Wow, today is the official start of fall and it is also the first official day that our beloved house is on the market. What happened between that photo of delicious strawberries in early jun and now? Lots! Nate is moving on to a new job in Groton, CT and Fionna and I will be following along shortly. We spent the summer finishing things up around the house after taking a break of sorts (if you call taking care of Fionna a break). Nate finished the windows in the dining room and I finally made curtains!
Nate also painted and put new engineered floor in what used to be the sport-themed gues bedroom office. Its still a guest bedroom and office, but its a little less sport themed and a little less blue.
The master bath was mostly finished, but we put the finishing touches on and Nate built an awesome built-in storage unit for our towels and sheets. This room is awesome, it is a superb combination of modern conveniences and victorian charm. I will miss it. It sucks, because this was one of the last rooms we did, and I feel like we didn't get a lot of time to enjoy the two person shower and heated travertine floors. Oh well, in the next house, I am insisting on a similar level of deluxe master bath.
We painted the front entryway from dark red, to a lighter more neutral light beige, and de-cluttered and did all those stupid things you have to do to make your house sale-able.
Looking back over the last almost 4 years, we've done a lot to this house and it in turn gave us a great place to live. I can say at least for myself, that as many changes as we made to the house, living here changed me too. We learned so much and made so many great memories here. This house has been around for 130 years, some people were born here, many people lived here, some people died here. My only hope is that who ever lives here next is good to the house and makes it a home. It was our first home and we lived here.
...Now I just have to figure out what to do with the headstones in the basement....
The end? Or just the beginning of the next chapter....
