Our Humble Abode

As promised, a long time ago (haha) here are some pictures of our new house. I can't believe it has been 1 year and 2 days since we closed on this house! My how time flies. It's 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 3 car garage. Some side notes before you see the pictures: Someone else built this house and picked everything out, then their deal fell through for some reason. I love most things they picked out, but some things I despise. I will add notes to the pictures.

This is the front of the house when we first moved in. We have coach lamps now.

I painted the shutters blue/green. It's really not this blue in person. I tried to get that Tuscan blue, if you know what I mean.

This is the entry way. To the left of this picture is the dining room, that will soon be converted to an office to make room for #2. To the right of this picture is the door that leads to the laundry room.

Another Home Goods find. Little table in the foyer with a basket for mail.

The kitchen. I totally had them throw in that amazing refrigerator. Its the same refrigerator they put in their $1,000,000 homes they build at the beach. Score!

Other part of the kitchen. You can't see it in these pictures, but the dishwasher is stainless steel. I HATE the black ovens and the black vent hood. I plan to replace those on day... I just can;'t justify replacing brand new appliances right now. I want to refinish the cabinets in a warm white one day, too. But once again... new cabinets!

Laundry room. No complaints here. I have my prized washer and dryer in here... love love love!

Cute picture I hung in the laundry room of a little girl hanging laundry up to dry.

Dining room.

Cubbard I found for a deal at Home Goods... $350! And its solid wood! I think it's maple wood, because it has a sweet smell when you open the doors or drawers.

Shutters... love!

Looking into the family room from the kitchen. I love how open the kitchen, eat-in and family room are. I also love the windows in here.

Ignore the doll stroller lol.

Our huge backyard. We are on 1/2 acre... which is HUGE for a subdivision. We also back up to a forest preserve which means no one will ever live behind us except the animals and trees!

Guest bathroom with a door to the backyard.

More guest bathroom.

Guest bedroom.

More guest bedroom.

More guest bedroom... the rocker is from Lauryn's room, but we weren't using it and it was taking up needed play space, so it's in here until I start on the nursery for #2. This armoire used to be a hideous natural wood color until my awesome friend re-painted it with Annie Sloan Chalk Paint!

The office. This will become the baby's room. It will have the same white shutters that the rest of the house has... I didn't put shutters in this room because I thought I was going to do something else with this window, but plans have changed! We have done the least to this room. It's kind of our junk room right now, haha. It has the biggest closet of all the secondary bedrooms.

More office.

Lauryn's bedroom. We just painted it this color last weekend. Her big girl bed is being delivered on Friday so we wanted to be prepared!

Her new bed will go against this wall. It's a twin size and is about 3 inches shorter than this wall... a nice tight fit! The comforter on her toddler bed is actually a twin size I just bought from Pottery Barn. It's a duvet and down comforter. It's so pretty! I can't wait to see it on her new bed. Here is a close-up of it:

Gorgeous!!

And Lauryn's en suite bathroom... so spoiled!

Master bedroom. For some reason I don't have very good pictures of the master bedroom. I have pretty flower plaques on the wall from Ballard Designs. I have a separate picture of those:

Swoon!

Here is the dresser that matches the armoir in the guest bedroom.. but I like it in our room :o) And below is a picture of what I put on top of it:

If you haven't noticed yet, I love bird stuff. There are bird things subtly throughout the house.

View of the other half of our bedroom.. and my most prized piece of furniture in the whole house... my Restoration Hardware dresser. Amazingly beautiful!

I also love this mirror... the detailing is so beautiful. Another great deal from Home Goods... $100!

Master bathroom when we first moved in. I have little decorations around the tub and I put a shelf up, I just don't have a picture of it. Our bathroom can't stay clean long enough lol.

My sink. There is another identical sink to the right of the shower, behind the door. Another thing I'm not too wild about with this house... tiny vanities without drawers. Thank God there are two of them!

Toilet room with my Home Goods industrial-looking shelf for towels and magazines.

Window in the toilet room. Further to the right is the toilet with a dark wood cabinet above it for toilet paper and girly products. I don't have a picture of that either.. but its pretty awesome :o)

Yes, this IS a picture of my garage... and yes, it IS that organized! And, last but not least... my ABSOLUATE favorite things in this house? These guys:

I'd say they kind of make this house a home! Hope you enjoyed the tour of our house! We love living here, and can't wait to make baby #2 a part of it.