The Kitchen

I realized after starting this whole "Home Tour" that I did NOT have very many pictures of our kitchen before.

Then I truly realized why.  I could barely stand on one side of the kitchen and take a picture of the other.  It was TOO close.  It was that small.  Literally it was 10' by 10' square.

Not to mention that in that square there were THREE doorways.

One to the basement...one to the dining room...and one to a hallway.

MISERABLE.

Looking back I don't even know how we functioned.

In the picture below I was standing in the HALLWAY!!!

 

All that is missing from the above picture is our refrigerator on the right side. 

BRUTAL

So after 3 years of remodeling the above kitchen we decided to add on to our house.

And presenting...the NEW kitchen

 

It has EVERYTHING anyone could want in a kitchen :)

 Awesome Pottery Barn Lights

 

 A farmhouse sink

Tons of cabinetry...

 Bookshelves

 Hidden storage

 Double ovens, a warming drawer, AND a tv (which hooks up to the internet so I can view Pinterest and ALL of my recipes are right in my kitchen)

 I stalk the tile...it's my fave

 A bar area that is not quite finished...we have to purchase our ice maker and mini fridge :)

A breakfast nook for seating

****I made these awesome curtains using a tutorial that I found on Pinterest.  Make some...NOW!!!

More awesome lighting

 And seating at the island :)

 And with a fridge THAT large it's perfect for entertaining!!!!

 Right next to the kitchen is a little hallway with a chalkboard...This mini area USED to be our old kitchen...yikes.  Where the chalkboard is used to be where our old fridge was.  It was miserable.

 I don't know that I would have changed a thing when adding on to our kitchen.  I love the colors and the spaciousness.   We are totally spoiled.  We went from 10' by 10' to 16' by 32' of HEAVEN!

Thanks for coming by!!

The Living Room

On to the first room in the house on this lovely home tour. The living room was grand and bland.

Not an ounce of color on the walls and I partially understand their fear.  It is a huge room and a huge paint job.  You must get the color right.

The view out the windows and doors was beautiful.  I STALKED this window from the second I laid eyes on it!!!

 The two story living room was beautiful.  However, not beautiful is this disaster of a chandelier.  I must admit it's still in the house.  We have yet to tackle that LARGE of a disaster. 

 

 Under the staircase was this little "nook." I love it.  And I still have big plans for it someday in the future.  And please excuse our random placement of furniture in all of these pictures.  Move in day was a CIRCUS!!

 This is basically the opposite view of the living room.  I was standing right in front of my favorite window.

 And the last before picture is that of the fireplace. How sad is this fireplace???

Here are some updated photos of our living room

 We went with a bold blue-grey color.  The room needed color and I am thrilled with how the color turned out. 

We still have yet to find our "dream sofa."  But the old one has worked fine.  I truly love the Pottery Barn furniture that we got.  I love the contrast of the blue and black.

 The wall of the fireplace we decided to leave white.  The fireplace is still a work in progress.  We can't take the black tile and gold fixtures, but improvements cost $$$ and that one will take a LARGE chunk as we all know :)

I already want to change this room up big time.  I want to make a sitting area in front of the fireplace.  We originally needed this secondary eating area because our kitchen was MINI sized.  But with that upgrade this area can go.  I see this room getting a major renovation probably next summer.  :) whoops!!!

Here are some close ups of different areas in the living room :)

I would like to get a cute table for the entry area...

The bar next to the fireplace...and yes that is a leg lamp that stays out YEAR long :)

 Our map of Greece broken up

 Where I am typing from right now :)

 Our stairway...maybe my favorite part of the room

I hope you enjoy our living room!

I have the itch...

Not the scary burning type of itch...GROSS

But time for a new project itch.  Like I can't wait for my husband to go out of town so I can redecorate itch.  HA HA.  I guess maybe I will just have to settle for when he's at work...which is tonight and tomorrow :) Woo Hoo.   However I am going to attempt to tackle something kind of big...by big I mean time consuming and this is what I'm going after...

I want to recreate this STELLAR pattern on my wall.  It probably won't be too overwhelming since about 3/4 of the wall are covered in tile...so it will just be the tops.  But, we shall see.  The amazing tutorial can be found HERE.  Now to the paint store and to get my supplies right after work...and it's on...like donkey kong.

Tonight's mission...get everything drawn out onto the wall...tomorrow day and night...PAINT!! I really want to use the color palette as seen here below...

This closet makeover is AMAZING.  Check it out HERE.

So I am thinking something in this grey with the above pattern!! Ideas?? Who's with me??

Updates to come :)

Bedroom...and Bathroom

It's been a while so I just wanted to post the most recent pictures of our remodel.  Here are a few of the bedroom with some pictures and the things in it for every day :)

 And finally...my dream bathroom.  It has storage, white marble, a clawfoot tub and a walk in shower. I am officially in Heaven as I get ready every day!!!

 The tile is my favorite.  This diamond pattern mosaic really is the standout piece in the room.  It was the perfect way to tie together the white marble and the black countertops...as well as the grey we wanted on the walls.  We also got the rain shower head, two body jets and a handheld shower.  All make me NEVER want to get out of the shower.  Good thing we put in the PERSONAL water heater JUST for this room. HA HA HA!

Final pictures of the other side of the house will be here soon.

AND...if you noticed the new picture above we just got some AH-mazing pictures taken by a wonderful woman named Jamie Faulkner.  She does incredible work and we couldn't be happier.  Here is the link to our sneak peak.  Enjoy...I can't WAIT for our pictures to come in!!

Laundry and Bedroom :)

MORE PICTURES!!!!!!!!!!

Here are the most recent pictures of the house.  We have just painted the laundry room and moved the furniture downstairs...so enjoy :)

 Here is our PINK laundry room.  It looks very ballerina pink in the picture, but it is really more of a peachy LIGHT pink in real life.  So different in pictures...

 All cabinets are hung...just missing the piece for the middle over the cooktop.  But it sits directly on the countertop so it has to wait!!!

 Bar area :) Room for mini fridge and ice maker!!

 Farmhouse sink and dishwasher.  To far right will be double ovens with TV over it!

 View of island to bar area and breakfast nook!!!

 Bedroom with furniture in it. We are still sleeping upstairs because the heat and AC haven't been hooked up yet.  Going to get matching drapes for our windows on side of bed.  We really wanted shutters but our windows are too shallow :(  TEARS!!!!!

 Sitting area by fireplace...really this is where Jimmy will eat late night meals after work.

 View from MY side of bed!!!

 

Hallway/walkway into our bedroom.  This used to be the guest bedroom!!!

 Here is the new bedding.  We went with an ivory quilt.  I love it!

 A quick before and after shot...Here is before with tub in it's place...

 AFTER!!!!

 Here is before where the old shower and tub were ripped out...

 AFTER...

Just waiting on the shower glass for the shower and this side is DONE!!!!!

Woohoo!! See you all soon!