More House

Here it is, some of the inside...
The view from our front door. Nathan is in the Kitchen/Dining Area but you will have to wait until the next post to hear about that part of the house. We love the floors and repainted everything, including the ceilings. My sisters are disappointed we went with white/cream. They wanted us to have color, but after paining every square inch of the house I want something I won't get tired of. I can add color in other, much less permanent ways. I really am more like my dad than I let on. (He loves white walls.)
One day we will be replacing that ugly light fixture you see in this picture. It is ugly and causes concussions because it hangs so low. I have no desire to have a formal dining room table there for it to go over. Instead we are going to have a big open living room area and piano nook. We plan on the TV eventually going in the Office/TV/Family room. I love the idea of not having a television in our main living area. I don't want it to be the center of our family time.

 One day the sectional will be replaced and the other couch and TV will be in the TV room, but until we find other furniture we love, we will get by with the set up like this. (Please note my Halloween decorations on the mantle.) The piano that you can see the corner of in the bottom right was a Craigslist find...$50. Not bad. We just haven't had someone over to help us move it where we want it, so it is currently stuck behind the couch. Someday it will probably be where the TV is.

 A view from the other direction. I love all the light. The door on the left is a coat closet picture below.
The hallway is to the right in this picture across from the sectional.

Here is the hallway. The first door on the left is the Office/TV room. The second is the garage. On the right is a linen/game closet (I wanted the game to be accessible to the main living area) and then the main bathroom. These light fixtures will also be going because they put off lots of heat and have a million tiny light bulbs in each.

Below is the linen closet, you can kind of see the edge of the couch, so you get an idea of where it is located.

Main Bathroom: Love that it has two sinks, don't live the linoleum, but I am willing to live with it so that we can get other projects done. It is low on the priority list. The tape is still on the floor because we still have some baseboard painting to complete

 I also like that it has a door to separate the shower/toilet from the sinks. It will come in handy when we have lots of kids that are trying to all get ready for church.

 That's all you get of the inside for now. Touring via pictures is tedious.
I will, however give you another look at our backyard, since that is where we have spent a lot of time working lately, trimming trees and bushed, mowing the grass, taking care of weeds...all that fun stuff. Look at my rosebushes! I love having fresh-cut flowers from my garden on my table.

 Here are the fun stairs I talked about last time but you couldn't really see.

 My lawn from the other side.