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Saturday, October 15, 2011

Getting Settled

Yes, this post took forever. I know I know.  But I didn't want to take pictures when there was boxes etc everywhere.  We still have a lot to do, but it's coming together.  For instance, you'll notice there is nothing on the walls yet - we still need to figure out where everything will go.  But here is our progress:

Welcome to our home:



Our family room.  We've decided this couch needs to go, and we need more seating, something in the left corner, and stuff on the walls....but you get the idea.  I love the carpet we found:


The dining room that you can see in the background in the above picture.  We need some sort of area rug under the table, but we haven't decided what yet.  Kitchen is to the right:



Kitchen.  Still deciding if these are the right stools for the island:


My favorite part of the kitchen area.  The double doors which open onto the back screened in porch (don't you love the tricycle in ever shot - yup, a toddler lives here):


Down the hall is the den, which used to be the master bedroom  A lot more decoration is needed here, but the couch and rug are in and Tom's huge TV is hung up, so it's functional. I always wanted a blue couch:


The bathroom off the den.  We didn't do much here, but we did replace the vanity top with some granite, and acid cleaned the floors to spruce it up.  We need to paint this room - the tan isn't working for me:


This is the other bathroom downstairs - in the hallway. Nothing has changed in here since we redid it a few years back:


I did get these new shower curtain hangers - it's hard to see but they say "Hot" and "Cold" - I thought they were fun :)



Down the hall is Lilah's playroom, which is also far from done but starting to come together.  I just finished painting the stripe on the wall and hanging up her letter decals (which she loves!).  Not sure this is the book shelf / toy storage that'll stay in there, but it works right now. She loves her new little work table too.  The carpet is green, although it looks like an odd color in these pictures:





Upstairs!  So far only Lilah's room and our bedroom are really set up.  Deuce's (baby #2) and the guest room aren't really set up  yet, so no pictures of those for now.   Here is the master bedroom, sorely in need of some more decoration and furniture (and please ignore the boxes)!



I took plenty of pics of our master bath in the last post.  Here is the hallway bath (kid's bath). The curtain has trees and little squirrels - it was nice and colorful:



Lilah was napping during these pictures, so no pictures of her room yet.  I gotta get the curtains installed, find a darn area rug and hang up some decorations before I take pictures in there.  That's it for now!  What do you think?