Wamie house update!
In this cozy place we call home, we have been working hard to make it everything we want it to be. We have added pantry shelves, gone through countless paint samples to find The One, installed a fence and gutters, and so many other odds and ends that we are so excited to share with you in future posts.
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Okay, let’s be real for a second.
Some of us only dream about fully refurnishing our home, but rarely get to do it. Especially not all at one time. Usually we painstakingly save up for that new couch. We stalk Black Friday sales for our new flatscreen. We refinish cheap furniture that we find at an estate sale. Refurnishing from scratch only happens in our dreams.
Well friends, let me break it down for you. I’m not sure that it should be a dream. I would call it more of a nightmare.
If you want to read all about how we lost all of our furniture in Hurricane Florence, click here. If not, here’s a quick breakdown.
We searched for and put an offer in on a home in North Carolina while we were living in Arizona. The day we left for North Carolina, my car was rear ended in a tiny town in New Mexico and we found out it was a total loss (read about that here). Because we were under contract for a home we would be financing, we couldn’t replace my car until we closed on the house. Luckily, everyone we worked with was a rockstar and we closed just a few days after we got into town. The following day, we emptied our storage unit and found out that we had lost a LOT due to water damage.
On some level we were expecting some damage. But to lose all of our furniture? We literally kept our kitchen table and two chairs, a tiny desk, a drink cart, and our bed frame. Those were the only furniture items that survived.
Luckily we had insurance and had saved some money while in Arizona. Through our own savings and the generosity of others, we have been able to mostly refurnish our home and are loving everything. Here’s a breakdown of everything we have so far:
Couch
We found this beauty at Ashely Furniture, which is actually where be purchased almost everything for our new home. We found that the value and quality met exactly what we wanted at a price we could afford. This three seater is soft to the touch, firm, and perfect for our living room.
Chairs
These chairs are one of our favorite things. We bought them the same day we got our couch and the sectional we put in the bonus room. They are a similar fabric to the couch above but are not from the same collection. They are situated right next to our window and are perfect for afternoon book reading sessions with a big mug of tea, or for a late night blogger who may or may not writing this from one of these chairs.
Bookcase
If you are ever in need of anything for your home, Wayfair is like the Amazon of furniture. We have been so excited to find some great pieces on their website.
We actually purchased two of these bookshelves, intending to put them both in our office. However, while arranging our living room, we found that putting the bookshelf here tied the whole room together and made it exactly how we wanted it. It’s a grey wash finish and we only put very specific and limited books here so that we wouldn’t overwhelm the space.
Bonus: my parents were getting rid of their coffee table and end table and we were able to snatch them!
Nightstand
We got our bedroom pieces from Ashley Furniture on Black Friday. We were blessed with some very generous friends who gifted us a mattress and therefore only had to replace our nightstands and dresser in the master. I wasn’t so sure about the arrangement of this nightstand initially, to be honest—with the shelf on top and the drawer on the bottom—but it has actually been great for this bookworm who adores reading before bed.
Dresser
The dresser is from the same collection as the night stand, and like the bookshelves is a grey wash. It is a good size dresser—not too deep or gargantuan, but has great drawers that offer a lot of storage space. Bonus: being a newlywed and learning to share space for clothes is teaching me how to declutter and get rid of things I don’t need. Also, having your storage unit flood will do that to you too.
Mirror
So funny story. I put this mirror on my amazon wishlist (linked here if you want one!) and got two of them for Christmas! I am putting the second one in our guest bedroom.
Sectional
This stunner is from Ashley Furniture. It is a four piece sectional that we specifically chose so that it could fit upstairs in our bonus room. Our bonus room is the the only room in the house with a TV so we have to be intentional about any time spent watching shows or movies. We are so excited about this space, and this sectional has been perfect!
Side tables
The sweetest girl who I used to work with gifted us their old end tables that fit perfectly in this space. We have loved them!
TV Stand
Yet another gem we found on Wayfair. Our TV stand is our newest piece and I absolutely adore it. Again, it is a grey wash modern farm house furniture item and I can’t stop ogling it. God bless my William for putting it all together (some assembly required!).
Really this nightmare of refurnishing our home is a blessing in disguise. We get to choose everything we want and build a cohesive home. We get to start from scratch with items we picked together and can build our marriage in the comfort of new beginnings.
While the stress and time spent on insurance and trips to the dump was overwhelming, and the time spent in stores and online searching for what we need was only lessened by the fact that I love shopping—while all of this is real and hard, we can find joy in our time spent with one another. Our lives in this home will be much more enriched because of everything we have been through.
What do you think of our progress so far? Let me know in the comments! If you enjoyed this post, please give it a like and don’t forget to join the family and subscribe if you haven’t already!
Until next time,
Jamie out.
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