5 days of hard work later, Evan and I are back in Durham and now own a partially renovated house in Knoxville, TN. Last Wednesday, we moved all our belongings from our storage unit to one 26 foot Uhaul (the largest size in the do it yourself industry) and on Thursday morning we hit the road for Knoxville. After a late start, a long stop in Greensboro and a lot of driving, we made it to Knoxville just in time for our closing, but not in time for a walk through. No worries though, we made it through the closing and shortly thereafter, we owned a 1960’s ranch that we’d never seen except in pictures. The house turned out to be great, even better than the pictures in some ways, but I did have a moment of panic when it looked like our king sized canopy bed would not fit in any of the rooms. Thanks to the hard work of the Chesneys and my parents, over the weekend we were able to paint several rooms and completely renovate one of the bathrooms (almost). The small pink bathroom shown in a previous post was torn out down to the studs thanks to the capable hands of Evan and Curtis. Then over the next few days it was put back together, complete with new flooring, walls and plumbing. Experienced tilers Evan and Dad made quick work of the shower walls and tile flooring, and all that remains to be done is a little grout work and sink and toilet installation… but we’ll save that for when we move for good in August. I’ll post some pics then since our camera was still buried in boxes during this trip! And don’t worry, Mom and I were able to squeeze our bed and dresser into one of the rooms.
