poof!

We have a garden! There's a local pro who lives up the street-- she & her son helped us out with this. They say it will fill in over the years. We're thrilled with it and have been religious about the watering-duties...

merange

Peonies are like confections. From my next door neighboor, Rita. Sigh.

Other entrance.

This is the entrance from Decatur. I havent told Scott yet, but I found the most perfect light fixture to hang there. May have to wait on that one... : )







Found these at an antique shop on MD Ave. I love them. Even though I would never save Pates in a ceramic jar. Um, ew.

details

Who knew I'd get so excited about things like doorknobs. Wow.









A morning view through the casement windows in kitchen.











I love the farmhouse sink.










A more accurate shot of the wallpaper in Dining Room.

...and we're in!

I've broken all blogging codes of conduct. I skipped any posts during the last several months.

After a long, and I mean LONG winter, nestled in a teensy house with a non-flushing toilet (which did conveniently sat at the base of our new home practically), we're in! We're in! And we're euphoric. Its absolutely stunning. All the millions of decisions we made-- its all come together.



We've been living on our screened porch. We're already had a few family bbqs; even when its been chilly & rainy. We love it.







All our porch furniture is painted rather festively-- this was from Baltimore. One day I got an itch to paint things Carribean. Not sure we will keep it?











A few decorative comments to my friend Julie on the west coast: this chair begs to be painted a perky lime color, no? Its wonderfully Miami-retro.








Andrew loves our porch. Lots of room to run up and back. And up and back...








Looking into the great room & screened porch-- we still need to figure out the furniture scene.











Our built ins are nearly done! And this is where our wonderful mantle will go; built by Lee Moring! Installed on Tuesday. Yesssss.










We're waiting on new barstools/chairs... this little stools ain't cuttin it!










View of kitchen from stairs...










Had to share. Wallpaper in small downstairs powder room.













Dining room-- this wallpaper looks a lot yellower in this pic than it really is. Its a sage green. We feel very colonial eating in here. : )










Shot of our messy mudroom. I love the marmoleum floors.












Upstairs!


Our master bedroom. I love it. Lots of consternation over the paint color. This isn't 'November'! Its blue! Its now a nice, deep blue-grey. Lovely bay views.







Our truly delightful bathroom. The shower (not very visible here) is a treat. It will be good to get our blinds, however. Its nice to see the bay from the shower.. but the other way? Maybe not good.








Our laundry room... I love the sailing toile.

















And our closet!! A big, wonderful walk in closet!









In NYC, I would have cried for some space like this...









And, finally, Mom and the Little Guy walking through the boxwood garden.

The latest

The kitchen

And now... for the inside! I adore the wainscotting we had them install in the entry way. They're painting upstairs now. Then we tackle the downstairs colors.

Rocking chairs

Can't wait to be able to sit out on this (to be) screened porch!

Walls!

We have the dry wall in place! A view from the street-side entrance looking in. A nice, wide hallway, no? Through the french doors will be our front porch with a water view!

Lee's offered to make us a mantle out of some cherry wood from a fallen tree from Scott's parent's house. How cool is that? A bit of the Northern Neck in our living room.

Ah. Yard.

This is our street-side yard being (literally) unearthed for storm water drainage--a very messy affair, namely with precipitation.

Which has been making a certain carmudgeonous neighbor even more carmudgeonly. I'll attempt to nab a pic of her, she's been tirelessly giving the builders an earful daily. She likes to amble over with her little dog and demand to see permits and make threats. And Scott had the luxury of making her acquaintance yesterday.

To counter than unpleasantry, Aunt Mary (not really my aunt, but a family friend & dear neighbor for decades) welcomed us with some of her famous baked treats.

Even the Fresh Prince of Bay Ridge is settling in. Her stray days on the city streets seem far behind. OK, I need to stop posting pictures of our cat.

White shingles

Almost makes painting seem easy!