new house #1

i have a feeling that a season of busy-ness is about to set in! i've had three interviews in the last week. we're leaving for michigan in 5 days. joel moved into his/our house on saturday and i've been there every day organizing, cleaning & decorating. our awesome friends helped load and unload all his stuff. i didn't take any real pics of the house yet, although now i'm sad i don't have "before" photos... oh well.
[i took this pic from the kitchen sink. the fact that there are shutters on a window from the kitchen to the living area is perhaps one of my favorite things about this house!!]

yesterday we went to the thrift store and had some great finds. i really really wanted a mirror to hang in the living room between the two big windows. i wasn't expecting to find exactly what i wanted on the first try, but as i flipped through the stack at the thrift store, j. said "don't forget that if it's not the color you like, you can paint it"

and i remembered: i am gonna marry a man who knows how to paint. and who is a teacher. so will likely teach me how to be more do-it-yourself-y. totally rad!

sooooo i found an oval mirror that's in nearly perfect shape. we got sandpaper and wall hooks. j. picked out a set of paintbrushes and a little baby paint dish. i'm gonna check out all the leftover paint in the basement and make that oval mirror perfect! tonight!