Showing posts with label the little white house. Show all posts
Showing posts with label the little white house. Show all posts

Monday, April 28, 2014

At Home




 




Lately, we've been spending lots of time at home. These are photos from our last few weeks. David's been working on finishing up indoor projects, so we can move onto the outdoor ones. We found a lovely light fixture at a little shop downtown for over the farm table. It matched the other kitchen light fixtures perfectly. The little ones/guest bathroom is also almost finished. He's put in a new tub, shower, vanity, light fixture, slate tile and just finished the wainscoting. 

Last week, we saw President Obama fly over our house on his way to Oso to see the aftermath of the terrible mudslide that happened the week we moved into our home. The photo of the airplane is from our backyard.

The next two photos are from Easter Sunday. Sienna has been practicing her Cat's Cradle and she is getting very good at it. She also finished her first sewing project, which was a pillow for her doll, Lucy. I was working on a tooth fairy pillow for her, so she wanted her own little sewing project to work on alongside me. Both of her two bottom teeth are quite loose and she has her two adult teeth coming in behind them. She goes to the dentist next week, so we are hoping they will fall out on their own before then!  

Lastly, Sunshine is growing quickly! We are working on teaching her to walk on a leash in our backyard. It's quite comical to watch her, but she is getting better each day. 

Sunday, April 20, 2014

The Easter Hare

(Image from Wikipedia)

The wee ones woke up quite early this morning to find that the Easter Hare had come to the little white house. 

Sienna was happy to find a root viewer, some gardening tools, a new book to read and a chocolate bunny.



Forest found a dinosaur puzzle, a ball, some farm stickers and a chocolate bunny in his basket. 



The Easter Hare also hid eggs for the wee ones to find in our living room, since there was very heavy rain the night before. We are still looking forward to an Easter brunch with Nana today.

We hope that all of our friends and family have a lovely day!

Wednesday, April 16, 2014

Waiting






All week we've been waiting for two very special packages to come. The first package to arrive today was our braided rugs we ordered from LL Bean. We ordered one bigger rug for the main living area and a smaller one for the play area. The second package to arrive was caterpillars we ordered from Carolina. We will be observing the life cycle as part of our homeschool happenings. 

(Please excuse the missing baseboards from the photos. That is one of our renovation projects and I still need to paint them, so David can put them up.)

Tuesday, April 8, 2014

Puppy Love







Our little family decided to add to the already chaotic moments in moving and house renovating by adopting a puppy. We knew we wanted a puppy for the little ones to grow up with and after emailing on a few, we found one that was local. 

Sienna named her Sunshine. Her Mama was a Golden Retriever/Lab Mix and her Daddy was an Australian Shepherd. She was born on a 5 acre farm just east of us and she is 8 weeks old. 

We love our Sunshine puppy and look forward to giving her a forever home with our little family.

Monday, March 24, 2014

Renovation Journal: The Living Room

We are down to 5 days before we move in and A LOT has been happening at the little white house. I thought I'd start with the biggest room in our home, the living room. The walls were sloppily painted an aqua color and the floors were a vinyl peel & stick that made a funny sound when you walked on them. All of the baseboards, heating vents and some outlet covers were also missing.

Looking toward the front windows and front door. 

The other living room windows and vaulted ceilings.  

This is the view from the front door when you walk in. 

The entry/coat closet.

The day we got our keys, David already had all of the vinyl flooring pulled up and by the next day, I had the ceilings and entry closet painted. We also primed the walls twice before painting. I plan to post photos of the finished living room with the color we chose after the floors are installed next week. Here is a sneak peek of the living room before wall color and after the ceilings were painted. Plus, there's a random bathroom vanity in our living room, along with the old (very crusty) stove and old dishwasher. 

After walls primed and ceiling painted. 

After walls primed and ceiling painted.

We chose a no VOC/low odor primer and no VOC/low odor paints for the entire house by Yolo Colorhouse, which is available online from Home Depot. 

Primer: Yolo Colorhouse Inspired 
Ceiling: Yolo Colorhouse Flat Air .01

We are having laminate flooring installed by Home Depot. Also in the plans are priming and painting all of the woodwork white, adding white baseboards, painting the front door white, and new light fixtures.

Next up, I'll share the kitchen tomorrow.

Sunday, March 23, 2014

Home, Sweet Home

It's official! Our little family bought our first home. 


After lots of searching for the perfect first home for us, we finally have the keys to our own home, sweet home. 

We actually had put in an offer on this house (owned by HUD) and it was turned down, so we kept looking and put in an offer on a different house that was sort of far away from everything on Camano Island. About a week later and after our offer was accepted on the   Camano Island house, we heard from HUD that our previous offer on this home was actually accepted. So, we rescinded our offer on the Camano Island house and went forth with the HUD home. It took about a month to get all of our ducks in a row. But, now it's ours and we are down to one week before we actually move in. 

A lot of renovation has been going on in the little white house in the neighborhood, as Sienna is calling it. (Remember, we do like to name our homes!) I plan to share photos and stories from our renovation as we make this home our own.    

We want to thank everyone, who helped get us here, especially our parents and David's grandpa. Without your love and support (and babysitting) we wouldn't be here. And many thanks to our real estate agent, Machelle, who went with us to lots and lots of houses in Snohomish and Skagit county, as we put in offers on ... (hmmm) 5 houses total I think?