I am in heaven! I
finally closed on my new home a couple weeks ago and am not in the throes of boxes
and bags and a myriad of furniture and belongings. My clothes are on a rack in the cellar…that
is the ones that will fit. The rest are
on an extra bed in the second bedroom. Boxes of all shapes and sizes are all
strewn around the cellar and also in the second bedroom. And me…well, I sprained my ankle coming out
of my old place on moving day so I have had my feet up, cold compresses numbing
the pain, and unable to get around without either crawling on my hands and
knees or using a walker. Yep, you guessed it..I am down with an injury and now
must wait to get everything organized.
But I do not want to focus on this..I want to sing the
praises of myself for choosing and buying the best house built for me. My little place is perfect for the style I
love which is traditional and somewhat shabby chic, and has a big kitchen for
entertaining and a huge bathroom with a lot of character and room for
improvement but good enough til I get settled.
With the November Thanksgiving came some days of real cold but other
days of 60+ degree days with sunshine. I
feel snug as a bug in a rug!
Moving in was a challenge because I have a couple pieces of
furniture that are heavy. First of all
the box spring to my queen size bed would not fit up the stairs. I had to throw
it out and buy a metal frame to take the place of it. Not so bad, but now my bed is lower to the
ground. I intend to fix that with a topper that I hope will raise me up a
couple of inches.
My cherry bedroom dresser is so heavy and the stairs in this
place, again very steep, and the treads are shallow. A very large china cabinet that does not
detach from the base is also a piece that was clumsy and difficult to move. By
the end of the move the top had come detached from the base. Oh well…one of the casualties of moving and I
should have expected it. So what though…I have it in my kitchen where I wanted
it and painted its final coat of white it is perfect right where I set it.
Christmas is coming and so my small tree went up and the
colors of the furniture, walls and the tree trimmings fit with the vision I had
in mind. The color palette is soft and
soothing. The atmosphere is “small parlor” style. The architectural elements already in place
in the room lend nicely to the vintage appearance with my furniture.
Now it is time for me to get everything in order for the
holidays and my first Christmas Open House. I am beyond excited! You are invited to read my next installment
that will show you all the decorations and the buffet I will be sharing with my
guests. See you soon!
