Wednesday, November 15, 2006


Final House Tour

Gina made a request for more house pictures so here is pretty much the rest of it. I'm not posting pictures of my bedroom because it seems to always be too messy to photograph. Go figure. Anyway, we haven't decorated any walls yet, but I have a pile of pictures that are "to be hung" when I can finally decide where I want them. Oh well, I can't wait forever to blog this so I figured I'd just get it over with. Descriptions precede the pictures.

This is a shot from my living room toward the dining room and kitchen. The door on the left is the front door, door on the right is the garage entrance. (That reminds me, I never took a picture of the garage. Well, if you're interested I might do that later.) In between the doors is the step where Ryan bashed his head open.


This shot is standing on the step looking left at the bookcase. We bought this thing from Sams Club and brought it home. After Derek assembled it I noticed that it had like 38 puncture holes in it all over the place and quite a few scratches. It looked like someone took a nail and just hammered in a cluster on 3 or 4 sides of the thing. SO, I called the customer service to complain and she told me that it was "a distressed finish they gave to it." You mean, they did this on purpose?? Whatever. Instead of saying that it had a distressed finish, the box should've said, "We beat the crap out of this bookshelf for you." Heck, if I wanted it to look trashed I could've let Ryan loose on the thing. Oh well, we cut our losses since it was a relatively inexpensive bookshelf to begin with. I should hang a picture or two - this looks so boring!


Here is the dining room table and roll top desk. We do not eat here (do you notice the carpet?) but Ryan and I will color and sew and that sort of thing. I just attempt to keep it somewhat uncluttered.


This is standing in the doorway to the kitchen. I don't have many complaints about this place, but the kitchen floor has GOT to go. Ryan spilled flour all over it Sunday and it got in all the cracks between the wood slats. *sigh* It really is nightmarish to clean. That hanging lamp is pretty ugly too.


Standing in the porch doorway you get this view to the left.


And to the right. (New dishwasher, old fridge)

Out toward the dining room again.

Sink and oven and such. Please don't say anything about my window box set up. I DID take out the divider and got another little Amarylis plant. I have all of these bananas and pears that need to ripen so I have them in my window to keep Ryan away from them (my sisters understand). It doesn't look great - really cluttered and not even semi-symetrical, but your suggestions didn't fall on deaf ears.


I guess all that's left is my bedroom, garage, and the porch.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

I definitely need to see the garage. ;) Your house is awesome, it looks so big and roomy, and I love the view out your windows- it's so green. Is it warm there? I noticed you have TWO kitchen tables! That is a step up, didn't you have ZERO tables at one time? I am so happy for you.

Anonymous said...

Looks great, Jen! I can't believe how open and light it feels. A big step up from all of those basements you lived in, huh? I love the desk in the dining room.

jenerekfamily said...

Derek and I laugh because the only furniture in our house that we actually purchased: the couches, the bookshelves, the small round kitchen table with chairs. That's IT! It is why our house is very mismatched, but I don't see anything wrong with that. It shows how many generous people there are in this world.

The light in this place is surely a big change. It's also so nice because I can open up the windows and the air circulates really well in the place. Ahhhh!

jamie said...

Lovely, Jen. I love that the walls aren't brown paneling. And that you have a window box. And that you have those gorgeous couches!

Jodie said...

I think it looks great, too!! Is the hallway to the bedrooms that indented space I see next to the bookshelf? I'm trying to figure out where everything is.

I think it looks nice and spacious and clean! Hooray!