March came and left in a whirlwind, which is why I titled this post March Madness! We closed on a condo in Fountain City on February 29th, with the intent to make the upgrades and changes we wanted over the next couple of months while we worked out our 60-day notice at our apartment.
We looked ahead at our schedules, and quickly realized April would be even more hectic, as you can imagine, with a 10-day mission trip to Ukraine (and all of the packing, planning, and preparation that involves), plus both of us working full-time, extra out-of-state traveling for Todd, not to mention his birthday--which we WILL celebrate no matter how busy we are.
So, we spent every waking minute of March working our tails off to make our new home Mills-move-in ready. That meant spending our anniversary weekend packing and labeling boxes, then loading and unloading all of them, unpacking each item, and deciding where in the world it should go.
In the meantime, we picked out starchy white paint for every square inch of ceiling, which was previously painted a beige color, very similar to the wall paint in this picture. It was like walking into a peanut butter cave. No thank you!! Since we were limited on time, and there are only 300,000 paint colors to choose from, we went with a neutral gray-beige for the interior walls. We ripped up the horrible smurf blue carpet from the master bedroom, as well as the guest bedroom carpet....tile and hardwood floors only for us. We selected the perfect river rock which would replace our too fancy and formal corner fireplace. And we absolutely hired some helping hands to get all of this accomplished in only a couple weeks time.
We have many photos still to post, but we'll start with the fireplace transformation....
LOVE!!!
Looking back, March definitely was a bit of a hurricane ride, but God worked out the details of everything so perfectly, even down to the final weekend days we would both have off so we could move in, make a trip to Atlanta IKEA with a friends covered trailer to purchase furniture, and bring it safely home through a monsoon of a downpour. Not to mention the fact that we are literally a 1 1/2 minute drive from Todd's mom and dad. They were a tremendous help throughout the entire renovation, packing, moving, settling process.
Our first few weeks were spent sleeping on a mattress, sheets taped over the naked windows, sitting in lawn chairs while eating, and all of our clothes hung on every door frame and shower curtain we had =) As I said earlier, more pictures will be posted later. We are still in the never-ending process of deciding what to hang on the wall, how should we fill this corner gap, etc. Stay tuned!
Looking back, March definitely was a bit of a hurricane ride, but God worked out the details of everything so perfectly, even down to the final weekend days we would both have off so we could move in, make a trip to Atlanta IKEA with a friends covered trailer to purchase furniture, and bring it safely home through a monsoon of a downpour. Not to mention the fact that we are literally a 1 1/2 minute drive from Todd's mom and dad. They were a tremendous help throughout the entire renovation, packing, moving, settling process.
Our first few weeks were spent sleeping on a mattress, sheets taped over the naked windows, sitting in lawn chairs while eating, and all of our clothes hung on every door frame and shower curtain we had =) As I said earlier, more pictures will be posted later. We are still in the never-ending process of deciding what to hang on the wall, how should we fill this corner gap, etc. Stay tuned!
LOVE your fireplace and congrats on the new place!
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