My Eyes are Bigger than my Ideas

So.... I worked on the hall closet a lot yesterday. Like... a whole lot. I had tons of ideas (mostly Ikea) and made some pretty solid decisions. I'm all pumped to get home and measure the closet. Austin opens the door and i'm like oh my. He's like what. I'm like in my head this room was HUGE. The ceiling was higher this wall went back farther and so did that one. I'm going to have to make some edits...

Does this happen to you? Are rooms just HUGE in your head and then you're like WTF was I thinking?! LOL

The Red MUST Go

I apologize in advance for the poor photo quality! But here is how our dining room is looking. The red MUST go - it's throwing everything off in my opinion. I want it the color of the rest of the house.... or maybe even something darker! (darker brown) Hmmm

Austin says we should take back the 4 white chairs and get 4 more of the banana weave chairs. What do you think??

Nope...

Still haven't gotten a check or confirmation that one was sent. Supposedly it was "maybe" going to be sent Friday and he (company owner) would "double-check." This was Thursday... I never heard, never got a check so I emailed yesterday. No response. Sigh. Why are people so bad at customer relations?

On another note - I have lots more to do at home but regardless I am taking pictures today! Promises!!!

We Close Today!

Now if we can just get everyone on the same page... the closing documents were sent last night and they were very incorrect - BLAH. Do your jobs, people! Anyway.... i'm SO FREAKING READY for this mini nightmare to be over. Who wants to promise me things will calm down soon. Anyone? I need it to... I really do! Have I mentioned that we're SO behind packing. Like SO behind? I'm getting nervous and slightly worked up. Being behind at work AND in my personal life is just NOT working for me - eeek!

Inspection Blues

So yes, the inspection went good but I put up this mental block about getting back to the seller. Like we're SO OVER the process we just kinda took a break. Then last night we went through the stucco inspection and home inspection and made a list of things we wanted the seller to send. Then Austin decided before we sent it, he should talk to the stucco peeps. So he talked to them today at 3:30 and then we sent our requests to Amanda. She didn't say anything was wrong so that's good, and now we just need to print it and sign it and send it back. Why am I nervous? Why is all of this bugging me? I think i'm just starting to wig...

OMG... Stucco Inspection Tomorrow at 11 a.m.

WOW! I'm kinda scared. Austin is attending. I so hope it goes well..................................................... EEEEEEK!!!!!!!! I'm so not going to sleep tonight.

Nevermind, Just Kidding

The other option (which personally I LOVED) is out... there are stucco problems which are leading to moisture in the windows and rotting wood. Basically, the windows would all need to be replaced ($$$) but more than likely, it's the front wall (the stucco wall) that needs to be fixed. Very unfortunate... so now we have one option and it's the one we put an offer on and the guy won't work with us because he's not motivated and would rather it be vacant. Awesome. I'm so very disapointed. I feel like we've worked and worked and researched and put in the time and energy and everything for nothing. I'm just very sad and am starting to get worried that we won't find something before the lesae is up.

Store Recommendations, Please!

So, not to dwell to much on the orange guest room, but here is what I have left to buy – please share advice on where to buy these things (on the cheap of course, but high quality – you know, the best of both worlds).

• Full size bed skirt – Bed, Bath & Beyond?
• Full size mocha sheets – Marshall’s? TJ?
• 2 Brown Cubes for end of bed – Target
• Round mirror for over dresser – Ikea?
• Lamp for dresser – Ikea? Or Maybe Pier 1?
• Something to put in birch sleeves – I have no idea!! I love the sleeves but need help!
• Hardware/items for refinishing dresser – Lowe’s or Home Depot
• Rust colored fabric (printed) for frames – Fabric Store
• Container for tall curly willow– Pier 1? Ikea?
• “Orange” Accessories – Target?

That’s it! And clearly #3, #7 and #8 are easy…. Any help with others is most appreciated!!

A Few Updates

• Back and forth and back and forth.... we lost the house. The guy just won't budge off of $305,000 and refuses to pay closing costs (which are $8,000). Basically, he doesn't want to sell and he's stupid and we're walking away. Where we're going? I don't know - but we're walking!
• I'm not going to buy the nightstands. Austin's mom has a friend that works there that always offersto give her a discount so Michelle is going to take her up on it! Therefore, i'm going to wait until we're in the house to buy anything... and by then I may have a laundry list for her friend once I know, for sure, what I need!
• I'm kinda freaking out.... I mean we have to move soon. Have to. And we haven't found anything.... EEK. I don't want to go back out this weekend, but i'm nervous because - no joke- we've got to move and we've got to move soon....

K - that's it for now.

It's a No Go

So... the house is officially off for us. Before I say the precise catalyst, I will say we were worried. Primarily after we made the list I posted yesterday. That's a lot of stuff... and it's not cheap (primarily the basement renovation stuff and the hardwoods...). However, we found out today how NOT CHEAP it was when we got a quote for over $14,000. Yes. So at first we're like that's crazy. We call Austin's mom who doesn't flinch.... she suggests we call his uncle Terry since he's had so much work done on his house in Alpharetta, his lake house and his new house in Macon. He doesn't flinch either. They're like yeah... that stuff isn't cheap. Um, why did no one tell this it would be upwards of 10 g's? We've been reading everywhere that it wouldn't cost that much, that materials are crazy cheap right now, that contractors are desperate for work, etc.

So we were like hmmm, should we even reach out to another contractor? Do we want to go through this again? And honestly - it was like an empiphany and ALL of the work we had to do flashed through our heads, we remembered the tiny yard situation, we discussed the upstairs bathrooms needing new floors/vanities, the kitchen being small, the stucco, the sink being small, etc. And it's not for us. There should be a house with a normal basement that doesn't require demolition... and moving a power box... and recarpeting an entire floor so it will match... and pulling up carpet for hardwood, etc. It's just not for us and we're onward and outward to go find one that is move in ready FOR REAL - as in NO DEMO.

In the meantime, Terry thinks it's absolutely rediculous to only be looking at houses with basements - that there's surely a house with two dens or a large dining room, etc. And honestly you guys - we wanted the pool table on the main. When you put it in a basement you've got people downstairs and up... we'd rather everyone be in one place - on one level. So Terry is going to reach out to some peeps (he's in the area; he knows people; etc.).

So keep your fingers crossed. In other news - Megan and Clint just closed on a house in Enterprise. They move in 3 weeks and she's so, so excited. I'm very happy for her!