So now that we got the keys to the house we needed to move, fast, instead of paying rent for two homes we were now paying rent for two homes and a mortgage for a third. In order to move in we defined a couple of key success factors. First one is to focus on the remodeling of the bedroom right away, we were not about to move our bed into an unfinished room having to pull it all out again. Second, move all but our essential belongings to a storage unit and figure out what to keep later.

First thing on the list to get the bedroom ready is a new floor, the old floor was…. old, not great and differed between the bedrooms.

Step two was changing some electrical outlets because there were barely any. You want to at least be able to charge your phone on your side of the bed without running an extension cord.

Step 3 was painting, we wanted something different than what it was. We kind of knew what we wanted but we still had to try out 6 different shades on pieces of drywall to get even close. In the end it’s not exactly what we had in mind but we love it anyways. It turned out perfect with the lighting we chose later.