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I’m just holding her curtains back with a ribbon right now. I will find a more permanent solution soon.

Yes! She is in desperate need of MORE animals. Please please, send us all you’ve got :/

***NEW ART ALERT*** I Just couldn’t pass this one up! I thought it screamed Abby and matched her room perfectly! The flowers have glitter and jewels on them. If you look closely you can see I haven’t taken the corners off of it yet. I’ll do that soon

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Next up: Abby’s room!!

***UPDATE*** We were not granted early possession. We will be moving on 3/29.

It was kinda muddy the day we went to the house so I didn’t take any pics from the front or back yard. Sorry This is the picture that their realtor took. It is kinda small.

Here is our new front door. I really hope to someday get a storm door Hint Hint!! It has a very nice front porch.

This is an arial view. SO MUCH more yard!! I can’t wait for the girls to be able to run and play!!

When you walk in there is 5″ plank hard wood. Directly in front of you is the family room. The living room is to your left and the dining room to your right. There is a small walkway with a 1/2 bath between the dining room and kitchen. The white doors in the middle picture are a closet on the left and the basement on the right.

Looking back at the front door.

Looking around the family room. I love that it is a clear shot to the kitchen. I also love that the stairs are to the side and not the very first thing you see when you walk through the door. The kitchen does have a bay with sliding glass door to an aggregate patio. The backyard is fenced and ready for kids!

As much as I love the house… I really don’t love the kitchen It is the one part of the house that NEEDS upgrades. I do love the HUGE island But the appliances and cabinets/counters just aren’t my favorite. I hope to fix this in time I do like the floor. It is 18″ ceramic tile. I just think the orange floor/wall/cabinet combo is a bit much

The laundry room and pantry are through the kitchen. This is also where the door from the garage enters the house. There is a window in this room but the pic didn’t turn out. The pantry isn’t huge but it will do. I hope to take down the wire shelves and add more cabinet type storage. My dream vision would be to have this be more of a walk in pantry with a washer/dryer Can you imagine how excited I am to have laundry on the main floor right by that HUGE island???

Let’s go upstairs! BONUS ROOM!!! I really really wanted a bonus room for the girls. This one has several windows – so it was too bright for a pic of the front wall :/ The two pics I have are looking to the right – where we hope to put the entertainment center and to the left – which shows the entrance to the master bedroom.

In the master bedroom.

The master bath has two walk in closets. A nice big tub. Two sinks. A shower and a toilet (I didn’t take a pic of the last item. eww)

Guess which ones mine?

To finish off the upstairs we have three more bedrooms. Two have walk in closets and one has a his and her pair of closets. There is one full bath for the three bedrooms to share and a hall closet for linens and towels.

We are super excited! I’m not sure if you can tell in the pics – but we feel most of the light fixtures and faucets have been upgraded. That is one thing we had to do in our current house and I’m thrilled we won’t have to do in the new house Even the ceiling fans seem pretty nice!

Because of the timing of the move will will be delaying Hannah’s family bday parties till April. Hopefully this summer we can have everyone over for a bbq to see our new place!

Enjoy!

Here are a couple outside pics for you.

We added new shutters in the front.

I needed some color in the back so I planted a couple pots. I used these for herbs and veggies this summer – but they had pretty much lived their lives so I thought some mums were in order

This area was an old sandbox from the previous owners. We originally were going to pay someone to haul away the wood and level the ground so we could plant grass. Then we decided a few bags of mulch would be just as nice

Living Room
This used to be the living room then it became the toy room and now we are back to living room! Yay!

Dining Room
We removed two pieces of furniture from this room to open it up a bit. A big wooden cd rack and walnut plant stand. The chandelier was one of the first purchases we made when we got our dining room set years ago.

Half Bathroom
We removed all the “clutter” and bought a lovely rowboat picture. I also painted the corner shelves white to match the new frame. New vinyl tile floor in here!

Kitchen
We removed all of the "country". I bought a new piece of art and then made new curtains to match. I really love the decluttered look of it all! I also put in a new vinyl tile floor. A few years ago Jamey added under cabinet lighting and added a light to the pantry. We also changed all of the light fixtures in this room.

Family Room
This room had the biggest transformation in my opinion. We removed tons of furniture including a 55 gallon salt water aquarium. We rotated the furniture that was left. Jamey rewired our surround sound to work from a different corner of the room. I LOVE this room now!!!! It feels so open and comfy!

Hall Bathroom
This room didn’t change much. I did add the new vinyl floor – but that is about it. All of the changes made in this room occurred not long after we purchased the house.

Abby’s Room
We didn’t change her room at all.

Hannah’s Room
We removed a tall mirror and a small table from this room.

Master Bedroom
We removed my hope chest and lots of clutter I gave this room a fresh coat of paint this weekend.

Master Bath
No changes here. Just the new floor.

The basement and bathroom are almost finished. I’ll add those pics as soon as I can. We are hoping to have our house up a week from tuesday! Wish us luck!!