We like to move it. Move it.

Well, we didn’t move much. The day kind of came and left in a hectic hurry. Did the final, pre-close inspection. No real surprise there – other than some major dings in the walls, which were cleverly concealed. No biggie. As soon as we had keys in hand, I paint-swatched the place like a crazy person. I am a major doubting tom when it comes to decisions so the more time to stare aimlessly at color chips, the better! I also did the nail polish “latex or oil” test on all the walls. Sadly, we are dealing with some major oil tragedy. Kudos to Canada for banning all oil paint – every store is phasing it out, so that means we’re taking the more time consuming but healthier approach; prime, prime, prime and then go latex or water-based. I’m doing some product research on low cost, low voc paint lines in Canada so stay tuned.


We did make one big decision in a jiffy. My dude and I both agreed that we would not be moving in immediately. Sounds silly, I know but hear us out: we have major renos coming our way in the form of a full kitchen rip-out. Combined with having to paint most of our walls with oil primer (yuck), we decided that it would be too much of an allergen-tastic mess for both of us to handle. I have a hard time resisting anything considered “tastic” but in this case, it is for the best. So here’s the game plan for the next few weeks:

• Prime and paint our most lived in spaces
• Rip up some carpet to see lies beneath (yay for mystery!)
• Figure out our kitchen style/inspiration
• Round up kitchen quotes
• Demolition fun!