Things I Love About Our House

So there is a lot about our house that I want to change and fix and make ours. But there are also a lot of things about our house that we found in the house that I love.
The build in china cabinet, that currently houses all our glassware.

This beatiful milk glass piece that's currently full of leftover Christmas candy.

The puppy with the pink and black nose that follows me around.

And our bathrooms.

Closet and Half Bath in Progress

Busy weekend, as usual. Bruce worked on cars, we had our intro class at puppy kindergarten (minus puppy) and I painted. There was also a minor meltdown about the shop vac but everything is copacetic now :-)

I've been on a mission to paint then organize our closets since we moved in. They were smelly and the bedroom closet had some nasty stains.

This weekend I managed to get the closet primed! Yay! It looks so much better already I just want to put everthing back in! Like the linen closet I'm going to wait to actually paint the walls until we do the bedroom and I pick a color. I love the black and white half bath, there are no in progress photos because it was in progress when we moved in as you can see by the painters tape that is present from this pre-move in photo. But I filled some holes and sanded, I just need to motivate to prime

Laying Low

We have started off 2010 very slowly, the fireplace has gotten lots of use but with both of us having colds, the puppy having tapeworms, and only one car very little has been done but normal maintenance. Let me explain why the puppy's problem is time consuming, he needs to go out every two hours (in our defense, he's being treated) which doesn't seem like a lot but adds up to at least two hours of "lost" time.

The good thing about having so many fires (other than its warm, pretty and romantic) is that we are burning all the fallen branches from around the yard. Bruce is such a trooper building so many fires!

Break's Over

So the holidays are over, and between puppy walks, love and training, I've been trying to get a few things done around the house. I finally finished the linen closet and was able to unpack all my linens! This picture is not an optical illusion, the closet really is very deep. (Also we have more than two towels, I just need to fold them and put them away!The walls are actually just primed, I'll paint them when I take down the hallway wall paper and figure out what color to paint!

We also got the TV mounted in the living room and have defiantly been enjoying the fireplace. Its great that we have so many trees because we have lots of fallen branches we're able to burn. Eventually we'll run the wires in the wall but that will wait until the wallpaper in the living room comes down. That's all for now, hopefully I'll be moving on to the half bath and getting it painted!

Back in Town!

Wow, we were so busy with Christmas traveling complicated by a puppy and a broken car! We are very blessed to both have very generous families. Bruce got some new clothes and a new phone, I received a stand mixer (!!!) some other kitchen gear and Wii fit. I've been trying to take it easy since we've come home, Kenny puppy had an upset tummy, and I can't seem to find my camera! Bruce mounted the TV last night it looks great over the mantel and its even nicer to be able to see the fireplace. I'll post some photos when I find the camera.

Holiday Decorating

Holiday decorating has come to a screeching halt! Everything since my last post is still on the couch. We even decided not to get a tree, but you ask Why Christine, what happened to your Holiday Cheer??? We got a puppy!!!! YaY us! His name is Kenny, he is a 4 month old Boxer Great Pyrenees mix, he's pretty shy about new anything but he's definitely coming around to us and is still inquisitive. We got him through Great Dog Rescue New England and they were awesome! He is neutered, microchiped and all his vaccines are done properly all he needs is a Lyme vaccine and parasite prevention! (Note Bruce's "It's cold out" beard and the lovely paneling in the office)

It's Beginning to Look A Lot Like . . .

Christmas!!! It's snowed twice in the past week and our candle lights

in the windows look beautiful with the snow, I was going to put garland up the driveway lightpost but I think I'll just do lights. And a small lighted wreath on the front door.

I found these huge ornaments at Target, ten dollars for the set! They are perfect for the picture window in the living room.

This vase was in the breezeway when we moved in, I brought it in and cleaned it up. It's pretty much flaw-less. Then got these artificial berries from Target (my favorite store) they should be a relavant decoration Thanksgiving through Valentine's day!

This little guy sits on the other side of the mantle from the berries in the vase. He's getting my Santa Hat for the season.

The snowmen are hanging out under the TV, one is a glass-blown piece from my mom a few years ago and the other is a wind-up from last year!

There's alot more to do on the decorating front! The pile of decorations has moved from the kitchen table to one of the couches in the living room. Hopefully we will get a tree and the wreath this weekend. I already have some ribbon for the wreath bow and I'm thinking of getting some more ribbon to drape over the trim in the dinning room to hang Christmas cards on. Most decorating is on hold until I'm done with finals though!