Hello
Sorry for the blogging hiatus. I have had a very hectic two weeks moving into my new home! As you would expect it wasn't a fun experience. Even the prospect of it being OUR home didn't reduce the stress and exhaustion. But we are in and unpacked now. Phew!
We had been told we could pick up the keys on friday so we got up early and packed our remaining stuff and filled both cars up with as many boxes as we could. We then got a call saying the keys could be picked up at 11am. Which was brilliant as I have heard horror stories of people waiting all day in their removal vans to be able to pick up the keys. The estate agent was only a minute away from the house, so we didn't have to wait much longer to see out new home.
The first thing we did was look around everywhere properly. I had a lovely surprise when I opened the cupboard in the bedroom, to find a wardrobe large enough for all my clothes and shoes. This frees up space and also means I can sell my old wardrobe for some much needed cash! We unpacked the car, then my boyfriend went to get more stuff. We had decided it would be easier to paint the living room before we brought all the large furniture over. So while he was getting more smaller boxes I started decorating. In hindsight this might not have been the best idea as it made the whole process more drawn out and exhausting. We had chosen a colour called 'Roasted Red' which on the label looked like a nice darkish red. To go with it I had chosen a light grey. This idea may sound whacky but I had seen it in one of the paint swatch books you can get in DIY shops and it looked lovely. So I started painting and immediately hated the 'red'. It wasn't actually a red, but more of a burnt orange. I hate orange! Stupidly we hadn't bought testers first, but went straight to the big pots. So that was £18 wasted! Anyhoo I carried on with the grey and resolved to go to Homebase the next day and get a 'proper' red.
The next day we moved over some smaller boxes and I went to Homebase to get another red paint. This time I got tester and found the perfect true bright red (crazy I know but wait until you see it finished). So I carried on painting with some help from my sister. After painting 3 walls and leaving the other grey, we decided that that didn't work either so I painted over that in red. Another pot of paint wasted! The finished look is really nice and very cosy. All the big stuff had been moved by this point so this was our first night sleeping in our new home.
Unfortunately we didn't have an oven and had a lot of trouble finding one that would be delivered quickly (there's only so long you can eat hot food purely from a microwave). We wanted to get an electric cooker but the wiring was not in place to have it fitted so we have had to get a gas oven. I'm gutted about this as I hate gas. I think is so dangerous and its much more temperamental getting the temperature right. But at least we now have everything we need to live comfortably.
A month later we have one room decorated and have nearly finished another room, and everything is unpacked. I've also done some work in the garden and bought some pots. Each day we do a bit more work and it gets a bit more like the home we want it to be.
TTFN!
