on the move

When life starts getting easy, that's the time to throw everything up in the air again! Back in early, early spring, a little seed was planted in our minds that we should consider selling our townhouse and move into a single family home with more bedrooms. Andy and I decided to wait until summer was over before we did any real thinking. This week we chose a realtor and have our list of improvement and staging things to do. I love a good list, and this one is a doozy! The main items:

1. Paint. Fortunately, the realtor only wants us to paint our living room. That was one of the first rooms we painted, and we never really loved the color, so I'm ok with this. Goodbye, Winthrop Peach. Hello, Home Sweet Home. (Those are Benjamin Moore colors.)

2. Granite. I hate the idea of sinking money into the house, but we're supposed to get that money back on the sale price. I know I'll be sad to put in a nice countertop and new sink, then leave it all behind.

3. Moving furniture. We have a list of musical furniture items to move from room to room or into the garage for storage. Good thing she isn't telling us to move our piano or our bedroom furniture. Way too heavy.


4. Cleaning. Obviously, we'll polish up the stove, appliances, etc. Give the floor a good steaming. I'd like to think we don't have a crazy overabundance of baby toys laying around, so that should be easy enough to contain in a toy box when we start showing the house.

Deep breaths! I think we can do this! Above all, we are keeping our goals in mind and praying that if this is not the right timing for us, then we will know it.