Moving the Truck Over...and The Big Kitchen Table!

I'm still having no luck selling my current house, so I finally caved and went with a Realtor.  That's not to say that I haven't had "success" in showing my house, but after 13 showings in 3 months and no offers, I figured it was time to put it out there on the MLS.  Believe me, it pains me to know that I will lose roughly $7,000 in commission, as I am using much of my equity from my current house to fund the work on this next house.  But with winter coming, no offers yet, and me being on the road, I figured it was time to enlist some help.

But $7,000?!  That would totally take care of ALL the painting and most of the flooring!!!  Agh!

Well, one of the parts of getting my house in show-worthy condition was to move my truck over to the new house in order to make my current garage look big.  It's a two-car garage, for sure, but with my long truck in there, it was a tight fit to walk in the entrance door!

But part of moving my truck to the new house meant cleaning out the new garage in order to do that!  I had that massive kitchen table that I purchased a couple of months ago just sitting on the floor.  So I enlisted Dad's help to move stuff inside the house and make room.

It was a fairly simple idea.  Put large objects from the garage in the house, and then drive the truck in the garage!  But I have sooooo much stuff in the garage already that it was a bit difficult!  And the items just keep on coming!  I picked up two large metal filing cabinets this morning for free (price is right!), so we had to move those around.  A couple four-wheelers, all sorts of lawn "implements," and now a truck!  The garage is packed!

But it was neat to finally see what I had purchased in terms of the kitchen table.  When I purchased it, it was already taken apart.  I took a bit of a gamble on all the parts being there (they weren't!), but after assembly, I realized I'm only missing a couple of washers.  I can handle that.

The "new" dining room table finally put together.  It's turning into a home!

The house is starting to look like a home!  I mean, minus the lack of flooring, the lack of wall hangings, and painting supplies everywhere, but still!

My painter also suggested painting the entire kitchen including the dining area the same color, so that was nice to see.  It makes the room look like one big room now.  Slowly but surely, it's getting there!!!

The different-colored dining room and kitchen.

Now one big room!

For the bottom floor, the remaining areas to be painted are the office (first coat already on), the dining room (as seen above with the big table), the tiny pantry, the hallway closet, and the bathroom.  Then it's time to move in and start working there while I live there!

Now if only I can get my current house sold!!!