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04 Wednesday May 2011

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Updates! Things are progressing — slowly. We’ve agreed on details around the inspection, and now we wait for a few other details to be wrapped up.  So, things are moving, not nearly as quickly as I’d like, which leaves plenty of time for daydreaming about decorating.

Getting a ‘scheme’ down at this place both excites and stresses me out … I really fear decorating for the season — it’s spring, so I’m drawn to greens, whites — the color of clay-green Wellie boots, and gray cedar shingles. I’m really feeling an Euro-farmhouse vibe here, and maybe that’s where we’ll end up. But I’m afraid of choosing this because it’s Spring. At our last place, I decorated in the fall – and this room, before we painted everything beige (to avoid being too ‘white’) – it was a pumpkin/terra cotta and butter combination. We had it that way for a few months, before we started our ‘real’ renovation, which led to tedious double work, and I’m really trying to avoid that happening this time around.

So here’s where I’m at …

I’m really hoping to start stocking up on good, perhaps antique, pieces of furniture, accents, and ideas, so we don’t end up with the ‘we need an end table, let’s go to Target/Crate&Barrel/Homegoods – syndrome’ and end up with a totally new, manufactured look – which I think we had a touch of at our last place. Our couch set (from Ikea) matched, our dining room matched– including a hutch and buffet. Everything coordinated a bit too well, and I’m really hoping to avoid that this time around.

So here’s where I’m at, for now: Historic farmhouse with an comfy, airy, Euro-garden feel. Balance rustic/weathered touches with more modern ones to avoid seeming too dusty. Use base neutrals that avoid looking ‘too boring/uninspired’ and are able to be paired with color as the spirit moves & seasons change.

Ok, decorating friends…  thoughts?

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Vermont…

12 Tuesday Oct 2010

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Well… we’ve made it. Today was an idyllic drive through the most gorgeous Vermont countryside. If there was ever a place made for Autumn, it’s Vermont. The rolling hillsides, the trees bursting into color, the quaint villages  and white steepled churches — seriously — it’s like a postcard out here.

 

Today we drove from our motel in Bennington, VT — a town just over the New York Border– through the Southern Part of Vermont, through Brattleboro and into New Hampshire. Slowly, the hills started to level as we reached the middle part of New Hampshire, towards the Seacoast.

What a gorgeous day for driving…

And tomorrow… get ready for the unveiling of our little house! It’s perfect!

a postcard from Jed…

11 Monday Oct 2010

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We started driving out 2 nights ago, and we’ve hit beautiful scenery all across Ohio and New York.  Tonight we’re in Bennington, Vermont —  the mountains have started to grow taller and the trees are showing all their fall colors.

Our dogs are all curled up ready to go to sleep….  I wonder what they think of what’s happening —  they saw the moving van and all our stuff get packed up.  They’ve been in a car for 2 days straight, and  I think they must know something is changing.  I wonder how long it will be before they think of Greenland as our home, or wherever the next place is.  Greenland seems like a great location – 1 hr from Boston, 1hr from Portland, 15 min from Portsmouth or the beach.  While I doubt we’ll end up living there, it’ll be a good place to use as a base to get a feel for the area.

So off we go!  Tomorrow we’ll be there and ready to start a new chapter in our life.  We’re a bit nervous but hopeful.  I think in the long run it will turn out to be a good move…

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