My house...and some before and afters

Welcome to the overload of pictures of my new house!! :)

Kate's room before


Kate's room after (we need new curtains still)




Jack's room- before



Jack's room after (it's bluer in person...brighter) We need new curtains still.




Kids bath- before






Kids bath- after (my brother did the remodel job and I painted...it's a light green)




Family room before


Dustin painting


Family room painted


family room after (the paint is darker in person)



Dining room before we moved in (we didn't do anything to it yet...but need to paint)

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Dining room


Kitchen/dining room before we moved in


Kitchen before we moved in (we didn't do anything to it yet)

Half of the basement where the kids play

Whole basement before we moved in


Our teeny tiny garage


Our bedroom (still needs a lot of work!)


Playroom/living room (Dustin has since ironed and hung the curtains! We still need to do work in this room, too.)



The backyard (the picture the previous owner took...now the yard is soaking wet and muddy from my twp. tearing up my yard to fix some drainage issue)

Life

So...we closed on our house on Feb. 14th. We spent that whole week cleaning and painting and doing small projects around the house. And my brother did some remodeling in our main bathroom. We moved in on Saturday the 19th. It has been so wonderful!! This is exactly what I have been waiting for!! The kids spend so much of their time just playing. Minding their own business and actually playing with their toys!! Who knew!??

And sometimes we just stay in our jammies all day (or witch costumes...whichever you prefer...)





We have sooo much more space than we were used to in our various apartments. I've been busy all week unpacking, more cleaning, and figuring out where i want stuff to go. It's harder to figure out this time since it's more permanent! I don't want to mess it up! I still have some stuff to do around here and some more boxes to put away but I love the feeling of HOME!! What a difference it has made in my life to move onto this stage of my life. Dustin graduated and has a job and we have a house! Life is good!! :)

And I know this is mean of me!! But just wanted to let you know that EVERYTHING has not always been great!! This is Kate when I wouldn't let her have a lollipop after not eating her dinner. :) LOL


I need to take more pictures of the house but we don't have curtains or anything decorated yet!

Now if I could just get Kate to sleep in her own bedroom :)

Home Sweet Home

Our new home!


Our first project: Dustin and my dad painting Kate's room pink!


LOL My excitement :)

Finally closing day!!

We're closing on our house today at 4:45!! I CANNOT wait!! I already have a project list and must buy list a mile long!! Haha!! First up: paint Kate's room pink!! We've moved a lot in her short little life so I cannot wait for her to finally have a HOME. I will post pictures soon!! Yay!!