As you may know, we put our house on the market at the end of April. With Hannah living in NYC and Jacob half way through college, John and I felt that it's the right time for us to downsize and simplify our lives. Over the past four months, we were pleased that our home received a nice amount of interest, showings, and best of all, offers. Big news... We'll be moving in less than a month. Yay!
For over two decades, our house has taken very good care of us. It was a wonderful home in which to raise our family, situated in a quiet, private neighborhood of Rowayton, Connecticut. And although we will all dearly miss living here, we look forward to a change of scenery.
For a while now, I have longed for a snug and cozy cottage. We have made an offer on a house two miles away that is just that. It has great potential and very well may be the cottage of my dreams. So if things work out as planned, we will be moving there in a mere three weeks.
Now we begin the arduous task of packing up 23 years of stuff. To make things a bit easier, we've hired a company to run an estate/moving sale where we'll be selling unneeded furniture and even some of my collections. Lots to do — so you may not hear from me as much in the coming days. However, once we move, you can be sure I'll share our new home, sweet home with you.
Susan
Congrats on selling your house! (Although I don't know how I would be able to leave that sweet studio!) Moving is always stressful so I hope all will go well for you!
Posted by: Sarah ~ Magnolia's Attic | September 02, 2013 at 02:37 PM
Congratulations on selling your house! Make sure you post when your estate sale is happening...I'd love to take a peek at your unused treasures and I live nearby in CT.
Posted by: CeCe | September 02, 2013 at 03:43 PM
Congratulations, Susan! Let us know when the sale is. I'm currently working in Hartford and sure would love the chance to stop by!
Posted by: Claudia | September 02, 2013 at 03:47 PM
It's all exciting, even if a bit unnerving! You'll have such fun setting up the new place!
Posted by: KerryCan | September 02, 2013 at 04:45 PM
It is great you were able to sell so quickly. It is not hard to see why. I love that house :)
Hope you get the little cottage for your dreams!
Posted by: Ruth | September 02, 2013 at 07:21 PM
Susan that is exciting and sad all at the same time. Sad to leave such a wonderful house and exciting to see you two in a cute little cottage. I hope everything goes your way. (I will miss your cute studio :(
Posted by: Elsie | September 02, 2013 at 10:22 PM
What a big change in your life. I look forward to hearing about your new little cottage.
Posted by: GardenOfDaisies | September 04, 2013 at 12:43 AM
We just did the same thing. I will send up a little prayer for you.
Posted by: Mary | September 07, 2013 at 06:27 PM