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Now that the house is found and due to be mine in two(ish) weeks, I am spending too much time thinking about what I'd like to put in it. My darling Mammacita has cautioned me not to plan where to place furniture until the papers are signed to try to avoid heartbreak. This is good advice, so I'm not thinking about where to place furniture I already own. No, I am dreaming of furniture I don't have and definitely cannot afford now that I'm taking on a mortgage. My personal style probably leaves most people scratching their heads. I love mixing what I call Grandma Chic with Midcentury Modern. For example, picture this table set with hand-quilted log-cabin placemats in pastel 30's reproduction fabrics (thanks Mom)! Adorable.
I can picture the living room with refinished floors, any number of updated sconce fixtures, and a trip to Utah (damn you for not selling my couch online). Also needed: bookshelves and recovered shell chairs. And floor lamps. And the coffee table currently in Turbo's storage unit (hah). The front porch is begging for an Adirondack chair with nice wide arms for a coffee cup while I keep a keen eye on the neighborhood. And the bedrooms? Well. The bedrooms need a lot of work. One needs new flooring before much of anything can happen, and the other is begging for refaced cabinets. But before those sorts of projects commence, I will be building a fence so a fuzzy four legged friend can come to stay with me. Yay puppy!
One of the things I love the best about this house is the windows. Every room has natural light from at least two directions. However, this doesn't leave much room for art. I have some photographs I love, and a quilt my mother assembled that is truly a showcase. Plus, I have an idea for creating my own version of Ellsworth Kelly's Spectrum Colors. The thing here, of course, is that the house is mine and I've got as much time as I want to truly create the space I want to live in. Hooray!
It appears that I have bought a house. Closing isn't for three weeks (though it might be moved up), but all the major hurdles have been jumped.
Wheeeeeee!
