My House

Welcome to the tour of our first home! Here is Cameron running through the sprinklers to welcome you! And my hottie husband waits just outside the front door. "So let's get going!"
This is right inside our front door. I took this shot to showcase the painting and also to give orientation on the layout: our room is off to the right and you can see the hallway in the back that goes into the kids' room on the right and toward the bathroom and kitchen on the left.
Here's our front room (and my sweet kids).
Here's a closer shot of the dining area. Please don't make fun of my dining table and awesomely mismatched chairs. A new table and chairs are in the works. They are my pat-on-the-back purchase for a tax season completed and extra money earned. (Last year was a sleep number bed!)
Here is the front room from the other direction. You can see in our room...
...which is where we are now! Here's mine and Tyler's room (and Jane's for now too). Don't you LOVE all the windows?! This is an old house that has been renovated quite a bit, and I love these old houses because of their many windows. I love natural light and open all the curtains every day!
This is by far our favorite room in the house: the kitchen. We all spend a lot of time in here and we entertain in here quite a bit too. You can just see our office desk in the corner here and the laundry nook, two more things that add to our time spent in this room. This shot was taken from the dining area.
I was never convinced of the worth of a nice kitchen--i.e. the granite counters, stainless steel appliances, tiled floors--until living here. IT IS SO NICE!! Just another reason I am convinced I will always have to make due with less square footage since I like things nice but won't spend ridiculously for both the nicety and square footage.
Let me indulge by showing off my seasonal shelf that is in the kitchen. None of the shots quite took it in (the first one kind of did). I got this idea from my sister Holly, and I love having a little area to change decor for about every month.
Here is the hallway coming out of the kitchen and you can see where it loops back to the front room. (Cameron has made this loop his exercise running track and escape from mom and dad route--have you ever tried to chase a kid in a loop? You have to get tricky to catch them!) You can see our shelf storage, something old houses like this run short on, and the changing table right outside the kids' room (and photos cleverly covering the fuse box).
Here's our bathroom off to the left of the hallway. This shot was taken from the same standing point as the last.
Cameron and Jane's room! I happen to love how their room has come together. The rest of my house is very neutral and monochromatic, but I love using lots of color in this room and think it has come together really well.
That completes the tour of our first home, all 1000 square feet. Albeit rented, it is still our first unshared four walls with a yard and garage. I am surprised how much I love being in a house: no shared parking spaces and the associated door dings, lots of windows with greenery filling the views, and no worrying about Cameron noise-control for the sake of the neighbors. And I can't deny the sense of security and well-being a house brings. This sweet little house has added so much sweetness to our memories we've made here.