Mission Accomplished

We are definitely starting to feel a little more settled in our new house. After sorting, organizing, and taking lots of loads to DI (why do we always have so much stuff?!) We've at least managed to contain our mess to the basement bedroom which is going to serve as our office. The next item on our agenda is to 1) hit the black friday sales to hopefully find a deal on a sectional for our basement and 2) relax enough to actually enjoy ourselves! I've tried to take some pictures of the house so you can get an idea of what it looked like before and after, but I realized I'm not a very good photographer...especially of houses. Oh well. You'll just have to come visit us so you can see it in person :)
Before, the walls were this aqua blue/green and the carpet was that 80's gold. Blake made our bed and it used to be more than a foot taller than it is now. I made him chop the legs off so it was at normal height. The door to our bathroom is to the right of the window.

I tried to do a 360 view of Brooke's room. I love that her room is big enough for her to play in.

You can't really tell from the picture, but in the before living room pic the walls were this green color. And again with the yucky carpet.

We did the least amount of work in the kitchen (well, aside from redoing the floors). We only changed the handles on the cupboards. You can see how they were white and brass before. We switched them for brushed nickle and it makes a huge difference. I love my pantry. It has such deep shelves and those drawers so things don't get lost when you put them in the back.

Outside is Blake's birthday gift: a shiny new grill.

Probably the biggest change is the basement. As you can see, it used to have blue carpet and yellow walls. It was hideous. New carpet and paint have totally transformed it. It's long and narrrow so it makes it easy to separate into two seperate spaces. One side for the TV and one side for Brooke's play area.

We have two additional bedrooms (one is empty and one is a wreck), a laundry room and 2 and 1/2 bathrooms but who hasn't seen one of those? We love vistors, so make plans to come see us soon!