Main Floor Laundry Closet

 

 

 

 

The Laundry Closet is just off of the kitchen behind a set of bi-fold doors. There is a laundry shoot from the main floor to the cupboards on the right. We love it. The kids enjoy throwing things down the laundry shoot. And I love the convenience of having the laundry in such a convenient spot. Sabin is learning to do the laundry and all the Littles help fold and put away.

 

The wonders of a see-through lid. :)

 

Peacefully BuZzInG!

Misty

Saying Good-bye

It was bittersweet to say good-bye to our house. There were a few tears. And some last memories made.

Peacefully BuZzInG!
Misty

Ready for Moving Day

Peacefully BuZzInG!
Misty

While the Work Went on Inside

The children played outside.

Lots of sand to enjoy.



Chloe even hosted worship services for us all, thanking God for our new house and asking Him to bless it.

 

 

Peacefully BuZzInG!

Misty



The Work Begins

It took 3 weeks of solid work by Joey. And his brother Patrick came every evening to help. They worked late into each night to make this place livable. Lots of cleaning. Lots of cleaning. Painting. Even replacing rotten subflooring. An electrician came in and worked hours, upon hours, upon hours replacing some crazy hazzards including open wiring and lamp cords run under ground.. Then we had family friends come help do more cleaning and painting. Mostly I stayed behind packing up and cleaning the old house. My tiny description does not do justice to the amount of work done just to cover the basics.

 The kids and I stop by to check on the progress.

Water issues from the beginning. 

 Testing out our new tree.

 Cuteness at the top of the stairs.

(You can see the bathroom in the background. There are two large bedrooms to the right and two large bedrooms to the left along with a master bath.)

 

New Subfloor in the livingroom.

 New paint in the family room (and everywhere else too). This is the room with the wood burning stove.

New paint in the dining area.

 

After two days of scrubbing in the kitchen. Then paint.

 

Peacefully BuZzInG!

Misty



The Way Before

I say "way" because after these pictures were taken squatters lived in this house. These are the listing pics taken by the realtor. By the time it was in our possession it was filthy (read "gross") and a little more banged up. Before the squatters it had sat vacant and greatly over-priced for over 9 months.

 



Peacefully BuZzInG!
Misty

A New Home!

This is the house as it was when we first began praying about it last spring.

I had been praying for the impossible for over 10 months. I had been praying for this very house. I told Joey that on the day of the closing I would have a wreath ready for the front door. A lovely wreath so that the sweet little neighborhood would know that soon someone would be making this place a home.

 

Joey drove us over after the closing just so that I could hang the wreath on "our" door.

Now the work begins! And so much work it is. 

Peacefully BuZzInG!
Misty