It must not be over-looked that both Chris and I are Librans and so quite obsessed with decor and aesthetically pleasing designs! Rather than directing removal men as they unloaded the lorry, Chris was busy taking all the "fire escape" signs off the doors and walls, desperately trying to make our new house more like our home. Ten days into the move and the nesting bug has caught me too - although the logical side of my brain still says unpack boxes first, then decorate etc, I had to put a few pictures up and what a difference it made to make our house feel more like home!
So although most of our time so far has been taken up by unpacking boxes, working out the boiler and oven and trying to stop the fire alarm from going off by accident, we still have time to dream about wallpapers and wet-rooms! Our latest idea is cracking on with the hallway as soon as our boxes are unpacked. It makes a big impact in terms of making this place feel more like a family home, because there is so much hallway space, but in some ways it is fairly straightforward - painting, perhaps some wall papering and eventually a change of carpet.
Meanwhile as decorating is still a little way ahead in our journey, there is a new motto in our house that is relevant to our unpacking frenzy: "Another Angel is smiling!" - this came from Chris who piped up while dismantling yet another box: "An Angel smiles each time a box is killed!" - I like that image that these Angels are looking down on us while we beaver away at making our new house our home and watch over us, encouraging us to keep going with all the work that needs to be done.
Your new house looks amazing. There's always so much to do when you move to a new place, but don't rush take your time, you have a few years to make it just right. Four years after moving to our new house, I find I am still making changes, and things still need doing, but there's no hurry. I just enjoy the process of change.
ReplyDeleteThanks Sami for your wise words. It is so true that it pays to wait - we have already changed our minds on various ideas. I too think the process of change is very satisfying in itself.
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