Did it! {Our New Arm Chair}

Our delivery of IKEA furniture arrived!

Of course all but one in flat boxes,

waiting for assembly...

I however was quite excited about the arm chair and 

making our window corner more finished...

so I opened the box and saw the pieces...

Of course they would have put in the sofa instructions not armchair instructions so

I googled and printed the right instructions...

All accounted for!

Easy construction.

I think I did in about 1 hour...

I think getting on the cover took just as long as the assembly!

Added one of my two small lap blankets 

that my Oma knitted and a new pillow

to both chairs and now the corner is done 

(well other than a lamp which is somewhere in a box 

and a table cloth!)

It's comfortable and completes our corner!

Now we just have to find 

Mr. Husband a new recliner to replace

the one we got rid of...

Preparing...and Cleo's love of plastic

Felt circles on bottom legs of coffee table...

I cleaned the area where our new arm chair

from IKEA is going...

Did I ever tell you that Cleo the Cat just loves

All Things Plastic?

Including it seems the handle of the hammer :)

Woosh ~ the weekend ~ and now the holiday Monday!

Pictures from Saturday...

~preparing the Great Room/aka living and dining area...

{we are going to need a few more arm chairs}...

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We came back after liturgy and brunch with dear friends

to a beautiful sight!

My Dad had finished the painting on Saturday night!

I love this window and this so cheery yellow!!!

Trim and new crown moulding in kitchen is next...

A cherry long hallway!

Cleo's going to love running down this...  

It looks so much better.

We really want to keep the light and brightness of this place,

so we are doing more minimal window treatments...

some pretty lace valances and really good blinds to pull down

when we need it dark :)

My Mom and Dad were still out at their church and

exploring where they used to live

when we came to see what my Dad had accomplished!

It was a lovely Sunday...

I was really tired but some really good food at a local diner

and the post liturgical nap did help a lot.

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It's been so nice to have my parents here....

My Mom is Mothering our new place by cleaning it all...

My Dad is doing his beautiful painting and has installed 

new white wood closet doors, fixed things and in general

is making our place much better.

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Mr. Husband and I still have more to pack today 

but are hopeful to wrap it up soon!

It's so hard to leave our beautiful new home nightly to 

go back to our more chaotic in-packing-mess home

but two more sleeps and we will be in the new place,

God willing!

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Move DV Wednesday and we have requested the same

crew for the move...

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I am so thankful for everyone's prayers!

It's an exciting but tiring time... 

Woosh! ~ Day 2 and 3

The library/chapel/guest room is painted now!

It looks so beautiful!

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My Dad painted the master bedroom as well...

we are so glad to have these colours...

the woodlawn blue is really beautiful!

My Dad paints the corners first and then rolls paint on after this.

It is really really lovely and peaceful!

Today my Dad also painted all the doors... you can see

that the doors were needing a fresh bright coat of white!

After tons of uncertainty about moving our 

library before the rest,

the move happened this morning at 7 AM and they were done,

moved to our new home and the bookshelves

set in the right place by 9 AM!

These four men worked so hard! 

Some of them had 4 boxes of books wrapped and 

strapped to their back, most likely 200 lbs!

Whew.

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My husband and my Dad worked on re-anchoring all the bookcases

today and we cleaned them after that.

They look great in there!

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We are doing lots of cleaning at the new place

and hope to do a home depot run sometime soon.

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Tomorrow God willing a packer is coming to

pack up our kitchen and dining room;

we have moved much ourselves also as we need stuff

to use at our new home.

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Everyone in our new neighbourhood is so friendly!

(Sadly we have not had this where we've been living)...

Our new neighbours seem really good

and we are really hopeful.

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I hope to pack the rest of our stuff other than the

kitchen/dining area so that on this coming DV 

long holiday weekend Mr. Husband and I can

spend some nice time with my parents and 

set up our new library and get rid of the boxes, etc.

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Our final move is in one week.

By then the rest of our new home should be painted and 

hopefully some other things done also.

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I am not able to keep up on blogs as much

right now, FYI, as things are so busy.

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Thanking God for each prayer that you,

my dear friends, have and are saying for us!

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May God have mercy on us all and save us!

Woosh.... ~ {day 1} ~

My Mom cleaned the cupboards (I helped a little!)

top to bottom!

They are all clean now and we can put things in them!!!

Benjamin Moore

Woodlawn Blue.

My Dad painted the library/chapel/guestroom

yesterday!

Corners first and then the walls!

It's going to be beautiful!!!

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It's also very busy, cleaning, packing, painting, 

preparing, learning.

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Thanking God!