Planning/Decorating at the same time!

AJC430

Back in July, I moved into the house my DF and I will be living in after marriage - and needless to say - it's a fixer-upper. I'm having to clean/decorate/nest while wedding planning. I feel like my head is about to explode! 

Wedding 4/30/16.

Has anyone else gone through this? How did you make it through?

Maggie0829

Well H and I moved into our newly built townhome one month before our wedding.  Luckily I had done the majority of my DIY stuff for the wedding before hand and 99% of wedding planning was done.  And funny enough moving that close to our date wasn't even the original plan.  The house was supposed to be done in February (wedding in July) but the builders had delays and it got to the point where H and I were concerned that we would have to close on our house ON our wedding day.  Luckily that didn't happen.

As for what to do to not go crazy...

1) Get your DF involved.  Both in wedding planning and cleaning up the new house.  

2) Take it one room at a time.

3) You will most likely be in the house for a very long time so it doesn't have to be "perfect" right this second.

4) You have like 7.5 months to your wedding so you have plenty of time.

julieanne912

We got engaged the day we moved into our house in Feb of this year (it was a new build but still lots to do).  Wedding is this Saturday the 12th. Basically, my way of handling it was, not handling it.  I did the basics to get our house livable and presentable (ie we have fully furnished rooms and boxes are either unpacked or at least organized neatly in the basement), but everything else is on hold til the wedding is over. We have hung up a total of 2 pictures.  

FI did arrange window treatment installation and for our front yard landscaping and driveway, but we hired people to do that stuff so we didn't have to do much.

I've bought and sold many houses and I agree w/ the advice that it doesn't have to be perfect from the beginning.  Make sure it's safe and livable and comfortable for any guests that might come to stay, but after that, just focus on what's more important, which, right now, is the wedding. 

thefanciestbeckler

Ok so my FI decided it would be a great idea to sell his house 4 months before our wedding. To make it even better, we only had 1 month to find a new house because of some regulations that were changing on the type of loan we needed to get.

And on top of THAT, my MOH (who lives 12 hours away) was coming in town 3 weeks after our closing date and was planning on having my bachelorette party at my house. So I had to have it almost completely unpacked/cleaned/decorated within 3 weeks of moving so I could have a bunch of out of town guests stay there. AND I'm getting my Master's, so I was trying to wrap up my last class before the wedding. Good times.

So yes, I get it It was very difficult. The good news for you is, your wedding is twice as far away as mine was at the time of our move, and you are (hopefully) not hosting a giant party where lots of pictures will be taken 3 weeks after your move. Yay!!

You can do this. Make a list of priorities and then set specific nights aside for different tasks. Keep in mind that you do still have a lot of time left. And I agree with @Maggie0829, get your FI involved.

Best of luck to you!

lnixon8

We moved in 8 months before the wedding. Don't wait to buy what you need "just in case"someone might buy it for the wedding. We have horrible knives but dealt with them...surprise! No one bought them for us. 

Put yourself and the basics first. My guest room has a lumpy trundle bed, very dated comforter and no window treatments, no other furniture. We're both 26 and live under an hour away from most family and friends so if someone is spending the night it's usually because they drank too much to drive home.I'm much more concerned with getting my bed room and the common areas together before I'll spend money and time fixing up that room.

Homegoods is your friend!