Re-Painting the Bathroom

(written before baby was born)

Yep, that's right.  I know, the hubs was real thrilled when I came up with the idea to re-paint the kids bathroom. 

I should have known!!  I really should have.

I said it before when I re-painted the Sunroom with Emily.

Yellow is just too colorful for me.

The kids bathroom was also yellow, and the yellow needed to go.   

I need neutral, earthy colors.  At least on the walls.

SO, thankfully we had a friend who was willing to come over and paint it for us since we've had a lot of other projects going on around the house and didn't have time to paint the bathroom ourselves anytime soon.

And can I just say that I adore the new color!  It's so beautiful with the white vanity and it made everything come together so much better!  All the fixtures stand out instead of being an eyesore next to the yellow.  All around it was a much better change!

The color is a dark grey.  In the pictures it looks more green than it really is.  Just so you know. 

I'm happy with it and don't see the color on the walls changing and I know the hubby appreciates that!

Oh and yes, this is totally a by product of nesting.  And another item that was knocked off the 'to do' list... it was a long list...



old color. blah!

Before                                                                                           After

The Boys Room

(This post was written before baby was born)

All right, another room in our home that has been transformed recently is the boys' room!  I am so excited about this room for many reasons. 

For one, it's a new beginning for our family of soon-to-be 6.  When we moved Janessa into a big girl bed we moved the crib into Zeke's room, which is now becoming the boys' room! 

Another reason I really love this room is because it's decorated and themed around one of my most favorite places on this earth: my Aunt and Uncle's cabin in Granite Creek, Wyoming near the Grand Tetons.  And this past summer I finally got to take my family there for the first time, and I think they fell in love with the cabin and Wyoming just like I have.

The sign above Zeke's bed was a first for me in the making signs and craft department.  But it was super fun to try and I'm really happy with the outcome.  Another project that was able to be knocked off the 'to do' list!

I do hope to slip cover/ reupholster the chair in the room, but I have no idea how to do that!  Any suggestions or anyone want to come show me how?! haha!

And rearranging the room and getting it ready for baby boy who is soon to be joining our family is very exciting and fun!  Zeke can hardly wait for his little brother to join us and to share his room with him, eventually. 

So here is the boys' room, I hope you enjoy your tour!

The Girls' Room

I have been in serious nesting mode lately and what a help it's been.  I have finally gone through our house and have begun to hang pictures on the wall and bring some rooms together with decor that have been on my 'to do' list for a long time. 

I really have a hard time bringing a room together with all the little details.  It seems to take me forever to decide what to do and I usually end up looking through thousands of pictures to finally decide on what I like. 

And I am in love with how the girls' room turned out!  I decided if I was a little girl I would love this to be my room.  It turned out so sweet and girly!

I hope you enjoy the tour.



Open Floor Plan

I realized, as I've been looking back over all the pictures we've taken during our building process, that I've never really showed you pictures of our open floor plan.  I've taken pictures of each room but not of the whole feel of our open kitchen, living room, dining room and sun room.  This has truly been one of my favorite parts about our house.  I love that it's all open, especially the kitchen.  As mothers we can end up spending a lot of time in this room and to have it open to the rest of our home is just wonderful.  I never feel blocked off from what's going on and thanks to our sink and island facing all our large windows I can always enjoy a stunning view. 

This is what you see from the top of our entry stairs.  Behind me is the hallway.  Dining Room is to the left.  Laundry Room is through the paneled door.  Kitchen, Sun Room and then the Living Room is on the right. 

Dining Room.

View from the Dining Room.

View from the Laundry Room door.

Living Room.

View from the Sun Room.

View of the kitchen from the Sun Room.

View of the Kitchen from our Living Room.

Back to where we started!