EVERY Room/Hallway is painted sea-foam green (I will post the official color name when I get it, for those curious).

Don't get me wrong, it's actually a pretty nice color when you see it in person - if it was in one room and one room only. Seeing the color throughout the whole house, it's just overwhelming. On top of that, there is carpeting in the bedrooms, and the carpet color is hunter green.

Before you ask, or jump to any conclusions, there was no sale on that particular paint color. The owners chose it specifically. As a matter of fact, the sellers agent told us this is the second house she has sold for them which is all green. Wow. Just Wow. `

Once we signed the P&S we hired Eric's uncles so they could start painting as soon as we closed. They started working today and I CAN'T WAIT to see it!

We also had National Floors Direct come out the day we closed to give us an estimate on replacing the carpet in the bedrooms. Unfortunately the cost is much too much for us right now ($1900 for JUST the master bedroom?!!) so we'll have to deal with the carpets a bit longer.

The night of our closing we slept on a futon mattress on the floor in the bedroom. The only "furniture" we had in the whole place. We slept like rocks (and most likely with grins on our faces!)

The commute in to work the next day wasn't as bad as we anticipated. I was sitting at work an hour after we left home (of course, in Belmont I was 2.5 miles from work!) We know we were lucky because August is a big "vacation" month, there was good weather and no accidents on 95/128 (knock on wood!)

So now begins our journey. I'm excited and anxious! There's so much we want to do to really make this house our home. Stay tuned.