Ahhhh it happened, we closed on our very first home! Actually, closing was almost 2 months ago but things have been a little cray cray since then.
We heard from SO many people that closing day was going to be such a long and boring process, but ours did not go that way. We went to the house with our real estate agent in the morning to do a final walk through and then the closing process only took 45 minutes. Fastest close every maybe? Fine by me!
The first thing we did (after a celebratory lunch) was a Target run for some garbage cans, toilet paper, soap..all the essentials. We sat on the back porch, literally on the porch because we had zero furniture, with some champagne in plastic cups and then went back to our hotel for the night. The following day we did a big Bed Bath and Beyond shop and bought some air mattresses and the very first night we slept in our house was the 4th of July!
The first 5 days we ran around like crazy people. We had the guest bathroom tile floor glazed right away. This was an easy and relatively inexpensive thing to do but it took 24 hours to dry so we wanted it done before family arrived to help.
What a HUGE difference the glazed tile made!
The following day my Dad arrived to help with some small renovations and a few days after that my Uncle joined in to paint the upstairs bedrooms and bathrooms. We knew the moving company wasn’t going to come for another week so we all slept on air mattresses and used paper and plastic EVERYTHING. Mike and I weren’t bringing much furniture from CT so we started our hunt. It’s slightly overwhelming to have to furnish a big ole’ house but our main goal at the time was a dining set for the breakfast nook so we could all finally have somewhere to sit. My Dad and uncle were troopers the entire time but were very happy when the delivery truck pulled up with a table and chairs (from Celandon– LOVE.)!
While Mike and I did lots of shopping my Dad made a book case for the right side of our tv. For whatever reason the people who lived here before had the TV to the right of the fireplace and just a picture on the mantle. We knew right away we wanted to change this up to create some symmetry. Luckily my Dad is the handiest guy I know and did this in just a day!
Before
After!
My uncle is a painter and drove up from Hilton Head to help us. The bedrooms were all interesting colors (mustard brown, bright pink and teal) so we wanted to get some paint on those walls before getting a bunch of furniture in. He did an amazing job and we are so happy with how everything turned out. We used Sherwin Williams Olympus White for the 3 guest bedrooms (one will be a den) and our master. For the 2 guest baths we used Sherwin Williams Topsail and for our master bath Sherwin Williams Agreeable Gray. Below is our master bedroom before and after. More photos can be found on Instagram!
Thank goodness for my Dad and Uncle helping us out with this. Now onto the next!
WHAT’S NEXT?
- Fly back up to NY to say our goodbyes and drive back down with our car + the dogs
- Movers come with are things!
- New fence install
- Front yard gardening (with Mom)
- Kitchen counter top shopping (eeeek!)
