It’s been exactly one month since move-in day, and we’ve been meaning to share a video tour of the house — no excuses. We’ll accept a virtual slap on the wrist (or a noogie, if you prefer old-school discipline), but no Indian burns. Gotta draw the line somewhere.
After unpacking, making lists, painting the nursery, frosting a door, removing a bi-fold, ordering a duvet, assembling a bed, hunting for a washer & dryer, removing shelves, decorating a Christmas tree, arranging and painting built-in bookcases, dealing with a chorus of mirrors (some in very odd places), painting a bedroom, dismantling the Christmas tree, and waiting for our new washer & dryer to arrive (update: they’re here — more on that later), we finally grabbed the Flip camera and did a quick walk-through of the new place. Watch it below or on YouTube (if you’re at work, feel free to mute it and you’ll still get a solid sense of the layout). I also apologize for the Blair Witch-style footage — I’m not exactly steady with a camera.
This quick tour is intended to give you a clearer sense of the layout and how the rooms connect, with a few fresh angles you haven’t seen yet — including glimpses of the closet and the kitchen sink. We’ll save detailed project discussions for later; otherwise this post would turn into a very long list of half-finished ideas. We prefer to tackle things one day at a time so we don’t get overwhelmed.
Because we’re still figuring a lot out, please hold off on “what are your plans for this sink/bed/wall/room/window?” or “are you keeping/painting/replacing that?” comments for now. We love your enthusiasm, but we’re honestly undecided on many details and have lots of ideas bouncing around. We’ll share each decision and project in real time as we commit to them — that way you can follow exactly what we did and why. Things tend to evolve as we go.
For reference, we included the rough floor plan we shared before moving in so you can cross-reference the video if you want. Some rooms are labeled differently in that plan than how we refer to them in the video (for example, the room we labeled as “living room” in the floor plan functions as the future dining room today). If you like comparing plans, the original post has more details (and another plan that shows how we might reconfigure rooms over time).
When we’re further along in the transformation we’ll shoot a more polished house tour — ideally with someone steadier on camera than me. Sorry again for all the spinning and shaking in this clip. Fingers crossed no one lost their croissant, cheerio, pop tart, or egg sandwich while watching. If you did, at least it was virtual — no cleanup required on our end.