Unclosed

I'm supposed to own a house right now, but I don't. The bank fucked up. You know how I know they fucked up? They offered to pay the difference in what the sellers owe at closing, since they already wrote their check. And they've offered to let us write a personal check instead of getting a cashier's check. Banks don't do that sort of thing unless they were the ones who fucked up.

There's nothing to do but wait and hope everything works out. We've lost a weekend of wallpaper removing and painting, but as somebody pointed out, in a few years we won't even remember that the closing was delayed.

In the meantime, here are some pictures of the house.


This is the kitchen. So big! I am already fantasizing about where to keep the Pyrex and other sundry. The wallpaper is going far, far away, to a wallpaper farm where it can play with all the other wallpapers. We've been happy with our red kitchen so that's the color we'll use again.



This very clever desk is built-in in the kitchen. It will be nice to have a proper place to put the internet machine while cooking. I always felt nervous with it placed precariously on the baker's rack. Oh, and: I am so sad that the baker's rack won't have a place in our new kitchen! I have a secret desire to find a place for it at 625 E. Morgan, but sadly it will probably be obsolete.



Somehow I have talked my darling husband into letting me use the second bedroom as a crafty room. I hope that means this blog will see a lot more action, as one of the major issues keeping me from creating was lack of access to my supplies. For the last five years, everything's been squished in the corner of the living room. I had to literally move furniture to get to it. Lame.

I'll take plenty more "before" pictures once we actually have the house.