Instead, I’m going to motivate myself to pack boxes by posting here about our new house. We have about 10 days until our closing which is crazy.

As we were packing up our books, we were thumbing through all of our bungalow-related books that we acquired soon after moving into our current house. It is a 1925 Craftsman and until we looked into buying it, I had no idea what a Craftsman was. I knew nothing of Stickley or Greene and Greene. Now I know a modest amount, and I’m probably better off because of it. But now it is time to take a look at Victorians which I pretty much just think of as the “painted lady” types. Our new house is a Victorian, but it certainly isn’t a “painted lady.” She is more modest, but she has great bones. I stumbled upon the term “folk Victorian” which was described along the lines of “even regular folks could afford one of these!” Sweet. I’m hoping to find out more about the history of the home once we get settled.

Here are two photos that make me excited about the house:

I love the curved roof line.

I don’t know why, but I just love the mud room. Hello, beautiful!

Okay, time to pack up some boxes.