I've been wanting to do this for quite some time. We built a house in southern PA starting in August 2005 and finished and moved in February 2006. When we built this house my DH was in graduate school getting his eMBA from Villanova. Needless to say this took a lot of time away from fully moving in and decorating the new home. Please don't ask why we were building a house, selling a house and having DH in a full-time graduate program while he was working full-time too. We don't do anything small in our house!
DH graduated in May 2007, so now the home decor begins in earnest. He has most of the ideas for how things should look and I'm just the second opinion and sweatshop. I sew all our curtains, quilts and such.
Since this is our second house, we came into it with lots of ideas on how we wanted things to be. We learned a lot first time around and are putting that knowledge to work. Our first house was three years old when we bought it and we spent a lot of effort taking a new construction house and making it look like an old fashioned home. Our concept is pretty much the same with this one, except we like the floor layout and spaciousness in the new house.
As I start this blog, we've just finished painting the conservatory, dining room and study. I'm also about to begin curtains for the dining room. Just bought the fabric this past weekend in Philadelphia. I'll post some pics and info on these as soon as I catch things up from the beginning to present.
The next few posts will be on the construction of our house to familiarize you with the layout and the builder. We love our builder! Hope you all enjoy!
3 comments:
Can't wait to read and see all about it.
Very cool!!! I'll have to follow your progress.
My husband went to Villanova for his masters degree too, except his degree is in mechanical engineering. It took forever...taking 1 one course a semester and no classes during the summer, ugh! When he finally finished I told him that I wanted to start a family, thus our journey.
Happy decorating and congratualtions on your new house. I'm going to be checking in wtih you. We bought a new house in January and we are still filling and decorating it. I'm sure I will be borrowing some of your idea.
Also thank you for the kind words on my blog. IF has got to be the most frustrating adn exhausting this EVER!
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