Merry Death

Selling Our House

What a pain in the ass. Part of me is really excited because I get a whole new project to do. When my house was "done", as far as I was going to do it, I got really bored. Nothing else to paint, no more furniture to dream of buying, nothing left to look forward too. Sure, we had some big ideas, but both Phil and I knew we didn't want to sink too much back into this house.
So now we are starting the whole process. I have painted all the radiators and we have put new hardware on all the kitchen cabinets. I also completed 2 rooms worth of painting projects. Anyone that knows me well enough knows that I don't finish anything to completion. Its a nasty habit, but mine nonetheless. Today I need to go buy 2 big cans of primer and closet doors. When we moved in, the second bedroom had mirrored closet doors. Not pretty. They even used them as a selling point. Um, no. They were one of the first things to go. Perhaps Phil and I are just a bit too chunky to enjoy being reflected back to ourselves all the time. Perhaps I just didn't want to see the reflection of the hellhole that was my office. It wasn't pretty.
The primer is a different problem. I love my painted walls, my "Magma" Hershey-syrup colored bedroom that gets dark like a cave when you close the blinds, the 30% grey that Phil insisted for our 2nd bedroom, the Mediterranean blue in the dining room that complements my orange living room. I love them all. Now I have to prime them and paint them dull, neutral colors. How sad. It will be tough, I will not like it, but it does make everything look clean, fresh and sparkly.
I am trying my best not to get too nostalgic about my first home. I got engaged here, married here, had my first child here (conceived here too!), lost my big fat cat here, and much more. This is the house we will drive by when we are 50 and show Vivienne where she grew up. She will barely remember anything about it, if at all. But I know its time to go. Its time to let someone else start their marriage/ family/ life here. I just hope our second house brings as much luck as this first one.

posted by Metalmeredith @ 1:58 PM