Now that everything is falling into place, I’m starting to get a little nervous.¬† Yes, impatience was getting the best of me but now it’s the whole “wow” factor of finally being a home owner and knowing that everything that could possibly happen is just going to be from us and without any major outside influence the way it’s been.
I’m already writing up a list in regards to things we’re going to have to purchase once we get out there.¬† I know we’re going to need cleaning supplies, I believe the first room that’s really going to get any attention is the bathroom.¬† Having toilet paper and shower supplies is a big first priority for us.¬† We also figure that since we’ll be doing modifications around the house that we’ll rent the rug doctor the day before we’re coming back to Delaware to get our stuff.¬† This way, if we keep the carpet, we can get rid of the dust and anything else that was on it before we move our things in there.¬† It’ll be easier to do when we know that there isn’t going to be any furniture in the house.
Another purchase is going to be the living room items.¬† We’ll obviously need a couch, possibly a recliner for Sean, and definitely some end tables and lighting just to pull the room together.¬† Then it’s odds and ends everywhere else, especially the kitchen.¬† For me, getting the bathroom done first is the priority, after that it’s just filling in the gaps.
I’m just hoping that our bed fits in the bedroom with enough room to spare.¬† I think it’s only 13×10.¬† Granted, right now we have it in a 10×10 room so hopefully there will be some ounce of improvement.¬† That is probably going to be one of the more “simple” rooms of the house.¬† There’s no point in overloading the room with things that we really don’t need.¬† So we’ll fit what we can in the closet and then we’ll see if there’s enough floor space left for a dresser.¬† I’d personally prefer having some kind of a platform bed so that we can use the storage underneath but I’m a storage and space-saving fanatic so I like to keep things as simple as possible.¬† Nothing wrong with that, right?
Congratz on becoming a new house owner. When my brother moved into his house my Mom went nuts, and kept making sure he had everything he needed 🙂 . Same with my girlfriends friend…I guess everything is just so knew you want everything to be perfect. My advice is not to stress over it and if you forget something it probably wasn’t that important in the first place.
Very exciting!!
I totally agree with the carpet steaming… you want to totally get rid of the old owners. lol.
I have a thing about bathrooms too.. I will not use a dirty bathroom, it’s the one room that has to be sparkling & spotless & disenfected at all times.
I wouldn’t worry about the bedroom, now you will have a whole house to fill with your stuff! I agree about the under-bed-storage though, those are great! Perfect for kids too!! When you have some 😉
I’m anal retentive when it comes to the bathroom. If it’s not spotless I feel disgusting the second I step out of the shower. I have bath mats in there that I cover with towels when I take a shower just so they can’t get wet and get moldy down the road. For me, they’re only there to keep bare feet off a cold floor. heh