Upstairs!

This is the office. Which is still a little in progress.

We do have our diplomas hung, and I'm currently looking for organizational supplies for the closet. I'm also thinking about getting a daybed in here later down the road to have another guest room.

The guest room with Chris' family's antique bed.

The guest bathroom. Doesn't really photograph very well ;)

This is our magical new bed. The mattress is wonderful and new and I love the bed. The Sferra sheets are great and have a little bit of detail.

The color in these pics are a little off, but you get the idea. You can also see that my side of the bed is undone. I can't decide on a bedside table and accessories. I kind of like that it's in the works. Gives me something to shop for!

I have more to share, but this is just a tasting. As you can tell, we are loving our house!

One Week Later

One week ago we walked into our empty house for the first time. Then we filled it with boxes. Now, we're unpacked and are able to enjoy it! We don't mess around in Cook house. No boxes left!

We've (Chris has) hug our porch swing, and it fits perfectly on our front porch.

In the living room, we've hung the paintings that I bought last year at the North Little Rock Art Walk. You can also see our Alltel nesting tables, and the trunk that once had our TV on it.

This is Chris' man nook with his Man Chair and Barry Thomas sketches.

Behind the front door is this space, perfect for our table and photos.

Our dining room with mom's sideboard and mirror. Our table doesn't exactly match so I'm shopping for a    pretty table cloth, and I'm considering either covering or stripping and staining the chairs.

This is my nook! It's in the kitchen and I have a comfy chair and my Jack Vettriano prints.

Also in my kitchen, Chris rigged me a TV. It began its life as a computer monitor and now is a TV. It's the perfect size, and there's nothing better than cooking while watching Food Network. You can also see the wine refrigerator that the Cooks gave us. It's the perfect fit right there!

My KitchenAid mixer has its own little counter and my rooster--my wedding present from Chris-has a  home on top of the refrigerator.

That's the downstairs tour of our house. New post: the upstairs!

Phase II

We bought a beautiful house and filled it with box

After box

After box!!

Grace decided she needed to be in the middle of it all.

While Porter found a spot high away from the action...it also let him oversee our progress.

Phase III is quickly approaching thanks to a lot of unpacking and hanging pictures on Chris' end. And, we had the very exciting event of meeting our neighbors. They came by the other night to introduce themselves. How nice! We're happy to report that they are our age with a dog and don't appear to be serial killers, filthy people or all-night partiers. Hopefully they will even like us and we'll have some friends right next door. Yeah!

Phase I

Phase I of moving involved a lot of chaos.

And a lot of exploring how best to move out of our apartment and storage unit in Little Rock at the same time.

Then we got the key!

Here we are entering our house for the first time!

Phase II will involve a lot of boxes, but Phase III will make it worth while :)

More to come from our island on the Mississippi.

THANK YOU ALLTEL TEAM

Thank you, thank you, thank you to Chris' Alltel gang. They are the ones responsible for our beautiful nesting tables. When we received them, there was no packing slip or gift card because of a glitch in Viva Terra's system that day, but today they resent us the information.

We are so grateful for these tables. They are totally beautiful and exactly what we need in our new house. Someone (maybe Judy?) had noticed Chris' affinity for the Viva Terra catalogs, and had our style down perfectly.

I know you all are waiting to see pictures of our new house, and I will post them as soon as possible, including pictures of our nesting tables' new home.

thanks again, Alltel people!!!!!!! We miss you :)