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! 

Closure.

We closed!!! MLW and I own a house.  She's kinda ugly right now, but her bones are rockstars. Apologies for poor photo quality yet again. I'm too excited to really edit these bad boys also it was raining. So, without further adieu here she is:

 Oh Hey House, Hey!

Front porch.

 Front door.

 Entry...

 The hallway.

 Huuuuge living and dinning!

 Our somewhat leaning screen porch and deck.

 Font half of kitchen..

And the other half. It's big.

Man Cave door, previously had a doggie door, which if you read the last post I was pumped about. However, I had forgotten that part of our repair addendum required a new side door. Woops. Somewhat tragic moment when I realized we had lost it. I think adding a new doggie door will be pretty high on our list of things to do. 

Side entry porch. Its so small and cute and adorable! 

More of the side.

Man world. 

Awesome closet doors throughout house.

Guest Bath.

 Guest room A.

 Guest room B. (wow that photo turned out dark. Bad Betsy, Bad!)

 Master bedroom. I guess MLW can start putting his clothes in a closet in our room again...sigh

 And the master bath!

 So that her folks. Love her? Me too!
Also this is my first post going "live." Blog, artsy and generally talented friends, I need your help! I know my blog currently looks lame. Any tips or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Love ya'll!

The Doors.

Nothing is better than doing a final walk through and discovering a few hidden gems....doors. We found a pocket door in the kitchen, a side door with adorable patio landing, and the best part a doggie door!!! Some corgi's lives are about to change. We went from living in an apartment with limited outside time, to a fenced in backyard with maybe too much outside time in this South Carolina heat. Corgi's have a lot of fur and its HOT ya'll!
 I am so excited for their lifestyle upgrade. Now they will be able to come in and out to their little darlin' heart's desire. So excited. We are all set to close tomorrow, but it's been a little bit of a nail bitter. Promise to update you on that later. For now, I hope these photos of doors excite you as much as they do me!

 The pocket door separating kitchen from living room. Sorry for wonky angle and poor photography.

And the side door with the wonderful doggie door! I'm a little concerned that Ernie might not fit through, but a little crisco on the sides of the door and thinking skinny thoughts should do the trick. Poor Ern, its hard to keep a slim waistline when your just so darn cute. Stay tunned...