A Sheley Perspective

Brandon and I had another nice, relatively quite weekend. We traveled to Emporia to have dinner with Brandon’s parents and Grandma Siver on Saturday evening, and pretty much spent the rest of our time working on the house. Here’s what we were able to accomplish:

• Purchase & assemble an extra wide file cabinet for the office.

• Organize Brandon’s closet.

• Purchase & assemble a portable caddy to hold all of my paint for the studio.

• Continue to change out bathroom fixtures – towel bars, towel rings, hooks & toilet paper rolls.

• Install new shower curtain & bath mat in the main bathroom.

• Order curtains for the bedroom, living room, studio & Brandon’s office.

• Start hanging artwork throughout the house.

All in all, things are really starting to come together … I can feel the house transitioning into our home!

We’ve been in the new house almost 2 full weeks now, and it’s finally starting to resemble a home. The kitchen, bathrooms, linen closet and our bedroom are pretty much unpacked and organized. Brandon’s done a decent job with his office space, but it will need some additional furniture … like a file cabinet and a relaxing chair or love seat of some type.

Continue reading ‘Slowly Unpacking’

We are finally moved into the new house … well, almost. We’ve still probably got another trailer-load of stuff at my parent’s house that we packed up about 6 months ago when we started remodeling and staging the old house, getting it ready to sell.

Continue reading ‘Setting Up House’