We’re Here
Posted by Brittney | Filed under Happy Homemakers
We have finally dusted off some of our traveling dust and settled in. Well, kind of. At least the boxes are in the house and the Penske truck has been returned (alas, that is a story for another time).
Here are some pictures of the big move in day. We have to give a shoutout to Ben, Matt’s cousin. He was a lifesaver! He helped Matt move in all of the furniture and heavy stuff. He even worked injured (a 35 pound dumbbell fell on his toe and he sliced open his hand.). I think we would still be unpacking the truck if it was just us two. And for some reason, he keeps wanting to hang out with us. We were both sure as soon as the Penske was unloaded and there was ice on his toe he would head for the hills and we would never see him again!
This is a triumphant picture for me. Our bed is put together (by me!). This means, no more hotel beds or sleeping on the floor. Hurrah!
Our office/spare room. It still looks like this right now.
Our living room area. This has taken me all we to sort and put boxes in the right rooms. We can finally sit on the couches and watch TV though.
Another shot of the living room. How do you like all of those fruit boxes? I stalked Craig’s List to find moving boxes and this is what I came up with. They worked like a dream (and were free!).
Our dining area. This has been cleared out and we’re just waiting on the perfect thrifty dining table to show up.
Kitchen. I didn’t realize how much glassware we had until I spent 2 hours cleaning it and trying to make it fit into one cabinet (newsflash-that didn’t work). I’ve packed some of it up and will be showing you our creative ways of storing it soon,
This is how all of our closets look right now. They’re holding all of our decor/wall hangings until I can figure out what to do with them.
So, that’s where we’re at right now! Miraculously, we only lost the Orchid (it didn’t make it through the New Mexico snow storm) and a glass I dropped once we got here. Even the TV made it!
I’m hoping to have a better looking place by the end of this week to show you.
Any tips on unpacking? Do you unpack everything at once and then sort it out or just go box by box? Do tell.
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Tags: apartment pictures, moving, unpacking
May 10th, 2010 at 1:01 pm
Congrats on making it
I unpack both ways, I am random like that.
May 10th, 2010 at 11:04 pm
I’m thrilled your making progress. I always unpacked a box at a time then toss to the side and dig into another one.:)’
May 11th, 2010 at 7:47 am
HOORAY!!! My vote is to unpack 1 room at a time…unpoack and sort out room by room… how did Lulu and Lilly weigh in on this one?