New Abode

Thank you all for your well wishes on my last post and for reassuring me we aren't the only ones crazy enough to move lots with kids in tow. It's been a busy few days but I think we're 99% settled in already. The unpacking seems to be so much easier and much more fun than the packing up and we're pretty much done. The 1% we haven't got to yet looks like a little pile of 'stuff' in each room - do we REALLY need this? where ARE we going to put this? does she even FIT this anymore? - moving house is a good declutter exercise!

I'll be glad when the last few remaining things are done at the old place. Cleaning (ugh!) "just ...to do now" and picking up the stuff that didn't fit on the truck.... "just one more load" and don't forget the "....." (repeat about 10 times). Once we're finally DONE around there I'll feel like I can really relax here. I for one will be looking forward to having my evenings back for knitting!! More on that next post maybe.

I'm not so sorted for a room by room guided tour but thought I would share some of the colours from the new house.


Blue

My new kitchen is perfect - lots of storage, all new cabinetry and brand new oven (the easy to clean type), big windowsill for pretty stuff, and lots of things to make life easy. Its also a beautiful blue colour - lovely to have something in colours I would have chosen myself.
I bought myself a coriander plant and a pretty blue pot to put it in as a house warming pressie.

Yellow


We picked the lemon tree before we left!

Red


I can report the bath is deep and luxurious. The bathroom also features original leadlight windows (concave and jammed shut though they may be!). Its the little things which give a house a personality.

Purple


M6's room might just about be my favourite spot in the whole house. Its not a huge room but its north facing, sun streams in all day. It was only right she got the room with purple curtains, framing the purple lavender outside.

Brown

All our things found a place.

White

For the first time in 7 years I don't have to share my bedroom with a cot! (It went in the moving house declutter I mentioned). To celebrate I'd love to give my room a makeover but unfortunately I have a zero budget to do so (our moneysucker car needs 4 new tyres and a whole lot of other 'stuff') - but I did find a brand new unopened white duvet cover set during my unpacking that was a wedding gift.
So its a start at least and since white goes with everything I can keep an eye out for 'bits' (on sale!) and make it a 'work in progress'.

I'll be back tomorrow with some actual knitting content xx