{"id":112706,"date":"2023-01-19T08:55:29","date_gmt":"2023-01-19T13:55:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/?p=112706"},"modified":"2023-01-20T07:34:30","modified_gmt":"2023-01-20T12:34:30","slug":"new-home-chapter-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.enchantedhome.com\/blog\/2023\/01\/19\/new-home-chapter-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Our new home chapter 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi there, so I introduced you to our new home in my last post (click here if you missed it<\/strong><\/em><\/a>). Funny, we lived in an apt, a townhouse, a modern home, a brick Georgian, a French country home but never a clapboard Georgian until now! I have always admired beautiful big white houses with black shutters and now I live in one!<\/p>\n

This house is quite old but meticulously\u00a0maintained. One family lived here for the last nearly 60 years and it was incredibly well taken care of like a rare jewel. When I first walked in, I knew we had to buy it. It embodied everything I love. That said, there is a project to be done which we will, if all the stars are aligned, start sometime in the fall of 2023. We plan to reinvent the space where the family room\/kitchen begins and there is a slew of small maids rooms and baths. We will rebuild that space to include a new large kitchen and pantry, keep existing breakfast room, build a new 2 story family room along with a mud room, laundry, etc…..<\/p>\n

We will have to redo the wood floors and redo all the bathrooms, there are quite a few! We are toying with the idea of making a new master bedroom suite or to work with the current one and incorporate a nearby bedroom to be able to have all the modern conveniences that we want. That is yet to be determined, we have just started working with an architect so there is still a lot of planning going on.<\/p>\n

We bought this house over a year ago, but did not move in unti about 2 months ago. So it was empty and we are just now starting to fill it up mostly with temporary things as we will undergo a large project by end of the year.<\/p>\n

In the meantime thought it would be fun to show you a few pictures from the interior when we first bought it and a few pictures of where things stand now. I am starting today with the foyer. We are not making any major changes of any kind until we start the renovation so doing more accessorizing than anything as this house will be under construction sometime later this year. I will share part of it today and will continue to share more rooms\u00a0in upcoming posts. I will share with you some of my ideas of what is yet to come along with how things stand today. This almost feels like D\u00e8j\u00e0 Vu \u00a0from when I started sharing pictures of our old house! It will be fun and I look forward to sharing it with you…<\/p>\n

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Here are a few before pictures of when we bought it-<\/p>\n

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This is the entrance with a huge gracious foyer and bridal staircase<\/p>\n

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The dining room is almost a large square we ordered a very large round table which can sit 14 but will keep 12 chairs around it, will keep all molding and paneling as is<\/p>\n

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And we saw it on the most beautiful spring day when everything was blooming like mad<\/p>\n

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Back door going out to the main patio<\/p>\n

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Sunroom which leads to side patio and gardens<\/p>\n

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After we closed we moved some things in<\/p>\n

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Here is our clean slate to which we will do very little. Just refinish the floors and changed stair \/hall carpeting<\/p>\n

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Nothing but an empty shell:) LOVE the foyers with the double bridal staircase, it is grand and so welcoming..perfect for a wedding (let’s hope!)<\/p>\n

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The back of the house getting painted<\/p>\n

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The foyer needed a good paint job, we decided on a classic warm white (for now) but eventually I see doing some kind of wallpaper, perhaps a sublet patterned grasscloth or plain grasscloth<\/p>\n

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Brought many carpet samples home, but in the end, \u00a0decided to wait on the first one I loved (not this one) and its coming finally in about a week or so….<\/p>\n

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We temporarily added a rug and a much too small table (for now) just want to fill in the space<\/p>\n

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We have ordered a new larger center hall table and deciding on rugs and of course our beautiful faux orchids look good wherever they are placed!<\/p>\n

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Had the floors cleaned and it’s slowly shaping up (again this is temporary)<\/p>\n

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Then we added our two beautiful antique French painted chests (from our old house) to fill in the wall<\/p>\n

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Overall I would like to see sconces put up, a larger table with a tablecloth, and to place mirrors over the niches. I did a little photoshop to give you the idea (and of course a new rug and stair carpet)<\/p>\n

Not the best photoshop but gives you an idea (these are our chinoiserie mirrors in ivory\/gold \u00a0which I love, just restocked them in most colors, click here)<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

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So there you have a small overview of the foyer. I have so many more pictures and I will share more before and afters as we move along. Hope you will join in this journey with me because I know I will be asking for your opinions about various things as I move along. This officially is my LAST<\/em> project, you heard it here! This will be our home till the end…..so we are going to make sure we do exactly what we have envisioned. Stay tuned for more…..thanks for stopping by!<\/p>\n

2nd day of our chinoiserie storage box sale, they are going fast!!\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n

Click here to view sale<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/h2>\n

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