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Move-in Day

Last Wednesday afternoon, April 3, we hit the road with a packed and loaded Tahoe hauling a packed and loaded U-haul.  I had a little vision of the Beverly Hillbillies  floating through my head as we headed down to Ocracoke Island.  

After a night at the Orville and Wilbur Wright Days Inn Motel in Kitty Hawk, we got up early and drove the rest of the way to Ocracoke and arrived at the house around 9 am Thursday morning.  Fortunately we were able to unload everything before the Manteo Furniture truck arrived early afternoon to deliver the rest of the new stuff for the house.  God also blessed us by holding off on the rain until everything was inside the house! 

So now I have inside photos and no one has to suffer through my feeble attempts at artsy photography anymore!!!!!!

Almost ready to roll!


Just arrived! New siding, new doors and windows, new shed roof!!!


Living room photo  #1


Living room photo #2



Dining room photo #1


Dining room photo #2

From the kitchen looking toward the staircase. Notice the frig. tucked under the stairs and the washer/dryer tucked in next to it!



The kitchen has a great layout.  The island is bar height and provides great serving and work space.




A detail here and there adds so much!  Like this...



And this......



And this.





Master Bedroom photo #1 (I love this quilt from Anthropologie!) Note the distressed closet door in the background that the previous owner had installed. I love it!


Master Bedroom photo #2


Second bedroom. Note the built-ins that our builder, Tom, constructed. They provide wonderful storage space! The window seat lifts up for more storage of linens and things.  This room sleeps 3.


Third bedroom. 


And another of the third bedroom. Again, the built-ins offer great storage!

 All the bedrooms have a queen size bed.



A cozy nook at the top of the stairs. There is a skylight which bathes that space in light!

The sun peeked through the clouds a little bit on Friday afternoon and we got to take a break and enjoy the beauty of it all!







A gaggle?, flock?, covey?, committee? of pelicans kept us company all weekend!








These photos were taken from our dock, yes, OUR OWN DOCK!!!!!

Yes, it feels like home!

 Next month when we return to Ocracoke, we’ll be hanging new blinds on all the windows, more artwork and mirrors and we’ll finish the screened porch!

Comments

  1. KimberlyApril 11, 2013 at 8:13 AM

    I am in love with your house and Ocracoke is so gorgeous! We visited there about 8 years ago and I would love to go back some day!

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  2. 10cuttensageApril 13, 2013 at 12:30 PM

    You should go back to Ocracoke and stay in our house! You’d love it! You can book it through Blue Heron Vacations on Ocracoke. We’ve had a ball fixing it up!

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