{moving madness}

As I mentioned yesterday, we have a lot going on around here. Apart from the chaos of everyday family life, Wednesday morning we will close on our new house. We found this treasure over the summer after an extended search for "home." Believe it or not we bought this house before I ever saw it.

While spending the summer in Virginia with my family, we heard this house was coming on the market. We had already sold our previous home, as we had outgrown its charming little bones, and we were frantically looking for a home in which to settle come fall. I had driven by this lovely house before and had always admired it. A dear friend of mine, with whom I share similar taste went inside for me, and confirmed that this house was indeed "the one." By the next morning my husband (who was commuting between Nashville and Virginia all summer long) had seen the house and made an offer.

When I finally got back to Nashville to see the house, it was love at first site. It has elegant proportions and details both inside and out. The house has been loved for over 70 years and has a timeworn, simple comfort about it. Don't get me wrong, it needs a lot of work, a small portion of which we will be undertaking in the next few weeks. For me the fun is in the process and over the years we will slowly but surely make the necessary updates and changes needed to best suit our family's needs while remaining true to the house's history and style.

I promise this blog will not turn into a "renovation chronicle" but I will share updates from time to time. In the meantime, the next few weeks will be a bit hectic, overseeing contractors and moving our family in. Please forgive me if my blog posts are less frequent. I cannot wait until we are settled and I am able to get back to some sense of "normalacy," whatever that may be!

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