Once we had our final inspection, the inspector had a few things we needed to fix, but nothing that he said would stop us from moving in! So on the last Saturday in June, we had some friends and family help us move the last of our stuff over to the house! I have spent the past couple weeks unpacking everything and we finally have the house set up the way we want it!
Dining room and kitchen... We didn't think we'd like the pantry where it is, or that we'd be able to fit the table in the tiny little dining space, but we are happy with how it all turned out!
Entry
Stairs to basement and desk. The first thing Matt hung on the wall was Spike. He wanted to make sure it was hung up before he had his surgery.
Living room. Again, we were really pleased with how well all the furniture fit. We are lucky to have enough furniture to fill the house! We also made sure that the Comcast was all set up before Matt's surgery, as well as took time to mount the TV and run all the wires up through the wall so the Xbox, Wii, Comcast box, and Nintendo would be connected without having to see all the dumb wires!
The master bedroom was the perfect size for our bed and dresser. We LOVE the picture window and also love the views from the other windows in our room. I wouldn't change anything!
Master closet! Yep, the master closet is all full! I couldn't be happier with the design. Everything fits perfectly and there is absolutely no wasted space.
Master bath. We ran into some problems hanging mirrors- we wanted to center the mirrors over the sink, but couldn't because of the space on the wall between the outlet and light switch- but it turned out ok. One of the things we need to think about for next time. The counter space is so nice! We were worried we'd be squished when we were at the sinks at the same time, but we're not.
We've turned the little bedroom into an office/library/craft room for now. Eventually it will be a nursery and all the bookshelves (there are four) will go downstairs. I wonder if I could convince Matt to put two of them in our room...
Our larger bedroom is a guest room and storage for blankets and coats. Luckily we have a second bed frame, however, we don't have a mattress yet! Just a box spring for now.
Guest bath. We still don't have a shower door in the master bathroom so we are using our shower curtain in there. Eventually the shower curtain will come into the guest bathroom. It is nice to have two bathrooms again! We loved that about our Logan apartment.
More living room. I am a fan of the collage wall, and I have some favorite pictures of Matt and I that I want to display. Eventually (when Matt can move around again to build it) there will be a long crown-molding shelf above all the pictures.
I even went through all the stuff that goes in storage and organized it all. We bought these shelves when we lived in the Logan apartment, and now we don't really need them! I set them up and am using them for toilet paper storage and to keep my current craft stuff in reach, but as you can see, they aren't really needed.
Storage room. This is all our camping, hunting, fishing, and decorating stuff.
These are all Matt's tools, high school/mission stuff, and electronics.
The cold storage is another amazing place to keep stuff. All the stuff that is too big for the shelves can stand up behind the door in the cold storage, plus I have places to hang some of my larger decorations.
We are so happy to be moved in. It really feels like our home now that all our things are put away. People keep asking us if it feels like our house yet, and the answer is yes. It has felt like our house since the moment we stepped onto the lot. It felt like our house when we shoveled snow off the basement foundation floor, when we built the basement walls, when we (and five other people) stood the exterior walls, when we put in windows and set doors, pulled wires, nailed trim, laid tile and hardwood, put up siding, built shelves (oh so many shelves!), and all the other million things we have done over the past ten months. Will we do things differently when we build again? Yes. Do we regret building? Absolutely not. It has been an amazing experience, and amazing to work so closely with Matt. I just couldn't be happier.
