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Furniture arrived!

Our stuff was in TROSA storage from September 17th 2013 until yesterday.

They unloaded the piano, the love seat, boxes of books, plates, glasses, linens, and all sorts of other lovely things that make us feel like we have a HOME.


So yes, we need to hang the picture rail so we can hang art on the walls again.

Harris and Madeline are unpacking boxes and setting up rooms. Then will begin the great list of 'things we would like for the house' (e.g. better curtains, a chair here, a work table there, etc.) and we've already started the great 'why did we pay to store these items, I thought we were getting rid of them' decluttering. The elliptical and lazy boy went away yesterday and there is a box full of linens that we're going to take to the thrift for different reasons (panels too short, not enough panels, mismatched sheets).

We have more unpacking to do, then some repacking to do (2yr old clothes can go in the attic once they are neatly packed and sealed), some cleaning from all of the dust we're stirring up from the boxes, and then pictures of the house set up like a home for the first time in decades!

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