Our First Home

My husband and I bought our home in 2004 to live in as our first home for 2, maybe 3-4 years. That was it. Four years MAX. Now it is 2013 and we are still here. We have added 2 children and 1 dog to our household. Although unplanned, this has also given me the opportunity to decorate the way I like to, letting spaces evolve over time and achieving a layered look. Now, for some people they achieve this look flawlessly in way less time. Not me.....

We have 4 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms and one lovely screened in patio. I have been doing work to the house and decorating it the entire time. We have had to shuffle rooms around as children were born and room functions had to change. I don't think I will ever be done! In fact I am sure we will move before I have finished my kitchen.


***** Update: Well, yes we are moving before I ever changed countertops or did a backsplash. Good thing too since the appraisers don't care about ANY interior upgrades. It would have been money wasted...... We are moving into another 4 bedroom 2 bath (plus a 1/2 bath downstairs), but this new home has a better layout for our family and has much more space. I am so excited to put my touches in the new house, and the yard will be a complete blank slate and I can't wait to get planting and digging in the dirt! This move won't happen for several months, but when it does I will be posting all my projects. *****


FRONT


Welcome to our home, come on it! Our FOYER is obviously where we are now.





Our Dining Room is to the left as you enter our home.

DINING ROOM




The dining room opens to the kitchen. The kitchen was completed in stages and is still NOT done. I want/NEED new countertops, backsplash and appliances. Our appliances are fine and not old, but I would love a slide in gas stove.

KITCHEN





The kitchen looks out to our family room. Today the layout is different than in these photos. I have even changed the lampshades. Like I said, always changing.....

FAMILY ROOM





The 3 bedrooms are through the bump out arch and down the hall, as well as the guest bath.

BOYS ROOM






SECOND BATH


Our Master Bedroom is on the other side of the family room. There was only one window in here (not centered either) when we bought our house. We added a second window and now they are centered on the back wall and it is much brighter in here.

MASTER BEDROOM



MASTER BATHROOM



My favorite spot in our whole home is the back patio. I am out here, or in the yard, a LOT. We have trees beyond our back fence and a large retention pond beyond that. We have lots of wild life and provide bird seed and a bird bath for all critters. I have a butterfly garden and we have hummingbirds that return each year. Our patio has a large screen cage over it.

PATIO and BACK YARD









Okay those of you with sharp eyes or keen observation skills. Points for you if you spotted a shirtless child and a blond dog in any of these photos!

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