The House Update: Part 1

Last year, a little after moving into our dream house, that we plan to grow old in, I did a little house tour.

I thought it would be fun to do these periodically to see how the house changes as our family & style grows.

You can catch part 1 HERE.

Now let's see where we are at...

The Kitchen...

Yep, still only 1 stool!

I have been keeping an eye out for deals on new stools in general... maybe some white ones to brighten up the house, or ones I could paint a fun red or something...

I am not great at keeping an eye on CraigsList but I am trying to be better so I can find something. 

Id rather spend the money on other things that buying brand new bar stools... or 100 dollar matching black one. 

Still no backsplash...

Brian thinks we can do this this spring and I actually took a look at Home Depot this past weekend.. 

We have ALOT of area to cover, and I have expensive taste... 

Below are a few ideas I have..

I have a thing for the glass tile...   

I am thinking the white to try and lighten it all up some...

And I am thinking that I really want to do something like this below the bar... 

Next up is the office... 

Alot has been done here!  

This time last year it was our junk room of all the stuff that still needed a place to go... 

Its coming together but I still have alot I want to do to it... 

The pictures on the wall are hung so high because I plan to put in some board & batten on the wall like this... 

And the back wall will eventually get built in book shelves like this... 

someday.... 

Hall bathroom.... 

Has not changed. 

We do need to repaint it. 

The house was painted in a pretty, nonwashable paint... AKA you are unable to get any marks off of it! 

So there are horrible water lines on the wall from washing your hands and turning to grab a towel. I have painted over them but we really just need some better paint. 

I hope to do a fun color too.. any suggestions?!

Next time Sherwin Williams is having a big sale, its on! 

The Mudroom... 

I originally had a table under the board, but I decided to move it to the entry way. 

As soon as Leah came home and saw the table was moved, she removed EVERY SINGLE THING off the board and put them in a drawer. 

The calendar, pictures, coupons, 30 tacks... 

I still have yet to get them back out and up on the board... 

I also am in search of a perfect bench to go here... 

When we were building the house we originally had them doing a built in bench here, but we took it out at 600+ dollars for it.  

Now I am kind of regretting it... 

And the final "room" for Part 1... 

The Laundry room. 

Which I am sparing you from a picture of. 

Nothing has been done. 

And its a major laundry day for me so its a jumble of clothes right now... 

It still needs a lot of work. 

Looks like we will be keeping Brian's cousin's husband, our handy man, busy! 

Hopefully I can knock out alot of these projects in 2013!! 

Stay tuned for Part 2 & 3...