humble dwelling

Well, here are some pictures of our little town home we are renting right now! I took these pictures before my camera decided to malfunction. but the good news about that is that we have our 'spare' point and shoot Sony camera, quality is not as good as the Canon... buuuuuuut it's something, right? i'm just grateful we didn't sell it in our yard sale!
OK, so here's a few pics of our new place... enjoy!
Kitchen

 laundry room straight through doors. garage entry and powder room to the right.

 main living space. (and cutest kids in the world) stairs lead up to bedrooms and the tv and fire place to the right.(not pictured)

 upstairs landing

 mast bedroom

 master bath

 hall way. B's room to the left. C & W's room straight and bathroom to the right.

 view of stair landing...

 B's room.

 C & W's room.

home sweet home!

'bout time we did something with dat family room...

OK, so we broke down and actually DID something with the family room. Whhoooooo! There are still a few things we need to do... but for now... lets just say... HUGE IMPROVEMENT, this house is starting to look like a home... OUR HOME!

Here's a pictures of the fire place and walls right after we had the carpet put in...
Soooo, we took the fire place 'face' off...
and did THIS to it.
and THIS to the doors... handles and wire screen thing...

While that dried... we decided to test out some paint samples... What's better than paint samples??? Little Helpers with little rollers... (love them!)





work that paint Caitles
Will's Turn... (sneak peak at the fire place... awesome, ay?)



Even Brinley got a turn... and this little artist was in heaven!


''swatches''-- we went with the bottom right color- Home De Pot, Behr: Mississippi Mud!
prepping huge crack in the wall...
Word. Primmer...
Ta-Daaa...

Closing Time....

We closed on our house on Friday! Lots of signing... expected. but there was a fun surprise for the kids... they all got to pick a stuffed animal.

Here's Caitlin with her new puppy "Hermioney" and the kitty she got for her birthday... "Soap."

'Ermioney and Soap= Best Friends!

Will with his new friend, "Harry"

Brinners with a pink monkey, "DaDa"

The White House

Here are a few pictures of our little place...

Back yard:

Here is the entry way to the front room. Pictured: Front door and stair case to the upstairs.
Below: Front door is to the left. The door strait ahead is to a side screened patio, that doubles as our 'garage'.
Front room from another angle.

Dining Room. Still need to get a table. To the left is the kitchen, with a door that leads to the back yard--and to the right- bathroom and two bedrooms.

Lets turn Left first. Here is the entry to the kitchen.

Kitchen.

Hall way. Left is Bathroom. Strait ahead is the 1st bedroom, i.e. our 'storage' room/Brinley's nap room. and to the Right is J & A's bedroom.

Cute down stairs bathroom. PS. LOVE THE COLOR!

This is our work-in-progress room. Since we plan on moving within a year, we've held on to most of our boxes. They are stacked up along the right wall... as well as boxes of books and other 'long-term' storage items in grey tubs. This room changes weekly, as we try to organize and widdle out things we don't need... but the good thing is there is enough room for the Pack-n-Play for Brinley to take her naps-- so the kids can still have their play room up stairs. It would be nice to have all this stuff somewhere else ...so this be a guest bedroom... for when family comes to visit!! (hint hint!) We'll see if I can work my magic!

Now entering Justin and Amanda's bedroom...

Dresser and closet...

Bed.

Now, we take you up stairs to what we call the nursery/loft/play land. This is the staircase by the front door.

Caitlin and Will's Beds. The quilts on their beds were a gift made by Grammy Sue!

To the Left of C and W's Beds is Brinley's crib and changing table...

View from kids beds... Left is the stairs. In the back there are those two doors- on left is laundry room and right door is the second bathroom.

Bathroom.

Laundry Room.

Well, that's it! It's small and cozy... and works for now! We are excited to find a place of our own where we can stretch our arms out and not bump into each other. but for now we are enjoying a little peace knowing that we don't have to do any 'home-improvements'...give poor Justin a break! :)

peace out.