Sweat Equity

Hey Guys, moving is exhausting! We have just been taking a few loads over in my car but I am plum worn out. We aren't officially moving in until the 29th, but it is fun to see some of our stuff in the new place. Makes it feel more like ours. The first time we walked in without the real estate lady (who was fabulous!- Georgieann with the Ed Hunnicutt Team) we both felt like we were doing something wrong sneaking around someone else's house. I especially felt this way since I hung out with the previous owner for about 2 hours while the inspection was happening. Her daughter actually has a successful wedding planning business here in Charleston and her son owns a restaurant. Its a small bridal world, but made me feel like this was the place for us since I work in bridal and MLW is a chef!

Also buying a new home means you pretty much live at Home Depot. I've been 5 times and we have owned the house for 6 days. I've also already had to call an emergency plumber at 10 pm on Monday night. I sold the fridge on craigslist and there was some major leaking that couldn't be stopped. Thanks to 24 hour plumbing services! Luckily I took a Tuesday field trip to Best Buy for some shiny new appliances that are on the way next week. I feel so adultish. I actually really enjoyed buying a new fridge. Weird.

Anywho here are some photos to get you up to speed with our first week. (PS if you follow me on instagram you have prob seen a few of these, apologies for the duplicates).

First Home Depot trip...this was the most fun out of the other 4, mainly because I got a sweet deal on a mirror that I had been stalking. 

Cat walk of of mostly chairs and mirrors. We figured if we just piled it all in the middle it would make it easier to paint around?

 The leaking water line for the fridge icemaker. First Matt had to crawl under the house, that didn't work. Then I ran to Home Depot covered in paint and dirt and frantically tried to buy a cap. It was too big and too late to go back to the store. So then I called a plumber. The lady on the phone laughed at me.

Yay for buckets! All the plumber did was turn off my water. I didn't have a key or I would have done it myself! Thanks to many years of working at a barn I know my way around a water main. Alas having a key around would have been too easy. Luckily it was just a cheap service call fee. However, the water is staying off until the new fridge can get installed which is making cleanup a little interesting...

The man room got a coat of kilz and some new blinds which has made a huge difference! I still have no idea what I want to paint this room. 

 Hallway covered in Kilz, be gone Smokey the Bear!

By the end of each day I have been covered and I mean covered in paint and dirt. I used a brillo pad in the shower to get it all off me. Intense cleaning. 

Found this beauty at Page's Thieves' Market. So excited to spruce it up a bit and add it to the front porch. Also if you noticed my instagram hashtag #beesonthepooorch here is a sweet video to put that little gem into reference....http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3wi9HWUIsY

 Family Love.  It's tough to get all four of us in a photo at once, but A for effort right?

And finally I found this chair at Feather Your Nest in Mount Pleasant and I love. It would be wrong to buy a chair and a church bench in the same day right? Right. For now I will just daydream about it hope someone doesn't find it before I can get back to it. Thats all for now!