Moved In, Holiday Over, Not Quite Finished Yet..

We had a smooth move-in courtesy of the boys at Graebel Movers and all stored items arrived in one piece. Very nice work on the company's part at both ends of the move. Having said that, no move is easy and we continue to be somewhat fatigued from the move-in, prep for holidays, family here (LOVED IT!!!), clean up and settling in. Pictures are still not up in most rooms primarily because I'm not in a rush. Want to take my time seeing where items really should be placed. Some pieces of furniture are going to be shifted around and pieces added and possibly some sold or donated. We still have details around the house that won't be complete til mid-February so we're okay with being measured in our setting the house up to be a home. Shutters and blinds are on order and should be installed in February and we still have built-ins that need to be stained and in one case still built and added.

To those of you who may be contemplating building Tideland Haven, we hope our pics and commentary have been helpful in showing you what can be done with the plan. While our interpretation may not suit your exact style perhaps seeing ours will show you what you want to change and/or do not want. For us, we continue to delight in the flow of the floor plan, how comfortable the space is with others in the house, the amount of light from the more than ample windows and the expansive porch space - it is huge and begging for Spring and Summer to arrive so it can be used. For now the wood burning fire place is proving to be worth every penny! A note too about the roof...because it needed to be reconfigured we ended up with an attic that could be a room or two...it is quite spacious.

Enough chatter...photos will be posted starting with the exterior and then moving room to room...

Entry Way...note our neighbors practical and uniquely designed coat rack...and our daughter's artsy "kimono" painting on the spacious wall!

From the Entry Way into the Living Room, into the Dining Room - they all work together!

Laundry Room with pantry, on into the Sun/Sitting room and back porch...Sitting room flows into the Master Bedroom and Bathroom Suite or exit to hallway and Diamond Head Suite (Guest Bedroom) and Study/Library back into the Kitchen, Living Room, Entry area...one great big rectangle for ease of movement. A note: by building with wider door ways some of the doors interfere with room space i.e. Guest Bathroom and entry to Master Bath Suite...I would insist on pocket doors for those two spaces. Also we used swing doors between the kitchen/laundry room and laundry room/sun room. We generally keep them opened but have the ability to close them as barriers to noise...love them! Thank you cousin Joey for the idea!!!

Will post the remaining photos tomorrow as for some reason the pics are not transferring properly.