A few people have asked: “Are you living in the house?” Yes, we moved in November 22 after an absolute 2 month whirlwind of husband working like a madman (while still pastoring- he only took two weeks of vacation; everything else was mostly done during early mornings and on nights and weekend. We’ll probably never recover. ); spending a LOT of money in a very short amount of time; contractors and electricians disappearing into thin air; packing up our entire 2500 square foot home and getting rid of a TON of stuff to fit into our now 1776-square-foot-home; then moving into our home a few days before Thanksgiving. All while I’m trying to keep some semblance of homeschooling going. To say we couldn’t have done it without help is an understatement.

I wanted to show you some updates on our bedroom. Hard to believe this is where it started:

Excuse my VERY rudimentary skills on showing where walls are now/aren’t any longer. The white line took 16 feet off our (very long) living room and created a master bedroom. The red lines show where we cut a door to enter the master bath/closet from our bedroom. We got VERY creative with the floor plan to get in 3 bedrooms (it was originally 2); a spacious living room, spacious kitchen, two decent sized bathrooms, and a tiny dining room and small play area.

Paint on the walls- Sherwin Williams Sea Salt (but color matched with Behr paint)

Partial window casings- I’m SO glad we went with the bare wood!

Here’s my husband and our friend Daniel laying the floor. Daniel came at least once a week for about 6 weeks- SO much help! I’m in LOVE with these whitewashed floors- our room is the only room in the house where we have them. I wanted to set the master off a bit since we did the same paint color all throughout the house and this did the trick!

Some of our stuff moved in! Getting exciting!

Check back Monday and I’ll show you the (mostly) finished product! And you can settle a dispute between Ben and me.

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We are over the moon excited- here are a few pictures to keep you somewhat updated.

Here is my sweet blogging friend Sharon. We met at a blog conference last year and just recently reconnected. She came by a few weeks ago to see the house. Sharon just published her first book, Creating Success at Home, and I’m so excited for her! You’ll be hearing more about her soon.

This picture is a little strange but it shows that I conquered an IKEA project. A friend from church also helped me put together several of these. You can also see the colors of the girls’ room- lavendar and pink, and the carpet Ben and another friend from church installed.

Ben and one of our Wednesday workers, Daniel, laying floor in our master bedroom. What’s a Wednesday worker you might ask? It’s two people from our church that have showed up every single Wednesday since the beginning of October to help out on the house. And they are awesome. And I just named them that awesome name. #legit

Our bedroom- I spy packing boxes, IKEA goodies, and trim! It’s getting there!

There you have it. Quite possibly the most random photo dump ever. I’ll be back soon-ish with more, including a few “how to” posts! (Think how to install IKEA closet organizers. I may or may not have spent 3 hours working on our closet to find out that the main components are installed UPSIDE DOWN. But because I’m channeling my inner Joanna, I did not get mad at the person who installed them upside down. Ahem. My own Chip. )

See you soon!

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You may remember what our bedroom looked like a mere 3 weeks ago:

Really nice and cozy. Don’t be jealous. And also, in this pic the master is part of the living room. Now there’s a wall separating it from the living room (whew) and a gorgeous color on the wall! Here we are getting ready to paint…

And the color on the wall! It’s so nice and calming. I’ve been eyeing this color online for years- it’s called Sea Salt by Sherwin Williams, but I had it color matched with Behr Paint + Primer at Home Depot because it was much cheaper this way. They did a great job matching it.

Look for more painting updates this week! With the major help of friends, we’ve painted a TON in the last week!

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