chandelier love

We got a lot accomplished yesterday, so it looks like we'll be able to close by Monday right on schedule. By "we," I mean me and Katie at the bank, not me and B. ;) Noticed this morning that one Gmail message from the bank had over 40 emails in it, and that's just ONE of them from ONE of their mortgage staff. Not to mention the countless ones (and faxes, don't get me started on faxes!) from our agents, the people at the bank's local office, the seller's agent, etc. My sister said she didn't have to do anything like this when they bought their house--the agent did everything and then they showed up and signed papers in the office. Guess times have changed!

We did go to Home Depot last night and take advantage of their Behr paint "sale" and get a couple of ceiling fans, though. (Sale meaning you send in a rebate form and in 3 months or so you get a check back for 25% of what you spent.) The fans were 20% off through yesterday, so we lucked out on that, and got the fan we'd picked out last time. We fell in love with another one last night, but fortunately for our budget it was too large for the house! We picked out paint for the living room, hall, kitchen, and bedroom. And got a $1 can of exterior oops! paint for the front door (dark sagey foresty green).

Here's the ceiling fan we got for our living room:

Unfortunately, we didn't fall in love with a more affordable light fixture for the dining room. At $279, I hope we get a lot of Home Depot gift cards for Christmas this year...

details...

Okay, so B pointed out to me that our "search" for the perfect Craftsman home lasted all of about a week, but that's just a technicality ;) Actually, I think we're on a continuous and lifelong search for our dream Craftsman bungalow, but what we found will do just fine for now.

We hope to close next Monday on the house, which is a brick bungalow built in 1928. It's been remodeled, most recently in 2007 by the current owner, as well as gradually and over the years by various owners. Most notably might be the 1968 era bathroom (or at least, that's the year on the bottom of the cast iron tub when you look up from the basement...should there be boards there?!) which has light green 4" square tiles all over, with some pretty scary white tile edging that has a twisted appearance. But overall, we're pretty happy with it. There's some original wood trim in the living room and dining room, although it's been painted white. We hope to restore what's been taken away, and bring it back to how it probably looked when first built.

Once we sign the papers, I'll post photos...!