We had our pre-drywall walk through at the new house on Wednesday, and aside from a missing second shower head in the master bathroom, everything looked good! We headed back out to Beaver to see if any other updates had been made, and there were stacks of drywall laying throughout the house so hopefully that means we'll have real walls next week!
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| Garage |
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| Kitchen + Morning room |
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| Basement egress window |
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| Basement finished area + storage |
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| Looking through kitchen to dining room |
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| Living room |
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| Looking through living room to office |
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| First floor powder room |
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| Drywall in garage |
We've also had progress on the wedding front - we have picked a date, color scheme, and location! I originally wanted to have the wedding in early September because we knew the ceremony would be outdoors, so after looking extensively at daily temperature and weather averages in Oklahoma City I landed on early fall for the best chance of good weather. However, after literally EVERY person I spoke to had the reaction that next fall was a really long ways away and supplied a different reason as to why I shouldn't wait that long, I caved and decided to go with a June 7th wedding. June gives added factors of additional heat, greater possibility of bad weather, and the worst (for me) - JUNE BUGS. But, oh well. After several complications in this area, I have decided that this will be the first and last decision that I cave on in this process - the planning and decision making for this wedding have already been complicated and if I spend the next year trying to please everyone else, it's not going to turn out well. Okay, I think I'm done ranting about that :-)
The colors we chose are mint green and poppy red, which I accidentally happened upon on Google and fell in love, but I found almost no examples of that color scheme used in weddings up til now so I was afraid it would be hard to find things in those colors. But, every wedding website imaginable has predicted that mint green is going to be the "it" color for weddings this year, so I hope that translates to lots of choices for me. I had no idea I was so trendy :-) Here's the idea:
I was really into the idea of having the wedding at the Harn Homestead in Oklahoma City, which is a working museum in OKC that is meant to provide visitors with a glimpse into life during the early 1900s in Oklahoma. The Harn family built the house and barn in the early 1900s, and the buildings, land, and appliances/housewares of the time have been preserved as a memorial to life in those times. The barn is really neat and it fits right into my vintage-y theme, but it's a popular place and we were worried that we wouldn't be able to book it on the date we wanted. Plus, we initially thought we'd like to do a back yard wedding at my parents' house, but they don't have any buildings on their propery besides the house that would allow people protection from bad weather and they live a ways out from the city, so we didn't want to put people in danger. But, we liked the added flexibility you get when having the ceremony and reception at your own place. So, Uncle Smokey to the rescue :-) My step-dad's uncle has a large bit of land in north Edmond with a large building meant for parties and a pond equipped with a waterfall. And the best part - he's letting us host the wedding there for free! And because he hosts parties out there regularly, he already has the hookup on catering, bartending, and valet parking services so that makes the decision process a lot easier for me and Joe. The next big decision is how many people to have in the wedding party... I still don't have an answer for that one. Oh well, at least I have plenty of time! We should be taking pictures for our Save the Dates this week, so hopefully I'll have some to share soon!
Mark your calendars - June 7th, 2014!
