Well gang… The time is here. No more avoiding the boxes in the back rooms…
We’ve been having so much fun getting the front part of our home all set up, that we put the 2 back bedrooms on the bottom of our to-do list. But not any longer.
One of the back rooms has been serving as an office, and it will continue to be an office.
Isn’t she lovely? Well, she will be, hopefully! This has been my point of operations for blogging, bill paying, etc., and I’m really looking forward to getting everything all set up and beautified.
Willie is in the beginning stages of putting my new desk together.
Can’t wait to show you the reveal. It’s a really cute farmhouse desk design.
While Willie was working in the garage getting the desk pieces sorted, I went to work on all those boxes in the second back room. I had to make some tough decisions. I had already gone through everything before moving from Wintergreen (our former home), but since we’ve been living here almost 6 months now (move in date was December 18, 2024), and I’ve not used items that are in the boxes waiting to be unpacked, I figure I must be able to live without them. The exception being, seasonal and holiday decor, and must-keep pictures and keepsake items. So here we go. If an item does not fit in the keepsake or holiday category, and I’ve not needed it, nor do I feel like I will need it in the near future, it either gets donated, or thrown out.
Looks like I am able to live without a lot of the stuff we brought.
We headed for town and donated to our favorite college student, our local vintage store, and Goodwill.
This Goodwill Donation Center is located in Willis, Texas. It’s very nice, and really easy to pull right up to the door. The gentleman working here opened the door and helped us unload.
Now we are clutter free! (Almost!) But we’ve gone through pretty much of our belongings, and we are learning that less is definitely more, especially if you’re just storing it, thinking you may use it down the road. We’re learning to just let it go. It’s very freeing.
We headed back to Royalview, and got busy moving furniture and the remaining boxes, whose contents will be used in some capacity.
We moved this love seat from the office to the second room that was once filled with boxes. We brought this love seat and area rug with us from Wintergreen. It doesn’t go with the rest of our decor here at Royalview, but we’re going to keep it for now, till we decided exactly how we want to use this room. But for now, we’re going to use it as a resting area for Willie when he comes in for a break after working outside or in the garage. We kept the TV that we used in the living room before our new TV purchase, so we’ll get that set up for him in here and get it decorated a bit more. But it already looks better, and he can take a break in here now. There is a window in here that overlooks the back yard as well, so it is pleasant.
For the office, we moved my current desk (table) over to the wall where we once had the love seat.
This makes room for my new desk to be in front of the window.
This is my gorgeous view.
God is so good! What a joy to be able to work indoors and still get to see this beautiful view. I’m still pinching myself everyday, and giving God praise everyday for guiding us to Royalview.
I’ll keep you updated on our progress. Willie’s installing blinds in the two back rooms today, as I’m blogging. He is so awesome, and doing a great job.
Till next time, be kind, and always follow your joy! God is truly good!
Johanna and Willie
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Moving Into Our New Home, Unpacking, Unboxing, Decorating, Moving Furniture, Putting Furniture Together, Hanging Blinds, Setting up Office, Lake House with a View, Conroe, Willis, Texas
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