Status On Moving In!

 It is a big project and has to fit in between other parts of life, but we are making progress--slowly and somewhat steadily. 

The first great sign is that our flag is now flying daily!  Just in time for Memorial Day weekend.  The sight and the sound of the flag is just part of this house and part of what we want our grandkids to remember about our house.  Glad to have it back!

Still boxes and stuff in the dining room which acts as a holding area currently, but I thought I would try some curtains as well as the blind.  I have the fabric to make them longer which needs to happen, but I am still trying to decide if it adds what I want to this room.  I might have to wait until we get everything moved out and the new dining room chairs to decide.  What do you think?

Finally, the junks are back on our wall.  This was the first major purchase we made in Hong Kong--this piece of art from Stanley Market for Fathers Day 1987.  It has hung over our bed since then, even in Salt Lake (but not Arkansas, it didn't fit into the car well.) So glad to have it back.

Now I need to get some king size pillows for our bed to look "done."

My entry rug came this week.  As soon as I started looking at rugs, Facebook filled my feed with rug vendors--since that is what happens in our world today.  As soon as I saw this one, I knew that I wanted it somewhere.  It was similar to a smaller one that we had in Arkansas.  I left it for the new senior missionaries, but was hoping I could get another one from Wal-Mart here, but no luck so far.  I love this one as well.  Not what you expect when you walk into a house, but it is fun and quirky.  Gary doesn't like to walk across it barefooted, but I even love that part of it.

The colors are so bright and cheerful and because it includes every color in my house, it is a perfect way to enter....for me anyway.

And the library room--still not completely done, but one of my favorite rooms ever--thanks to Gary Kerr and to my Gary for their work on this bookcase.  The cushion for the bench is on its way and we will get some pictures hung this week as well.

The grandchildren corner.....

Our TV room is currently the DI pile and the extra boxes pile (not shown in this picture.) These Roman shades work great for what I wanted them to do---block out the light on the TV when closed.  The fabric is perfect---if you look at it close up.  It is made with a blend of blues, yellows, and greens, but unfortunately, as you can see in the photo, it looks more like a dull green from a distance.  Not quite the look I wanted, but it will be okay.  It doesn't have to be perfect and it was what I choose from the samples.

Our floor rug and our couch are scheduled to be delivered this week.  I am so excited.  Outside of the basement (which we will talk about in a minute), the TV room is the last big piece to put together.

Our pantry----I LOVE it!!! I want to put wallpaper on the few walls in there but that will be a later project maybe in the fall.

Now to the basement--we have lived down here since January completely.  So part of move-in was moving things UP from the basement---stairs, stairs and more stairs.  It was nice when that was mostly done.

About 2 weeks ago, we had some rain, and Gary came downstairs and discovered water draining through the window from a full window well.  One of the gutters above had gotten clogged by leaves and caused a waterfall into the window well.  Fortunately, we didn't have to live in the basement anymore, but it has been a project to dry out the carpet and get it ready for new pad and new baseboard (mostly it has been Gary's project).

I am glad that Gary thought to check on things to prevent even further damage.  Oh, the joys of owning your own home!

This also means that unpacking boxes downstairs have been delayed (which is fine because I haven't really had time to do that yet.)

Gary's take on the whole thing is that we are living upstairs fine without any of the things in these boxes so we should take them straight to the DI as is.  Silly boy!  This includes our toys which I have saved for the grandkids including our dress-ups, books, art work, and a box or two from Arkansas with some of our blog books which I got while we were there--and other "important
 stuff.  It has places to go and things to do...and some of it MIGHT end up at the DI, but not until I check each box first.

So much stuff.....but some of it will be so fun for the grandkids to play with AGAIN!

And in the middle of all of that, we also have started working on outside projects as well.  Gary gave me four purple polka dot petunias so I had to get them planted and once you start that type of project, it expands as we try to regain control over our wild yard and gardens.

And that is our update on the house remodel and getting close to the last time you have to see photos of inside our house.  There will be a few more though as some of the decorating things will be put into place over the next month or so.  For example, I finally ordered formal photos from our extended family photo shoot last November.  So excited to put them on the walls of our house!!!

Whew!!!