It's bittersweet for us too! I think "Dans le Townhouse" has a nice ring to it! Hopefully we won't move again soon, lol.

I was so happy and sad to hear your news about the lakehouse. While it seems like a beautiful new life, it will be sad to see you leave Ottawa. Will you change the name of the blog to `dans le lakehouse`? (m – Ottawa alternagrrl)

Thanks for the good vibes!I definitely thought about refinishing it, but it's extra deep (meant for a TV or clothes, back when we had tube tv's) so it's hard to fit places. There's no suitable spot in the new place. I think it would be perfect for someone with kids, because kids clothes could fit neatly in the drawers and the top is great for bulkier kids toys that can be a pain to store. It would be so cute in mint!

Haha, I used the HATE white walls. My Mom loved them but I have painted my walls turquoise, a buttery hue, pumpkin spice orange, bright kelly green . . . my first apartment away from home (with handy Hubby) had all white walls and big windows. We were too poor to paint and by the time we moved, I had fallen in love with white!! Our art really popped and the rooms seemed bigger. When we bought the townhouse, we were poor again and all-white walls meant we could save money on 5 gallon pails of paint and save time painting the house top to bottom. Now I am officially obsessed with white walls and trim, but in the lakehouse I might do bold colours on doors . . .

They do, don't they? The bedrooms are already pretty sizable in this house (a king fits in a secondary bedroom!) but they just look so spacious in the listing photos.

Thanks Amy! It still looks so WEIRD to me. The bigger rooms makes our headboard look less dramatic. It's funny how works. Is it weird I'm happy our new bedroom is a touch smaller? The bed has more impact then.

Thanks! I definitely love the mint chair in "my" room now . . . I don't think the guests will ever get that back, lol.