There are some pictures here: Link to album They aren't great as a lot of rooms didn't have lights! But you get the general idea! Can't really see the shapes of the rooms upstairs but oh well The two windows in the front of the house are the kids' ones, and the downstairs one is the living room. Kitchen goes onto back garden, (and has a back door!!) which is long and triangular and FENCED so I can actually let the kids out without worrying too much!!! Front door opens into a hall that looks up the stairs and living room is to the left, and through livingroom to kitchen. hall from front door goes forwards to a huge understair cupboard and the bathroom. (Unfortunately only one bathroom and it's downstairs... which I'm sure Alexander will take full advantage of at night, needing to pee a million times so he has to keep coming downstairs!! And maybe not so fun in late pregnancy either lol!!!) Up the stairs to landing with big HUGE cupboard with sliding doors, and first room is master then the kids' rooms are back at the front of the house as I said.
There are LOADS of cupboards and wardrobe (well, compared to my current situation!); there is a built in wardrobe in each bedroom, not huge but still!! We will probably shelve these as they look better for 'stuff' storage thanc lothes, and kids don't have much to hang up anyway (well, kathryn does but we already have a little wardrobe for her!) and we probably have TOO much for the wardrobe so might just shelve all three! Then there's the huge understair one (sooo much bigger than my current one!) and a little tiny cupboard at the front door which looks like it's maybe used to have mops or brushes or somethign?! lol it's really tall and skinny but if we put shelves in it too then we might be able to use it for towels etc! And the big cupboard on the upstairs landing will probably be for jackets etc but it's so big that we'll probably be ableto use it for storage of other stuff too, maybe games or something?! I dunno but I'm so excited!!!
And the kitchen!!!! Not only is it MUCH bigger than my current kitchen (doesn't take much!) but it has LOADS of storage and spce for a washer, a drier (), a cooker (duH!) and even a dishwasher!!!! Not sure if we'll actually GO that route or if we'll convert it to another cupboard (probably more likely!!) but still!!! Ahhhh the choices!! Anda huge big space for a fridge too!
I'm hoping my dad can source me a relatively new appliance or two; he said he might be able to, it'd save a wee bit of money, but tbh I don't REALLY grudge the money for them if we buy new ones that are good and should last a long time!
I'm trying hard to grasp that we're goign to be in this house for a very long time and that it's a good idea to 'do it right' as much as the thought of extra waiting is driving me bonkers I have to remember than an extra week or two now will save us so much trouble in the long run and make it so much nicer!
I think my parents MIGHT be able to come on the 2nd weekend in February, so I think maybe if we aim to move in that weekendish that'll be perfect - they could help finish the last jobs that need done, and install appliances as necessary (whether they bring them or not!) and also hopefuly bring Alexander's new bed ... that gives us 2 weeks to get the house painted..... it'd be hard going (I think realistically we do need to do the whole house!) but I think it could work!
Anyway, sorry for the insanely long ramble, can you tell I'm excited?!
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