So as you know, we moved. We started this move on January 22nd and are still not yet done. For a visual, the house currently looks something like this:
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| Family room |
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| Living room |
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| Living room |
Except worse. We now have every piece of clothing we own laying across all of the above surfaces. You see, we are in the process of rebuilding closets in order to create more useful space for storage. So instead of one hanging rod, we have built-in shelving units and double rods in all 3 closets. The end result will be glorious. We can see it more and more everyday as progress is made.
We are also painting. Every wall, door, cabinet and all the trim. The house was built in 1985 and although it has been painted/updated by previous owners, it still has a very heavy feel (notice the cabernet-colored wall in the family room pic above?). We are painting the trim and doors white, walls will be shades of taupe-y gray (minus the baby's room which will be pink!), and cabinets will be a steely brown. Here's an idea of what we're choosing:
And for a reference, I drew out the rough floorplan in Excel (what else would you expect from this analytics geek?):
