The Last of The Home Corners....

Saturday was the day to finish off the unpacking/decorating.... exactly one week after we moved.  (though Sir Steve pointed out - because of work and other schedules - we actually got it done in 3 1/2 days!  I think that may be a new record)

We pulled the Master suite together........... but not before we ran out to the hardware store to buy one addition for the bedroom..................

 

We hung pictures and sorted out Sir Steve's chest of drawers.............. and lo and behold just like that it was done! 

Follow me up the stairs .....................

 the first thing you see when you round the corner at the top of the stairs is............. 

If you turn around ............ 

And across the bedroom (my side of the room)

 

 

and finally - those eye bolts that Sir Steve bought were installed for use on Sunday 

And that's about it for the grand tour of our new home...........
well unless you want to see the basement??? It's organised too.... and the biggest feature is ....... a dry basement ... trust me - considering the rain and melting snow - that in itself is a major improvement over the other place.

 (Sir Steve built the shelves for the other place and we brought them with us to help keep the camping/Christmas stuff organised)

 

 

More Home Corners...

 

I am thrilled to say - we're just about all organised.  The only room left to finish is the "Master suite"... and that will be done tomorrow.  OH wait.... there's still the basement to organise... but that doesn't count does it?? (grinning)

So here's the last two rooms on the main floor finished.......... 

The kitchen......... 

 

well it's a kitchen - not much to do - and no I'm not opening cupboard doors to show you my dishes ........ BUT I did add some personal touches....

And then there's the den / guest room.......... 

 

see the rug?? Interesting story about that rug...... I went looking on Amazon for a blue rug....... and after much looking  found this one..... and loved it.   I left it on my 'wish list'  until after we moved.  It didn't make sense to order it and move it - better to wait and have it delivered to the new house right?? I just prayed it would still be in stock when we were ready to order.

Wellllllllll last week I went to order it...... and OMG!  it was on sale - half off!!  I couldn't believe our luck............... BUT it gets better .........
When we were packing up we came across a gift card for Amazon we had forgotten about....... (don't ask!)  so between the gift card and the sale - that rug cost us a grand total of $17.00 !!!  It adds a finishing touch to the room and just pulls it all together.....

Life is good when a plan comes together

Day 2

 

 

Sir Steve decided Sunday night to take Monday off...... cause we both wanted to get the house done!!!

We were up bright and early and took the lil one to her new school.... talk about separation anxiety!!  no not the lil one - her father and I !!! (grinning)

Then we came home and got started........... We didn't stop......... but by the time Sir Steve had to leave to pick up the lil one the house - the complete house - was 99% ready!!!

We did discover one small problem - actually a bloody big problem!!  The lil one's room felt cold...... didn't matter how high I put the furnace her room never got really warm.  Yesterday afternoon Sir Steve went down to the basement to see if the vents needed to be opened.......... and discovered........... that the ducting for her room seemingly was NOT connected to the furnace!!!  Hopefully it will be fixed in the next day or so..... in the mean time we have put a space heater in her room.

On the plus side the lil one LOVES her new school and has already made friends.  She's impressed the boys want to play during their breaks... and that there's no fighting in the school yard.  

Thought you might like to see the next room in "home corners".......... 

The Living Room....... 

Before............ 

 

After.....  

It really is becoming "Home Sweet Home" 

I'm back in real time.......

 

 Well I'm back online.  Actually we were back online on Saturday night - but GAH!!  exhaustion ya know???

The move couldn't have gone better - the alarm system was moved without a hitch... the internet went as smoothly.  Saturday morning both my girls showed up with husbands and kids (kids are teenagers) and my lord did they all work!!!

The girls and I came to the house while the movers loaded the big stuff and the men folk loaded all the boxes.  It was a whirl wind...... at one point eldest daughter sent me to the living room and told me to sit!  I was so close to tears all day....... stress is a wonderful thing.

You wouldn't believe it - they started loading the trucks at 9:30 and by 2pm we were eating lunch!!! My girls worked hard to empty boxes - especially the kitchen and get it pulled together.    Eldest daughter brought us a cake to celebrate............. 

 

Both Sir Steve and I were overwhelmed with their help / love.  Honestly this has to be the best move ever! 

Sunday was spent opening boxes and sorting things out..... we got our room almost 75% pulled together... and the kitchen is about 90% together... the den is coming along... BUT - we spent most of the day working on the lil one's room.... so it would be ready for her to unpack when she got home mid afternoon.  She has been talking about wanting a 't'ween bedroom' ever since we knew we were moving........ it was her one big wish!  

We all worked together emptying her boxes and hanging pictures and sorting out books and toys..... and her room is complete!!  

Here's the before shot of her room

And here it is now.......... 

She announced she got her wish - a t'ween bedroom!  and SHE LOVED IT !!!

Sir Steve decided to take today off so we can get more of the house finished.... stay tuned for more "home corners".

Languishing......

 

 

I am craving..... aching ... spoiling for... hankering... yearning... wanting and desiring.......... 

FOR?

some adult time..... sexy spanky adult time.

And know what makes it worse?? Every single weekend we go to the house - we're cleaning and organising...... Sir Steve is putting shelves up in the laundry cupboard.. hanging curtain rods.. hanging blinds.... every single time I go upstairs my fantasies kick in... big time...

See this........... 

it's where I envision being bent over  - holding on to the wooden posts - or tied to them.... the door right beside it is where the toys will be hung (well on the inside of the door) 

My knees go weak .... I dream .... oh how I dream.. and count down the weeks - then the days till we are living there........ 

BUT last weekend I didn't even notice the designated spanking area (well in my world it is the spanking area) ..... I didn't let my brain go there.. 'cause .. well .. what if it doesn't turn out the way Sir Steve has said it would? What if it is just a pipe dream that never comes true.  

It's been so long since we had sexy adult time..... 

I am yearning....... craving...... aching...... desiring... wanting.... 

I am languishing............ 

Adding some Green.......

 

 

Our blogger friend Fondles has been posting about her plants....... and I have to admit to being a little bit envious.  In the last 10 years or so I have had no success keeping any plants alive.  After some reflection I came to the conclusion it was lack of good sunlight in my homes.  Best example - my Christmas cactus hasn't bloomed in forever!!  And I used to have the most beautiful Christmas cactus - it would bloom for Christmas - some years keeping those blooms till almost Easter and other years blooming again in time for Easter.

In our new home we have windows facing every single direction there is... got us some north facing windows, south facing, east facing and west facing.  I have hopes - high hopes - of being able to fill our home with beautiful plants.   

This past weekend the 3 plants I have - a peace lily that does bloom once a year... my sickly Christmas cactus and my miniature poinsettia - were moved to the new house and are in the west facing window (until I figure out which window they would prefer.)

When Sir Steve and I were out in the shops - I came across a jasmine plant.  I love the scent from the jasmine!  Have jasmine essential oils cause they just make me feel happy.   I couldn't resist it.  Trust me when I say the money could well have been spent on stuff we HAVE to have for this move...... but I splurged and bought it - along with a pretty pot to put it in.  

When we got home I popped it into the new pot .... gave it a good drink ... and placed it in the west facing kitchen window.  In no time at all the scent from the flowers had filled the kitchen.... even Sir Steve commented on it.  

 

My dream is to keep my jasmine plant alive ........ and blooming!!  I want to add more plants..... and more plants...... and MORE!!!  ("please Sir - may I have some more?") Sir Steve mentioned he'd like a money plant...

I'm thinking it might be the next purchase  - mainly cause it's readily available here.  It is supposed to bring peace and harmony to the home.   

I've got my fingers crossed that I'll have success with my new project/hobby... 

and not land up like this........... 

 

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Well - it's not exactly 'redecorating' but in a sense it is.......... it's time to make this new house OUR home.... put our imprint on it...

And decorating is something I love!! It's the best part of moving to a new place.... I don't know how many times I have placed furniture ... hung pictures... added little decorative touches (in my head) to our new place.   

Quite by accident I discovered what has been wrong in our living room here - we had chocolate brown curtains in the windows (curtains I have had for at least 10 - 15 years )  BUT took them down to wash them in preparation for our move and hung cream coloured curtains in the interim.  WOW!  Suddenly our living room was brighter and more welcoming (in my opinion) Sir Steve and I decided - instead of hanging the chocolate brown curtains in the new house - we'd buy some new ones... We decided on a cream/white background with some green or brown pattern.  

This is what we bought............... 

 

So we thought we'd move the chocolate brown curtains upstairs to our bedroom.  BUT - they would be too big for our windows - and would - in my opinion - be too formal? too stuffy?? and most definitely too long!   Sir Steve and I discussed what colour would work........ he told me to study our duvet and come up with a colour to go with it.............. 

 

Yeah but .. yeah but....

So I went shopping (on amazon - my very best friend) for black out curtains. for 3 identically sized windows)   I looked for green curtains... I looked for beige curtains... I found grey curtains.  Why grey? cause I thought green would limit the colours we could paint the room...... and green wouldn't really go with our winter duvet.... 

BUT then - I found these............ (and yes they are blackout / sound deadening curtains)

 

and I am torn........ They are so different!  and would look (maybe) like pictures on the wall.  

The grey ones are so.......... I don't know ... conservative?? I want this house to have some WOW factors.  and remember our bedroom is upstairs - our sanctuary 

I am going to ask Sir Steve when he gets home tonite........ but I would LOVE your opinions?  What would you pick for the bedroom - grey curtains (or another colour) or the winter tree curtains??? 

Seriously - what would you hang in the bedroom??
OH and if it will help - here's two pictures of the bedroom - two different angles.

 

Spoiled

 

 

Because of who I am - I tend to attempt to fix my own problems... which means I have to identify the problem and the cause first.  All winter I have fought the winter blues... I didn't know why this year was worse - blamed it on the pandemic ...... but in the back of my mind I knew the pandemic was part of it - but not all of it as I tend to hibernate during the winter at the best of times.  So.... what was the root problem.

Last week - after a couple of rainy dull days - I complained to Sir Steve that our living room was SO dark.  We painted 2 years ago.  We painted it a cafe au lait colour.  It looked great... BUT then we replaced our cream coloured wing back chair and ottoman with a grey/brown lazy boy chair.  When I was looking at the living room critically last week I realized all the furniture blended with the walls and top it off with chocolate brown curtains in the window.... making it look like a brown blob in my mind's eye.  There was no bright spot... no pop.  It was dark and depressing. 

Sir Steve said 'so what colour would you paint it?' .. I kinda shrugged and said 'white'
He suggested that on Saturday we go out and pick  some paint and repaint the living room!!  I couldn't believe it!!  repaint it after only 2 years??!!!  OMG  Y E S!!!  There was something else bugging me about the living room too... it was the lighting - the floor lamp was dated.. as was the table lamp.  IF we were gonna paint then why not find some new lighting?!!  Amazon is my friend!  Found a floor lamp and matching table lamp.. best part - they were on sale AND would be delivered by Sunday!!! 

So Saturday we flew out to the shops - found a paint called Alpine Arctic (who names the paints??!!)  It is kinda of a grey green ..... pale pale green - you kinda have to squint and tilt your head the right way to see it (grinning) but it's perfect!!

Sunday morning Sir Steve was up by 7am!!  and got started painting... and by dinner time Sunday night it was done!!  I was SO happy - and we both agree it makes a HUGE difference .... so much brighter and cheery.  

Wanna see some pics??? You know I've got some.............. 

 

Living room before........ 

 

Living room after............

 

Floor lamp before...........

 

Floor lamp after........... 

 

 

Table lamp before.....

Table lamp after........ 

And a bonus change - When we were out buying paint Sir Steve suggested we check out kitchen faucets.  Ours was old and dull and dripping...... I have lusted after one that has a pull out nozzle that sprays........ and I got one!!!

Old kitchen faucet

 

New kitchen faucet....

 

Life is good when your Sir loves you enough to paint ............ again!  

 

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Now I am off to visit around blog land (as the laundry washes)  cause yesterday was a day from hell and I didn't get any visiting done ... will share with you all tomorrow..... 

Final Showing..

I told you all about the redecorating that got done the week after Christmas ... well everything is finally in and up so I thought I would give you some snapshots of our redecorated home...... 

The duvet cover came ....... and we both love it!!  such a perfect fit...........

The shelves arrived and up and displaying my oriental items............

The lil one's room is probably the biggest change..... it had been a rather ugly pink and green ... we let her pick the new colour (with some guidance) and she picked a nice grey/purple........ I bought her a canopy to complete the princess bedroom....... 

and she absolutely loves it!!  Every day she curls up in her 'castle' and reads and reads and reads........ 

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to be honest though this is not what I wanted to write ... I have been struggling with a post I keep thinking I have to make -- write it then delete it...... 

I tell myself it's all in the past -- leave it there... 

It's not always easy for me to let go of things....... especially when the disillusionment is so thick it spills over to me........

I am trying to apply the strategies I learned in the Bounce Back program -- some days they work - other days I grind my teeth and want to shout from the roof tops....... 

(whispering in a wee small voice) but I won't write the post ..... cause he still scares me -- after all this time he still scares me.