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A Design Plan Directly Into Action!

In the last entry, I searched and found the tiles and cabinetry color that we would be using. Since I now had this information, when I went back home to Rubengera I was able to really put my interior design plan together, so I could make better decisions throughout the rest of the renovation. I knew the ceiling and floors were pretty light, so I had some room to go dark with walls. I also knew that in the Main House I wanted to get a little more sophisticated and neutral (a little more) than our Rubengera home, which was supposed to have a more tropical vacation feel. So I put a board together mostly for the Main House first. Check it out!  The floorplan is very open yet still cozy. And the color palette is more refined. Here is the visualization board for the main room as well. Here you can see in the living room area, I wanted a nice charcoal colored wall anchoring that space, and a very comfortable relaxed feeling sectional. Then in the kitchen using dark cabinetr...

We're at it Again! (A Kigali House Hunt Tour)

So we've decided to make the move! We're headed to Kigali in a couple of weeks! Yayyyy!!! While we will absolutely 100% miss our home we've made for ourselves in Rubengera, and all of our friends, it is time for our transition to the big city! :) We're about at our year mark of living in Rwanda, and about my limit of the unemployed lifestyle. I was able to work on some E-Design projects here and there, and working on the wedding and house renovations in the beginning were PLENTY to do.. but lately, my To-Do list has started to run low, and the city holds so much more potential for me. Plus Patrick has an office in Kigali too! So we started searching and negotiating for houses in the city. Let me start by showing you through our last 4 months of the Kigali home search. It is SO much fun looking for a house!!!! :) (I'm not meaning that to sound sarcastic- I really love it..) hahah This was the first house we saw... Big front patio, three french doors e...