Making A House A Home….

Like a mentioned in a past post, we are living in the house of some friends while they are in Tennessee.  It has been such a blessing!  We are so grateful to the Walkers, and even more importantly to our Heavenly Father for being ever mindful of our needs.

So here is a tour of the house, and a look at my attempts to decorate.  I’m by no means am a professional, but I LOVE to decorate, and do DIY home improvement projects.

You walk in the front door and to the left is our front room!

Heather the home owner has great taste and had already painted the walls.  I love the Torquoise, and already had furniture and pillows and such to go with the color scheme.

Now if you continue in past the front room you enter our living room….

 

We spend a lot of our time in here.  Jeff picked out the couch and loveseat. I thought they looked very oriental, so I kind of went with that theme in here.  You can see the bamboo plant in the corner, and then the blind in the opposite corner.

The couch etc is SURPRISINGLY comfy!

As you can see from the living room you can see the casual dining area, and the kitchen.

Right off of the dining area is our main floor bathroom. Still toying with exactly how to decorate in here.

 

Here is a better shot of the kitchen….

Now turning to our right is the formal dining area, which is lacking a table I’m looking for a good deal.  The little hutch we got for free someone was throwing it out and I still need to give it some TLC.  And the dining chairs I got for $6 a piece at goodwill. 

As you can see this room doubles as our office, with the two file cabinets in the corner and our printer…

Now up the stairs….

Kids/Guest Bathroom…..

 

Spare Bedroom….This bedroom set was one that Jeff and I had when we first got married.  It was one he bought off his dad.  He wasn’t finished and I HATED.  But when we moved in here we put it in the garage for a while and Jeff ended up staining and sealing it.  We did a two-tone stain.  The drawers are darker than the main body.  I actually like this bedroom set now…

 

The Nursery…

Before we even had a definite house, I had decided on a giraffe theme for the nursery.  During conference Oct. 2010 I painted the mother baby giraffe painting and did all the other crafts to have them ready for when we DID have them when he came/when he had someone definite to stay.

Jeff’s sister Davina was soo awesome and got us our nursery furniture. Crib, rocker, dresser, changing table.  We love aunt Davina!

 

And now the Master Bedroom I’m still trying to find stuff to decorate. I’ve got a color sheme, and feel, but just haven’t found the right stuff to really finish it off.

You can see the Vanity and Bathroom off to the left and there is a Walk-In closet just around the corner. WHICH IS AWESOME!!!!

I’ve seen a few things on Pinterest that I’ve thought of throwing up above the head board….we’ll soo though.

Now the basement in unfinished, but it gets a lot of use!

Now to the right we have our entertainment area….

We’ve got a couch, and bed infront of it all for comfortable viewing of whatever we happen to being watching on the projector screen.  Dvd’s and keyboard in the corner.

Then scan right….

another bed, incase we have a housefull of guests… and the beginning of the kids play area, for when we have friends over.

Play area….complete with dress up station.

as we round the corner, we have my favorite area (sense my sarcasm)  The Laundry Station…

Food Storage ETC.

Craft Corner…

And the most important to my sanity and Self Image…my GYM away from the Gym.

Can’t wait for my bike trainer to here tomorrow!  I got such a good deal and would love to add cycling to my basement workout regimen.  Well that’s all folks!