We've been in our new house for about three weeks now and are in the full throes of unpacking and organizing all of our stuff. I've learned a few things about new homes in these three weeks.
- There is such a thing as a new home smell which is just as distinctive as new car smell, albeit with a much higher price tag.
- The first mark on your nice clean walls is a catastrophe, consecutive gouges, scrapes dings and smudges just add character and more to clean.
- Prior to moving in the house is perfect, after moving in you can't wait to start changing things. We already have a list of stuff we want to do.
- I used to enjoy going to Lowe's and looking around and dreaming about the stuff I'd get for a house. After going to Lowe's every day for a week, the shine has worn off and it's just a chore.
I definitely miss the German Shrunk closets we had at our old base. One side was rods for hanging clothes, the other was shelving and a couple of drawers at the bottom. Those shelves and drawers came in handy for storage for our home office stuff, my ever expanding craft stuff and the random stuff you collect and have no place to stick. I now have to come up with storage in our new closets, which are just double rods and I'm finding that storage solutions are EXPENSIVE.
All in all, I love our new place, I can't wait to get everything put away, and I really can't wait for people to come and visit.
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