House Tour: Downstairs

We have been loving our new home and have so much fun making it a place of our own... here is a peak inside our place.

When you open the front door you see a hall way leading towards the kitchen or a walkway to the living room.

To the right of the door is where the stairs are. 

Living room:

The living room leads into the dining room.

The dining room also has an entry to the kitchen.

over the cabinet lighting

From the kitchen there is a door to the garage.... not a good picture but you get the idea

The kitchen wraps back around the the hall way from the first picture taken from the front door. Laundry space is to the left under the stairs (not pictured) and there is a half bath to the right. 

Close up of the floor... 

And just because I have a picture... here is a wreath I made a couple years ago (yay for surviving 3 moves!) that is on our front door right now. 

 If you made it all the way through the pictures, you're a champ! Stay tuned for a tour of the upstairs! 

Wonderful Weekends: Visit From Friends & Homecoming

(Written Monday, posted late)

First of all, this weekend was just not long enough! Am I the only one that felt like it flew by? Even though it was a quick weekend, it sure was a good one. Friday at 4:30, I left work and got the weekend started. I stopped by our house and then Preston and I went to the field for my brothers’ homecoming football game. We were glad to watch the game and not need an umbrella this time (we’ve been getting soaked at games). Just before the game started, our friends Eric and Jade made it to the school. After meeting up with them, the game started. The game was fun (we won) and then Preston, Eric, Jade, and I were headed back to our house. Jade and I have been friends for years and I am so thankful that despite the miles between us, we continue to stay good friends. I am grateful that we live closer now and they were able to make the trip to come visit us! After showing them our house and a little while of chit chat and catching up, we all decided it was time for bed.

 Saturday morning, we got started with breakfast around 9:00… biscuits and gravy, eggs, and bacon- Yum! We hadn’t made a big breakfast in a really long time and it was enjoyed by all. After getting ready and taking a few pictures, we went and got our supplies for a little crafting. Instead of carving pumpkins, we decided to paint them. My pumpkin has a black “R” with black and silver polka dots, which now sits on our front porch near our mums. After clean up, it was time to tell Eric and Jade bye. After they headed home, Preston and I left to go see my siblings before their homecoming dance. This was the first high school dance that all three of my younger siblings were at together. They all looked so great, see for yourself! Preston and I decided to have dinner out and chose a local Mexican restaurant, then headed home to watch “Blended” that we rented from Redbox. Have you seen this movie? We thought it was a really good one! After the dance, Brinley and a couple of friends stayed at our house. I thought they would be pretty rowdy, but they watched Pitch Perfect and I didn't hear another peep.

Sunday we went to church and then the afternoon was spent assisting with bible bowl. If you haven't heard of it, it's a program where kids study a certain part of the Bible and then have a competition about it.  We stopped for some frozen yogurt afterwards before going back to church.  Sunday night at home was pretty low key.  It was a good day... but a long day.

Here are some pictures from the weekend:

Brice, Popaw, Bradley, Grandmama, & Brinley

100th post: House Update!

Friends, I've made it to my 100th post... based on the random blogging breaks I take, I didn't know that I would make it to 100. Thanks for hanging around!

Anyways, what this post is really about- a house update! We are still in the buying process, as we have not closed yet, but we are very excited with the progress that has been made so far. When we first saw the house, the exterior was almost complete, however the interior was only wood frames. We were able to see the lay out, but not much had been done inside. Since then, we have seen sheet rock installed, dry wall being finished, and now the workers are painting and getting ready to lay the flooring. We are so excited, as we are scheduled to close by the end of this month! Can.not.wait! I have really enjoyed picking out finishings such as paint colors, cabinets, counter tops, hardware, wood flooring, carpet, etc. It has truly been a blessing to have caught the house in the stage it was in the building process and be able to have so much say so in it- it makes the whole bank/loan process a little more enjoyable.

We took these pictures this week before the painting started... and silly me forgot to take a picture of the exterior- whoops!

Garage

Leading into kitchen from garage

Kitchen (not all pictured)

Laundry area

Dining room

Arch way from dining to living room

Living room

Hallway from front door, living room to the left, 1/2 bath, laundry, kitchen ahead

stairs

Master

Master

Master bath window/closet

Master bath

Garage

Not pictured was guest bath upstairs and 1/2 bath down stairs, also didn't post pictures of 2 extra bedrooms. 

Can't wait to stop in again and see progress since the walls have now been painted and they are working on floors! 

Anyone wanting to share inexpensive decorating tips, I'm all ears...

Have a great weekend!