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! 

We're Homeowners!

If you know me personally, you know that the past 2 weeks has been a roller coaster in the home buying process. However, we've gotten off the ride because we are officially homeowners !! We are thankful and feel so blessed for this house to finally be ours. We closed last Thursday evening, and after closing we went to the house, then to the storage unit where all of our stuff has been for the past two months, we found the easiest bed to get out of the Jenga grid of belongings and loaded it in the truck. We got pizza to take to the house for dinner and then after going to my parents' house to get some clothes, we were headed back to our house to spend our very first night there.

Friday was spent moving, unpacking, and organizing. We got SO much done Friday and I was glad with my decision to take that day off. We are grateful for all who helped us in this moving process! Friday evening we quit unpacking and headed to my brothers' football game. It rained the whole time, but we enjoyed watching anyways.

Saturday we finished moving everything in and had it all moved by noon. We spent more time unpacking and organizing. Preston and I headed to Hobby Lobby (it just opened in our town) and I got some chalk pens, cannisters, and some fall decorations. Saturday evening we had family game night at church which was really fun, so grateful for a wonderful church family!

Sunday was church and more organizing....

Monday I was off for Columbus Day (woohoo!!) and we finished putting everything away inside the house, now to organize the garage. Also on Monday, I may or may not have made another trip to Hobby Lobby :)

So thankful to be in our home, we love it! God has blessed us beyond measure and I can't wait to see what the future in this house will bring!

More house pictures coming soon!

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!

Cha Cha Cha Chaaanges

At the beginning of the month, I had thought about 5 major things that are happening this month and things that we needed to do. It's almost the middle of the month and 3 of those 5 things have already been done. We've packed our stuff and we moved to Kentucky this past Saturday. It was tiring, but I'm glad we have everything boxed up and in the storage unit until our house is finished.

Speaking of the house, we meet with the builder this week to pick finishings. We had already chosen our cabinets, but now they are discontinued so we are back to the drawing board with that. We also picked our paint colors this week. I can't wait to see if finished and fast forward to when everything is unpacked and put away in it's proper place!

This past Sunday was our first Sunday at our new church. It went great, everyone was so welcoming! We are very excited to be involved there. One of my favorite things about church was the message on Sunday evening. I was reminded that work and my career are not everything. Of course, I know this, but it's always nice to have the reminder. My job is not who I am but what I do. "You don't have a job when you come into the world, and you don't have a job leaving the world, so you can't put all your eggs in that basket."

Chloe girl is adjusting to the move, however she's had a hard time. She does NOT like the stairs at my parents' house and I hope it's not a preview of how she will be with our stairs in our new house. I think she's just having to get use to them again, we've been in a 1 story for a while.

It seems like there are big changes for lots of people lately. Moving, changing jobs, expecting a baby, change in relationships, etc. One thing that is amazing to me is that God already knows what's going to happen and it's in His perfect plan- trusting Him.

Thoughts for August

It's Friday, and I'm having my lunch break at work, which means just half a day to go until the weekend! I have been thinking about some things we need to get done/ will be doing in the month of August, and honestly, there is a LOT! So, time to try to organize all of these things a little bit.

1. The huge thing we'll be doing this month is moving to Kentucky. However, since our house is not complete yet, we will be staying with my parents until then. My parents have a spare room that we are able to stay in, but before then, we need to get it ready. My mom would like the carpets shampooed and the walls the be repainted, and I'm all for that, but before we can do that, the things in it have to go out. So, today on the first day of August, we are doing just that. Also with moving, we've got to pack everything.

2. Packing is such a large task, I think that it needs a bullet point to itself. So far, we've got our spare bathroom, half the kitchen, and the dining room packed... but the list of what we still have to do is endless. Since we are only staying with my parents for a short time, we plan on just using our large suitcases for our casual clothes and then hanging our work clothes, so that will be easy. Hopefully tomorrow morning I will get the blankets and candles that are in one of our closets boxed up. Preston is off this next week so that will be helpful in getting a lot of it done. I'm trying to figure out a way to take a day off just for packing, but I've got lots of appointments next week so I don't know if that is do-able.

3. Start ministry at our new church. Preston's official first day is August 10th, however we are going to meet up with some of the youth group and sponsors tomorrow. Also, next weekend they are having a church picnic they have invited us to so we are hoping to go to that. We are very excited to get started at this church- good things are coming, I can feel it.

4. We need to officially buy our house! Our offer has been accepted and the contract has been signed, so now we are going through the other steps working towards closing. We were shooting for closing some time in the last week of August, however it's likely to be middle of September. But I am hopeful, so that is why it's still listed in my August thoughts. And if we don't actually close this month, we'll still be doing several things to contribute to closing.

5. Speaking of our new house, this month we will meet with the builder to pick out the finishings. I'm excited about being able to pick and choose what kind of things are going into our house and I cannot wait to see the final outcome! Also excited to see the drive way cement, it is gravels right now.

Well, I only did 5 things, but I feel that those 5 things to do this month are pretty huge.... crazy to know that by the end of next month we'll be in our new house!! Wooo!

Moving & Organization

Hello friends!

Last time I posted on here (half a month ago... I'm slacking) I talked about us moving and not knowing exactly what we were going to do next. Well, if you remember me talking about finding a house we were interested, we have now had an accepted offer on that house and things are starting to become real.

The house is currently being built, and since we found it when we did, the builder is allowing us to have some say so in the finishings of the house. We were able to meet him to choose cabinets, countertops, carpet, laminate, etc. I'm still looking for the perfect paint colors, but I have an idea in mind.

We are currently in the process of packing up our things to move them. Here's where I'm looking for your input. We've moved several times, we're pretty organized in the moving/packing process, but do any of you have any suggestions or your favorite organizing techniques in your home that we could keep in mind for when we unpack them into our new house? Or, are there any specific organizing materials/objects that you think are a must have? We greatly appreciate any tips or tricks!

My lack of blogging totally stinks, I haven't been very into it lately. Likely due to how hectic things have been recently, hang in there with me, I'll be back more regularly soon!

Welcome to our new home!

Woohoo for Friday! Hope everyone has had a great week. Preston and I have settled into our new house which is now beginning to feel like home! Even though we still have lots if work to do, I decided to take some pics (sorry for the poor cell phone pic quality) to let you see a glimpse of our home....

Wreath on our front door



Living Room



We still need to get/make a t.v. stand, but this works for now

I love this little table for some reason :)

Chloe's pile of toys, spoiled much?

What will be a game room, table is in there for a puzzle right now

walking into the kitchen

Still need to add a table runner and the window curtain

back hall/mudroom area

My mom got me these cute little pumpkins

utility closet

Guest bathroom

Guest bedroom that we haven't done anything with

master bedroom, yes, those are Chloe's stairs to get on the bed

Our stain glass window on the front of the house

Hope you enjoyed the walk through of part of our house, I left a little out until we get it finished :)