We've moved! We love our new house! I love it more and more everyday that we are here. It's the perfect fit for us.
Here's the outside.
The kids love that they each have their own room and lots of space to play, but they really, really love the jacuzzi tub.
Mike and I fell in love with the view. The wrap around deck is large and can hold a lot of people. It's perfect for entertaining and having lots of dinners outside. When it's nice outside, we even eat breakfast out there. Sometimes I'll take my scriptures out and read while it's nice and quiet. It's a little piece of heaven.
Did I mention the views are awesome? The sunsets are breathtaking and look different each night. We all gather and watch almost every single night.
The house has a few things we'll change, but overall it's in good shape. We took down the black watermelon wallpaper in the kitchen and painted instead. We put in those new double ovens (my babies!) and painted the oak trim white. It looks so much better! (And Cheers!! is one of my favorite decorations :) Mike makes fun of me because I love it so much.
We added plantation shutters throughout the entire house. Every window is matching and it makes me so happy! I love shutters! Another thing that sold us on this house was the basement. It has tall ceilings and tons of windows. It doesn't feel like a basement at all. The kids love being down there and they don't feel like they are in a dungeon.
We painted over the crazy paintings on the walls and make it look more uniform with the rest of the house. This basement definitely had personality when we bought it. It's a great game room for the kids now and they love to have little gatherings with their friends.
The backyard has been fun too. We didn't have much warm weather left when we moved in, but I think next spring/summer is going to be awesome in this yard.
It's an easy walk to church! I love that! How cute are they walking together!
SERIOUSLY!
I mean that view!
This was our biggest dilemma when we moved in... What do we do with this?? I mean green marble, crazy paint, and gold trim... who wouldn't love this, right?? We stewed over it for a good month and then our vision came together...
We had uncle Mike tear out the marble and add some modern tile work around the fireplace.
Then Mike and I pulled the gold trim off the fireplace.
Then we hired ROC Construction (Jose is our man!) to come and add a new frame floor to ceiling.
After the painters finished painting, it was like a brand new room. It went from being my least favorite spot in the house to being my absolute favorite spot! Mike had the idea to have the TV recessed into the woodwork which turned out amazing! It was fun for Mike and I to create this vision together and then see it turn out how we envisioned it.
Now we cuddle in front of it on our new sectional (that I love, but it comes with a really long story that involved RC Willey coming out 6! times to exchange pieces... I'll spare you the long saga of us finally getting a couch that wasn't damaged).
Overall we are happy here. The kids love the big stairways and open ceilings. Meg took these pictures of Ivy which I just had to post.
The previous owners left the girls this doll house which has been so fun!
But I still think their favorite part of the house is the tub! Hello big feet :)
