Furniture

We now have furniture in all the bedrooms, living room, and dining room. We also have some window treatments up and are hanging pictures one by one. Some things have changed since these pictures so I need to go through and get some new ones taken.

Here is the living room. The big pieces of furniture are all the same but all of the small things (vases, pillows, pictures, etc.) have been moved multiple times.

The small bedroom.

Grey bedroom.

Master bedroom. 

Dining room.

Small sitting area in the back of the dining room.

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving! We hosted a dinner here on Friday night for about 10 family members. We are extremely thankful for all our family and friends who have helped us so much with the house. We really couldn't have done it without you.

Yard work!

So we have been doing a lot of work out in the yard before winter hits and it gets freezing cold here in New York.

If you remember when we moved in the front sidewalk looked like this...

The bushes were talking over the sidewalk and the garden was pretty out of control.

Then, I gave the garden a haircut...

The final step (for now) was cutting back those bushes. Jason spent a whole day working on this and it looks great! It looks a little bare because all the leaves have fallen off the trees.

 Here is a picture of the front of the house before...

And after!

Up to Our Ears... in Leaves!

Literally. Our yard was covered in them. And the pile we had at the end was just as tall as I am (see below). This weekend was so nice out that we spent most of it outside getting rid of all the leaves and branches in the yard. There was a layer of about 4-5 inches of leaves all throughout the backyard.

The yard before

The yard after.

The huge pile we took to the woods. This picture does not do it justice, it was 20x6x5 at least!

Jason also spent his Veteran's Day holiday cutting out bushes from the front. I will get a picture this week but it has been dark by the time I am getting home from work.

Kitchen Part 2

After much delay here is the second part of the kitchen post that I did a few days (or weeks? I can't remember) ago. We finally got all the doors and shelves put back up. There are still a few drawers missing but we have found a spot for most of our dishes so far and the kitchen is functioning!

A full shot of the kitchen with white cabinets and shiny new appliances.

New stove with over the range microwave. We love it so far

This is the microwave that we got super cheap because it was a floor model.

And the refrigerator. It has a shiny black finish. Hopefully it won't show fingerprints too bad (fingers crossed). 

The first of many new things. A new light over the sink that we got at the local Habitat for Humanity ReStore.

Another new light for over the table. And the table itself is new too!

I apologize that some of the pictures are blurry but the late night shots plus camera running out of battery made for a quick shoot!