July 30, 2010 ... the arrival of our things from Germany!! After Spike and the rest of the movers left (yes, Spike was the real name of the mohawked, heavily tattoed, pierced crew leader), we had LOTS of work to do ...
Darren started by unpacking boxes dumped in the kitchen ... each time he came across a lantern, he added it to his little lantern army down the hall ... sadly, these are not all my lanterns -- there were more downstairs! :) I love my lanterns ...
The last room for me to put together was my office/craft room. Partly because I always start with the kitchen, then bedrooms, then living areas, saving the most exciting for last. ;) I also had to wait for the internet to be set up before I could move my desk in place and load it with all it's stuff. I was very excited that one of my new wardrobes from Germany was able to fit in my office!
We sold our old bed (14 years old, no head/footboard) while in Germany, so we "had" to buy a bed when we arrived. I LOVE my new bed!! I love the mattress, I love that I have a headboard/footboard (without it really being in my way - I tend to hang my feet out the end of the bed), and I love that it is a king size ... although in the king size bedroom, you would never know!
I spent a good portion of today making this new FHE board ... LOVE it!
My other new wardrobe from Germany is in the main living room. I love the look of the two antique ladders by it ... I love my living room with new leather couches from Belgium and lots of my lanterns around the room ...
I love the veiw from the kitchen ... This is looking down into the entryway sitting room. This happens to be Pepper's favorite place. She is usually found either sleeping on the couch as she is here, or on the back of the couch sleeping, or gaurding the house by looking out the windows ...
I love my "wine" cupboard from European Country Living. I love how all my polish pottery looks inside, but is still easy to get to!
I love having my black hutch loaded with my china. I missed my dishes ... It's so fun to have this little nook off the kitchen...
I love the cupboard Kurt Nafzinger made for us! It fits all my antique dishes and is fun to have my milk bottles on... I love where the kitchen scale hangs!
I love having space above kitchen cupboards to display things on!
My antique canisters fit about the stove ... then the ceiling angels up -- giving me more room for some bigger stuff ....
I LOVE my rooster vane!! I love that it went WAY on sale right before I left Germany!! I ended up paying about 1/3 what it was originally listed as!! Love that!
I love my antique dough table in my kitchen!! It'a fun to have it there as an "island"... Thanks Heidi!
Most of all ... I LOVE having my house together!!
