Whew! I can’t even believe it’s been over a month since I’ve posted. Life has been rather hectic and busy, and trying to get to bed before midnight has been something I’ve only accomplished several times.

In exactly one week and one day, the house will be ours! I can’t express how excited we are to move in and take pictures. We haven’t bought a single solitary item for the house because we were waiting until we moved in to make sure they were really what we wanted. So we’re chomping at the bit to buy some new things for the house.

When we move in though, we’ll have a lot of minor things that we’ll need to do for the house to make it feel more like ours before winter hits. Very first thing, we’ll need to repair the fence. The existing fence is still there, but since the previous owners did not have a dog, they removed the back portion to make a drive up to the back of the house. Also, you can sort of tell from the photo, the fence doesn’t meet the front of the house. So we will need to put the fence back up, and once we get it up and in working order, we want to paint it a shiny new white color and seal it to protect it before winter hits.

Additionally, we want to paint the interior first floor. While we can wait a little longer to do this, we want to get it done before it’s too cold to open the windows for ventilation. After quizzing a few sources (here & here & here) via Twitter we’ve decided to go with Benjamin Moore for the plum paint color we chose for the dining room and kitchen. It’s a bit pricier, but to be honest, with such a dark color I don’t want to be painting over and over again. The lighter blue we may choose to go with Behr, but if we love Benjamin Moore for the plum, we’ll just go with them again for the blue, too.

Now I must get back to packing!