The New Pad

Well, we're here. Many have been asking about our new house. We found a spec home in a nice neighborhood close to both of our jobs.

One feature I was very excited about is that it has a playroom (study) downstairs for all of K's toys. She can play and make a mess and still be close to me when I'm cooking or doing laundry since she's not old enough to navigate the stairs alone yet. Our old house had high ceilings and it's really something we've gotten used to. The family room/ foyer are all open to the top story so these are REALLY tall. The big difference between this house and our last is the houses in our current neighborhood are very close together, but surprisingly, it still feels very private inside. This is also the first time that K's bedroom is on a different floor than ours. That made me a little nervous at first, but at this point it's working out fine. Once she's in a big girl bed, it will be a different story.

Since it's summer, I've been able to have time to do a few quick crafts. The first of which pictured here is a piece of wall art I painted that I copied from something I saw at Bed Bath and Beyond. They wanted $100 for the set of 3 wall panels. I spent $15 on canvases at Hobby Lobby and recreated them. I've been looking for something simple to bring out color over our bed. Our furniture is really bulky and takes up a lot of wall space and I thought this would be perfect, but I wasn't spending $100. Here's how it turned out.

Panels I painted over the bed

Up close shot.

Here's a "K" collage I made of K's playroom. I put up some sea foam green/blue sheers from Target that I love (they have huge grommets and they're adorable). I wanted to make a few things for the walls in there just to tie it all together.

Cross I painted and decorated to match in the playroom as well.

K plaque I painted for in the playroom. The colors look weird on this one, it doesn't look that way in person.

Now here are some pics of the house. It's mostly done. Yep, as good as it gets. :)

Here's a shot of the upstairs media room. Instead of a large game room like before, we have a media room and a smaller game room.

The living room (downstairs) looking into the kitchen and nook

Master bedroom from the door.

Master bedroom looking into the bathroom.

Coming out of the hallway by the laundry room/ master bedroom looking into the living room.

The fireplace/ mantle

Living room & hallway to the master bedroom

Kitchen

Dining room

Dining room.

Living room view from staircase

Stair case

Looking into the foyer from K's playroom

View from the front door

K's playroom

Downstairs guest room / bathroom

View of front door. Playroom on right, guest room on the left

Kayleigh's room upstairs

K's room. Vanity in her bedroom

K's stuff

Pool table in the game room

Upstairs extra room/ Note all my teaching crap on the shelves. :)

Pool table/ computer nook. Looking down to the downstairs.

So that's the place. Now who's coming to visit?