First Christmas

No, it wasn't our first Christmas together, but it was our first Christmas alone. In our own house.

And it was wonderful.

Our First House

After months of anticipation (and fighting with underwriters) we closed on our first house Wednesday, November 23, 2011. Closing happened to be the day before Thanksgiving, and we had painters paint through the night (and well into Thanksgiving - big shout out to The Right Touch Painting) so we could move in the day after Thanksgiving.

I am so grateful for great friends and family that helped alleviate a lot of the stress. Closing happened very last minute, thanks to some uh, interesting, underwriters and bank managers. Our Real Estate agent told us that the hoops we had to jump through were completely abnormal. Lovely.

Anyway, its been a month and we are in love with the house. Peter had me take pictures of the interior, but I haven't done any decorating. In fact, the only 'real' decorating I have done was for Christmas, and I was so tired of unpacking that I didn't even do much for Christmas. Now that Christmas is over, I need to brush up on my interior decorating skills and get to work :)

Here are some pictures of my undecorated, slightly messy, house...

Master Bed Room

My favorite part of the master bath

View from the stairs

Nook by the stairs

Upstairs hallway.

Guest bedroom, so far.

Laundry room. On the second floor :)

View from Kona's room.

Dining Room

Dining Room/Entry.

Entry/Living Room

Living Room

 

View from the living room into the kitchen.

Kitchen - my favorite room

I haven't taken pictures of the office yet - it was still in boxes, ahem, Peter. And I figured there was no point in posting pictures of the spare room we have designated Kona's room, just the incredible view. Once I 'finish' a room, I will update the pictures.