Moving Time!

I can hardly believe it, but it’s true. My husband and I are moving . . . again!

It seems so surreal since we moved to Avon Lake only a year and a half ago. Before that, we raised our kids in a house where we lived for 18 years in the same town where I grew up.  Like many parents, once our kids left the nest,  moving to Florida was tempting, but we decided to move closer to our daughter and her family. Yes, the grandkids won out.

We found a great house in a great location, half a block from the lake. We spent the next year making it our own. It was my chance to decorate our house with a coastal vibe. We painted every room, replaced windows and a furnace, laid new flooring with a reclaimed look, and tweaked every nook and cranny. It is a cute lake cottage home, if I do say so myself.

But, as we lived in it, we realized it wasn’t quite the right house for us. When family visits, it’s cramped. We are used to more square footage and a more open floor plan. My husband doesn’t have a workshop space here for his crafting business. He creates home decor out of driftwood. He’s so talented and creative! (Search Lakeshore Treasure Decor on Facebook.) 

He tries to use space in the laundry room, but that doesn’t work well when the sawdust starts to fly! And my years of standing all day while teaching have taken a toll on my knees, but we bought a house with the laundry room in the basement. Huh. We considered adding on but discovered it made more financial sense to look for a house with more of what we needed.  Long story short, after only a year and a half in our cute lake cottage, we are moving to another house in the same town. Here we go packing up again – hopefully for the last time!

Before we move into the new house, we’ve started painting inside it. My husband and I are a great team when it comes to painting rooms. I’m the one who trims the room. I like trimming. I have a steady hand to paint straight lines up at the ceiling. My husband always rolls the walls. After painting, we plan to update the flooring. Although we’re not looking forward to all this work again, we are looking forward to making this new house our home. And we’re hoping to sell our current house soon.

With our hands covered in paint right now, it made me wonder – do you enjoy painting your rooms? What are your color pallets? Are you the roller or the trimmer? Do you have any memorable moments while painting to share? I’d love to hear from you all!