My Favorite Room

Wow! I can't believe it has been over a year and a half since I’ve written a post. I love coming back to this happy little place I call my blog.

A lot has happened over the past year. From new jobs to new homes…life is a crazy ride! We are finally feeling a sense of normalcy after a hectic year and I am so excited to share a tiny slice of what we’ve been up to.

The boys are pretty much adults now! (kidding…but they are 4!) and they are just as sweet and crazy and active as ever.

We sold our beloved duplex in April of last year and bought a new house. It was very hard to say goodbye to that place. The first house we ever bought, the house we brought the kids home to, our amazing backyard and all of the memories that were made there. It was a very good home to us. Even though it was sad, the timing felt right to move on to the next chapter in our lives. We love our new home!

We bought a house on the other side of town in September and we finally moved in mid-november. It’s an older home and everything needed painted (thanks, dad!). There is still work we would like to do and that needs to be done but for right now, we are feeling really good to be in this place.

Which brings me to my favorite room in the house…the front living room. This house is over double the size of our last one, I couldn’t imagine having more than one living space!

I love coming into this room to read, listen to music or play with the kids. It faces south and gets the most amazing sunlight…my lemon tree really thrives in this room. We didn’t get much natural light in the duplex so having these big windows in the front has been welcoming.

We spend a lot of time in this room. It makes me happy! I hope to share more of our home with you soon.

xoxo

Powder Room Update

We have been in our house for nine months now!  It's crazy to think that it has almost been a year since we started this journey of being homeowners.  There have been ups & downs along the way (more on that another time) & we are still working away at making it the perfect home for us!  One major thing to check off our list was the downstairs powder room.  Eventually, I would like to change out the gold doorknobs on all of our doors & replace the window blinds to wooden or bamboo shades, but for now it's perfect!  I'm really happy with how it turned out.  Have a look! :)

The first room I painted in our house was this bathroom, I actually started painting the day after we got our keys!  I used the color Polar Star by Valspar.  Another thing I wanted to do from the start was get a new mirror.  Turns out, the current mirror was glued to the wall & it wasn't coming down.  It was crooked & driving me crazy!  We decided to buy some wood & stain it, that way we could frame the mirror instead of buying a new one.  I think it turned out great!

Something else that we did early on (before moving in) was add some tile backsplash behind the sink.  This is one of my favorite things we did to this room!  It really helped transform it & add a little something extra to a boring bathroom.  We used this tile backsplash from Home Depot.  I love the look of the mixed glass & stainless steel tiles...I think it matches our paint color perfectly.

When we moved in, this bathroom (& the whole house) had gold fixtures everywhere.  The faucet, light & towel ring/toilet paper holder were all that brassy gold color.  We quickly switched those out to brushed nickel & it looks so much better!  

I'm excited to share the rest of our house with you soon!  Thank you for reading about our little bathroom makeover! :) XOXO

Six Months of Homeownership + Christmas Decor

Yesterday marked six months of owning our home!  I realize that I haven't done a home tour yet, but that's something that I am going to post after the New Year, when all of the holiday decorations are put away :) 

For now, here are a few pictures of some of the areas that are decorated & a look at some of our Christmas decorations!

As far as the house goes, we are pretty much finished with everything that we wanted to do.  There are a couple of projects that we would still like to do eventually, like build an outdoor patio area & get some built-in shelving in our master closet.  Aside from a few things that we still need to decorate (our master bedroom mainly) I am very happy with how it has all turned out!

I'm looking forward to sharing more with you, stay tuned for a full house tour!  XOXO