Itty bitteh lemon buds

hehe so cute...

Meet Kensington

Our new Chesterfield that FINALLY arrived 1 month later... :)

My kitchen - cooking side

My kitchen is S L O W L Y coming along. Here's the cooking side so far. Backsplash won't happen until after our 10 month follow up. The builder comes out after about a full 4 seasons run through to check on the house and will fix any cracks, nail pops and other stuff they need to due to the house settling.

Google Earth

My house apparently doesn't exist yet.

Our new home :)

Moving in

is CRAZY. It's overwhelming and so much to do you don't know where to begin. We're getting it though one thing at a time. First few days was just getting organized as much as we can putting the right boxes in the room they belong in. Then unpacking everything, taking the boxes to the recycling center then SLOWLY organizing each room. Our cable and internet didn't get installed until LATE LATE Friday so Tyler was mainly behind in work and I was behind in job hunting... one day at a time I guess.
Oh my Meyer lemon tree arrived! So far it's doing well. The leaves were all folded since it was crammed and shipped in a skinny little Christmas tree-like box but it's finally opening up. It even came with a bunch of flower buds. I'm crossing my fingers they make it and don't suffer shock.



Anywhoo... a few more sneak peak photos...
My current studio state. A WRECK. But at least I have a larger desk to fit my Mac, printer and sewing machines, and Tyler's work laptop!


Downstairs bathroom...


Dining room...
We were drooling over the Trestle set from Restoration Hardware

But it just didn't come close to our budget. Haha. So we found an awesome find at World Market!

Here's how it looks in our dining room. Area rug is from my old job, Couristan, and the candle heads are from Anthropologie...

We're still looking for a hutch and other accent pieces to fill in the room. I plan on sewing a table runner and maybe even placemats. The interior shutters should be arriving late December/early January.

Approved!

Today we got word from our Loan Officer we got FINAL approval for our home loan! Which means it's basically ours as long as we decide to show up on closing day and sign the papers! Woop woop! I pre-celebrated and ordered a [dwarf] Meyer lemon tree. I've been obsessing over one for a few months now. Here's what I'm hoping it will end up looking like in a few years...