Oranges

Whew - we haven't had our computer up this whole week and a half - so no posts -- but plenty of stress! The babies are having a fabulous time - the oranges are a big hit! I just have to keep the black ones swarming with gnats out of their mouths...

More to come once we setttle in a bit more. My brain isn't functioning yet - it is still boxed up I think...

PS - Notice the giant felled tree in the background - Doug and Jesse's handiwork with the excavator!

Intimidation

Reality really sunk in after the walk through yesterday. Holy crap.
The house hasn't been cleaned by the seller yet - the yard unmowed as the crew is coming today to tidy. It's a big, crazy mess and we are definitely having one of those "what have we done?!" moments. The pool is emerald green, the trees, numerous, many dead and all needing trimming, the cracked, peeling concrete, the missing balconies, the general sense of neglect over the last few months -- wow -
SO - now you can see what we will be doing for the next decade or two!

House Eve

We are signing tomorrow morning - with the final walk through midday. We should have keys by the end of the day. I am scared - freaked out - wondering if we made the right decision - terrified we won't get our stuff out of this house in time for the renters coming March 30th - nervous about all of us bumping around in that big space -- aaaaa!
But at the same time I can't wait to finally see it blank - with all the previous owner's things removed. There is a cleaning crew coming Friday morning and after that we can start the move itself. I really want to get photos of it empty first - to remember it as a real "before".

Front Gate

This is the view from 7th St. The house is set way back on the property - thankfully! We want to have a block wall built and stucco it to match the color of the house. I am currently shopping for giant old elephant doors from India to install as the front entry. We will have to manually open and close them for cars to go through - but since we can access the house from the street behind the property that's fine. Just imagine these big doors propped open with a long row of illuminated lanterns leading the way to the house the night of a party...

These are two of the doors I am considering - I love the little secret entry doors inset! I think I am leaning toward the gray ones - but all resored and waxed - they would be incredible!

Yet more kid room fun

The hanging chair with the open macrame type weave I am officially saving up to get for Harper's room as well. I had a hammock in my room in high school - and I think every kid should have a fun place to hang - ha. This one in particular is so cool - Anthropologie does it again! And while the new house has tons of great kid areas - there aren't any that can quite accommodate the overhead hideouts like in the images here -- too bad - looks incredibly fun!

Kid bedroom nook

Another one of my kid room obsessions is to build a bed nook. I am thinking of Harper here - and the first image in particular. That arch with the curtains all swagged back -- lovely!
I have always been charmed by the idea of a bunk room too - stacking kids like cord wood to the ceiling!

Kid's room art

I have been thinking what kind of art I can put in Harper and Finny's rooms - I love the wistful girls and the princely critters - and the Land of Imagination...
PS - Just learning the ropes of this blogging stuff - figured out how to "link" photos to their sources - so now if you click one of these photos it will take you to the Etsy page where I found them - yea! I will hopefully get the sources right on all the photos I post in the future!