Making a House our Home

When we bought our house, we knew there were lots of things we would like to change. Everything takes time and money (who knew!) It is a slow, but rewarding process and I actually enjoy making it "ours".  I love the bones of our house (though Nolan worries we might have some breaks!).I love the trees. I love the giggles in our kitchen, the cuddles in the nursery and all the books read in Kenlee's room. I am thankful for the cookies baked, the cars played with, the tents created, the picnics in the backyard, and all the other memories our house holds. I love that this house is the home we brought both our babies home to and cuddled up in bed and said prayers of thankfulness for our sweet family. It is small and there are some quirky things about it but it is all that we need and I feel so blessed to love where we live. As sentimental as I feel about our house... oh my goodness did (does) it need some work.

This is was the master bedroom. Jealous aren't you?? Not everyone can have salmon colored walls with slightly pinker trim.

 

 Lucky for us, a master electrician lived here too.

A few changes

(I took this picture at the wrong time of the day for it to be pretty light, it looks super yellow... but it is not haha)

This was Emerson's room

 The glossy brown(ish) wall was carefully painted with much attention to detail. As a bonus, under this paint was flocked butterfly wallpaper.

His room now

Kenlee's room before

 and after

 

 reading corner

art corner

The kiddos bath before

 

The great thing about this mirror, was no matter where you stood... you had a weird cut across your face from the many, many sections of mirror. If you were lucky enough to be Nolan's height, part of your face was in the diamond and part of it was above it. Awesome.

 

...and after...

 

 

 Our lovely entry before

 and after

My favorite change. Our living room. Before.

 And after

 Let there be light.

 We have just recently finished this room. It was a beating. It was so worth it. We still have lots of little things to add to and do to all the rooms but I think it is a great start. *Coming soon* Soonish. The dining room and the "office"!!!