Our New Home!

[SkippyNXC]

So i got over to the house tonight and got some pictures so I figured I can show you quite literallly what we're starting from since we don't really have any furniture... so here's some photos:

Entryway: http://i904.photobucket.com/albums/ac248/SkippyNXC/New%20House/007.jpg

Dining room off entry way:
http://i904.photobucket.com/albums/ac248/SkippyNXC/New%20House/005.jpg

Kitchen (as seen from dining room):
http://i904.photobucket.com/albums/ac248/SkippyNXC/New%20House/006.jpg

Living room (off other side of entry way)
http://i904.photobucket.com/albums/ac248/SkippyNXC/New%20House/011.jpg

Eat-in kitchen area:
http://i904.photobucket.com/albums/ac248/SkippyNXC/New%20House/010.jpg

Kitchen:
http://i904.photobucket.com/albums/ac248/SkippyNXC/New%20House/008.jpg

4-season porch off eat-in area:

http://i904.photobucket.com/albums/ac248/SkippyNXC/New%20House/012.jpg

http://i904.photobucket.com/albums/ac248/SkippyNXC/New%20House/013.jpg

[Kirby]

It's so pretty! I love the hardwood. Congratulations!! :bbbiggrin:

[SkippyNXC]

So onto the upstairs....

Landing at the top of the stairs:
http://i904.photobucket.com/albums/ac248/SkippyNXC/New%20House/018.jpg

Master bed:

http://i904.photobucket.com/albums/ac248/SkippyNXC/New%20House/014.jpg

http://i904.photobucket.com/albums/ac248/SkippyNXC/New%20House/015.jpg

Master bath:

http://i904.photobucket.com/albums/ac248/SkippyNXC/New%20House/016.jpg

Hallway bath:
http://i904.photobucket.com/albums/ac248/SkippyNXC/New%20House/017.jpg

Future Nursery:
http://i904.photobucket.com/albums/ac248/SkippyNXC/New%20House/019.jpg

http://i904.photobucket.com/albums/ac248/SkippyNXC/New%20House/023.jpg

3rd Bedroom:
http://i904.photobucket.com/albums/ac248/SkippyNXC/New%20House/020.jpg

http://i904.photobucket.com/albums/ac248/SkippyNXC/New%20House/021.jpg

[mj512]

Looks great!! I love the porch!

So I'm dying to hear what baby stuff she left :)

[SkippyNXC]

Oh just that bassinet in the corner... she didn't even leave the baby gate as promised... ah well

[NOTKT]

The house looks great! I can't wait to see what you do with the place!

[acidcookie]

Ooh, it looks great! I don't know if you're painting over it, but I actually kinda like that orange room! :p

[savepaws]

Very nice Nicole! Congrats!! Can't wait to see what you do with it! That's a bummer about the gate. I hate when people say stuff like that and then don't follow through. It's like why bother saying anything at all.

[SkippyNXC]

Definiately painting over the orange room... doesn't exactly scream "calming, peaceful nursery"

[yam102284]

Looks great Nicole! Can't wait to see what you do with it! Congratulations!! :)

[Nekochanpurr]

What a pretty house.

[hleef]

beautiful... congrats!

[mj512]

Hope today went well!!

[SkippyNXC]

everything went well... we got the entire apartment cleared and cleaned so everythings here... i didn't really DO much of anything but still by the end of the day my back was KIIIILLLLLLLING me

which lead to a crappy nights sleep and my back is still aching (but not quite as bad)

lots of unpacking still to do but i think today shall be a day of rest w/maybe a trip to the home depot to get some necessities...

[Docsgirl]

It's beautiful Nicole. Congrats on the new place!

[f77g4]

It looks great Nicole!

Can't wait to see what you decide to do with the place.

And PS your blue room reminds me of the blue room we reno'd last summer.

[SkippyNXC]

First full day in the house and we've picked out colors for all the rooms, scheduled estimates for flooring and new garage door installation, installed a new front door lock...

i am pissed b/c i can't get the stupid ice maker on the fridge to work! ive even downloaded the owners manual in case i'm dumb but nope... the only options are 1- water line isn't hooked up (unlikely since the tray was full when we moved in) 2- it's just broken?

ugh i don't have patience for these things

[f77g4]

Sounds like a productive day Nicole!

Good luck with the ice maker.

[gwenshack]

Oh Nicole! :flower: It's beautiful. That's going to be a great home to bring Baby Pak home to! :ura1:

[SkippyNXC]

I've given up on the ice maker... just put a tray of cubes in and will deal... the odd thing was that there was ice IN the bucket when we moved in... i want to pull the fridge out to make sure the water lines still connected but can't...

today's task was calling oil companies b/c our tank is low and we need a delivery within the next week or so... that was an expensive shock to the system!

i'm probably gonna pick up some paint for the nursery today... i think we'll need a separate primer like killz given the darkness of the current color and the light color we want to go to... so i'll at least get that so i can get started.

right now we've decided we want to do baby pak's room in a buttercup yellow but i'm toying w/doing half yellow n half green w/a thin brown border in between... in my mind it looks good but we'll see...

[savepaws]

It'd kind of cool you have a new house/blank slate to do all kinds of nesting in right now! 'Course you probably should be taking it easy!! ;)

[Spatch4Officers]

I'm in love with your house!!!! I can't wait to see what you do with everything :)

[jamt]

congrats on the new house its looking good can't wait to see it when you have put your own stamp on it

[SkippyNXC]

I think i've mentioned it here but just in case i haven't.... since we've moved in we've found out the hot water SUCKKKKS... so i got our oil company to come in and do a service call and tune up

turns out the heating coil in the furnace is going... so we have 2 options 1) replace the heating coil or 2) get a separate water heater...

option 1 he said would probably run us about 600-700 bucks

option 2 would range depending on system we buy... an indirect one feeding off the boiler would run like 1200 and an electric one around 600 depending on the tank we buy of course there are ranges...

i'm leaning towards option 2 b/c this furnace is 15 yrs old anyways so it seems silly to repair the coil when we can get a much more efficient and cost-effective system for around the same price, maybe a lil more...

i'm hoping that either my dad or DH's brother will be willing to come up and install the tank for us to save us some money...

[f77g4]

Hot water issues suck....I hope you can get it figured out soon and that the repair isn't too costly.

[Spatch4Officers]

Yea we have replaced out hot water heater coils I don't know how many times at my parents house - hope you all get it taken care of soon. :)

[savepaws]

Well thats no fun, I hope you guys don't run into any other issues that will cost you money!

[pinkbride]

your house is so beautiful!! I cant wait to see when you have put your touch on the place xx

[SkippyNXC]

So time for some updates since we've been workin hard on the house the past month...

This is the old blue room:
http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/225036_10150188105579477_686589476_6748177_546594_ n.jpg

This is the old orange room:
http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/228561_10150181737959477_686589476_6715158_4301102 _n.jpg

And so you can see the hallway w/the new hardwood floors:

http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/227921_10150181738054477_686589476_6715161_6255978 _n.jpg

Today the stairs are getting finished so will update some more when that's done!