Our business and the boy's school are 5 minutes from each other, unfortunately, our house is 35-40 minutes from both of them. Strangely, with fighting children in the car, I do not enjoy this drive very much. Sometimes, I drive this loop three times a day. Over three hours a day in the car! So, we are moving. I am excited! So much shopping to do....
My husband has been less than enthusiastic about my shopping plans. The style I love has changed in the past year or so, my furniture has not. So I have come up with a brilliant solution! BRILLIANT!! Are you ready?
I call it the "Furniture Exchange Program". It costs zero dollars. At least in my head. I explained it to my husband like this. We will sell the the things that either don't fit right or work well with the new house and exchange them for money, which we will then exchange for new things. Probably not actually "new" things, but new to us. See? no "new" money. Free... right? Exactly.
The only restriction is that upholstered furniture has to be new. I have a healthy fear of bugs, which I am pretty sure live in all pre-loved, upholstered furniture. Anything else, bring on the old and broken!
I thought I might show a few pictures of our current house, there won't be any room makeovers here, but you will be able to see style changes in our next house. I may, in the next few days show some of my favorite projects in this house. There are bunches of them, pre-blog of course :-)
I am not sure why this makes me nervous but here goes...
I will miss this closet! I built the cabinets from scratch!
This is what I may miss the most! It's soooo peaceful!
I have a thousand plans for the new house and of course, absolutely no pictures! Soon though. Let the packing begin!
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Welcome to The Shabbiest Chick! My name is Chrystal and I am the happily married wife of one, and mother of four ~ all boys! I live in The House of Testosterone. I am passionate about my family, my home and coffee. I love to restore and recreate, taking the old and giving it a new life as a future heirloom. Come along with me, but grab a paint brush, we've got work to do!
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Good Luck! I think moving is such a great adventure - even your old stuff will look new in a new house! Enjoy it.
ReplyDeleteThanks! We will definitely be using some of the same things, just in different ways! I am looking forward to that :-)
DeleteI do the same exchange and totally agree on the upholstered items! Sometimes it's hard to choose what stays and what gets sold though! Good luck with the move! - Susan
ReplyDeleteI have heard such horror stories of bed bugs that I am completely freaked out by that! What a nightmare! But I am looking forward to all of it!
DeleteI love your thoughts for furniture "exchange". Have fun!
ReplyDeleteThanks Sandy! I am so excited!
DeleteI never knew you were a builder, too!!! Pretty impressive carpentry work and a lovely home. Are you keeping your great room table? It looks HUGE! Perfect for a young family.
ReplyDeleteGood luck with the move!
Thanks! I love to build especially when something needs to be custom~I am waaaay too cheap to pay someone else to do it! I so wish that the great room table would fit in the new house, it is truly the one thing I will be sad to see go. It is a giant table!
DeleteHuge congrats to you, your house is gorgeous, I am sure it will be hard to leave, but not having all that drive time, will mean you will have so much more time to DIY! Looking forward to the "new" pictures!
ReplyDeleteActually, some people really don't love moving because it really don't make good sense for their budget but on the contrary I really appreciate your ideas though it's matter of budget and I think your all stuffs will be great choice to make your new home and life better. Best of luck
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