Curb Appeal

Hey all (or shall I say the Campbell bloodline - our loyal readers!). So I've finally wrestled control away from Frank and am allowed to post on my own:). It's been a good weekend, although not as house-centric as usual. We took a break on Saturday - Frank's co-worker Liz invited us to the Mets game, so instead of sitting in the hot sun on our lawn, we sat in the hot sun at Citi Field. We had a really great time, actually, and it was so nice not to think about the house for a few hours. Today we were back into house mode - we finished up the flower bed with mulch and edging. We've also planted a Japanese maple in our front yard. Right now it's so tiny but we have big hopes for her! Poor Frank tried to plant it in one place but hit such a huge root so we had to move it over. Lord only knows where that root was coming from but now we have a dirt patch to deal with. But that's for next weekend! This week we'll welcome our first house guests - Anna and Kate (separately). We're hoping that they can overlook the lack of guest room furniture and absence of a kitchen and still enjoy our new place with us. We shall see...

Some Painting and a Little Gardening

Well, we're about 2-3 weeks away from and kitchen with cabinets. Hopefully the countertop is not far behind. So, to prepare we finished the electrical, we painted, and cleaned. We still need door/window frames, but at least it's ready for the cabinets. We're so tired of painting. Thankfully there is only one more room to go.

Memorial Day weekend wasn't all hard work though. Jen and I planted out first bush and made a little flower bed in our front yard. It was actually a lot of fun. Oh, and we also changed our white shutters for black ones. Take a look at the pics! Hope everyone had a fun and safe holiday!

Walk-through

We've Moved In!

Sorry for the super late post. April was a little crazy, we had a lot going on, but we're back and though this is just a brief post we'll be posting video tomorrow with a new home walk-through.

The living room and master bedroom are, for the most part, complete. We're just, slowly, putting up art. The other day we had the Blind Spot guy come in and install our blinds. They are really nice. They're called Woven Woods by Hunter Douglas and the ones in the living room open at the top and bottom (crazy). The ones in the guest bedroom only open at the bottom. We have some pictures of them below.

The guest bedroom and office are still a mess. The office just needs to be organized, but the guest bedroom is on hold until the kitchen is done and speaking of kitchen, it's coming along very nicely. Again, thanks to my uncle and his friend who have been a huge, HUGE help the walls are up, the plywood for the floor is down, and by next Tuesday we'll have tile in! Electric and plumbing are a go (all with proper permits) and we're ordering the cabinets tomorrow, Gibson Maple Wheat by Thomasville. We got them in Pearl! Not sure what the appliances are just yet, but we have 3-4 weeks before the cabinets are done.

We got our carpet in the master bedroom and it's hot! No, really it is super hot, like oppressively hot up there now. The second day, of that extremely hot weekend, we went and purchased and air conditioner.

Be on the lookout for our video tomorrow, it should be up later in the day!