*tour de casa

I know some of you have wanted to see a 'home tour' .. I keep trying to get everything cleaned up and perfect to take pictures for that and you know... that's hard to make happen, especially the whole house at once! Also I have been slow to finish upstairs rooms and hang pictures, etc. But anyway, here is a decent little home tour. I even found some before pictures I snuck when we walked through the house the first time:

I love my kitchen and dining room so much!! LOVE them. They get beautiful light almost all day and have such a pretty view out to the back deck.  Cooking is so easy and enjoyable with so much counter and cupboard space.  Since we could never afford a kitchen remodel, I'm so glad it has easy colors.  and I love the gas stove!! I feel incredibly blessed and unworthy :)

Looks like I took this picture in back in November, probably thinking I'd put it up here.  I found this table on craigslist for pretty cheap - we love it!  For nine years we had the little 4-seater bistro table - it's so nice to have a real dining set. The chairs are pretty gross - I just need to get some fabric to reupholster.  They also sold us the little cart there in the corner where I keep placemats, napkins, morning devotionals and homework stuff.  We're hoping to get window treatments at some point and to replace the chandelier which gives a weird orange light in the evening.  Edie's little kitchen hutch is to the left.

This is the little nook off the living room. It's been a little hard to figure out, but it's a nice little space to have.  We got this pull-out couch on craigslist too. We want lots of space for visitors to crash if they need to :)  I kept half of the previous owners' cafe curtains up just because we need something there, but hopefully we'll get something better there soon. I have a hard time choosing something that 'pulls it all together.'

This is looking the other way. It is often really messy and doesn't look very put together, but oh well. Someday it would be nice to have a built-in or a nicer piece of furniture for TV and to keep toys in.

I love our living room as well.  I fretted over whether we should paint this one too, and now that the rooms on either side are gray, it seems to work fine (it's a light blueish greenish).  I still haven't really done much with the mantel - I need a Tamara-type to come over and help :)

part 2 coming soon...