Monday, September 29, 2014

Our Home Tour, Come On In

Last week I was nominated by Ashley at Life On The Parsons Farm to give a tour of our house. If your as snoopy as I am you can't get enough of these glimpses inside others homes so you can go check out her tour from last week. I was thrilled to be nominated. I have been thinking about doing a home tour post for a while now, what better time than now!

This is our home


Before I dive into this home I want to give a little history. It all starts with the home that was here originally, and the tornado that destroyed that home.



With hopes of rebuilding we tore down our home and bought the lot next door. About 7 months later we began building "our dream home" Well, the one that we could afford to build that is.



Welcome to our 1650 sq ft, 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom craftsman style home. We have a split floor plan leaving the girls on one side of the house and us on the other.

A few things to note about the exterior of the house. My husband did every bit of it, except for the concrete/stone work. Our front porch is HUGE, I absolutely love it, it is truly one of my favorite parts of our house. Last, if I had to choose the colors again I wouldn't do a thing differently, I love our "red" house.


Come on in, this is our living room. This room has 10' ceilings. They really help it look and feel nice and open. If you look ahead you can see where it transitions down to 8'. I absolutely love the floor plan of this home, open but not to open.

Straight ahead is the dining room/kitchen area. The bedrooms are on both sides of this main space.


Looking to the right from the front door. The door back there is our bedroom.


Close up of the gallery wall, still a work in progress. I want to fill it in some more along the bottom and the top a bit as well. 


This is the view standing by the gallery wall.


Russ built this table for me, love my handy man.


We took this photo when they were tearing down our old home. I instantly knew that it would need a place in our new house.


From here if we go straight ahead I can quickly show you the master bedroom. The ceilings in there are also 10'


The walls are gray with the wall behind the bed being several shades darker. Sorry for the horrible lighting and cell phone pictures.

To the left is a chest of drawers and our closet. 



To the right is our bathroom


Our bedroom is a pretty large space. Sometimes I wish we had made it just a tiny bit smaller, others I am glad we left it as is. After all not everyone has room for a Christmas tree in their bedroom.

Even crazier is this bathroom. I am pretty sure I had bedrooms smaller than this growing up. 



Back out in the main space let's take a look at the dining kitchen area.

That door goes to the laundry room, but there isn't much to see in there.


The dining room is a work in progress. I have a plan to make some mirrors to hang on the back empty wall (see above). I also would like to re-do the artwork that is currently on the walls. But that will all get done, when it get's done.


To the right of the dining room is a bar area and the kitchen.


I love my kitchen and I still swoon over my stove. 


On the left is a huge pantry area. A pantry room would have been nice but this is great and conveniently located.


Up top I store all of my salsa, apple sauce, jelly, jam and other goodies that I have canned. This cabinet is full of hard work and love. 


Through the arch way is what we call the "play room". 


Originally the idea for this space was to give the girls a place to play while I am cooking or whatever. If they want to play out of their rooms, this is the space to do that in.

That door leads out to the patio.


Currently this is just a playing hang out room. I also keep my project table in here. Other than kid art this room is pretty un-decorated. We do have a long term plan for this space. Sometime, before the next school year, this room we be transformed into our school room. I am so excited to start planning and working on that. 



Let's take a look at the girls side of the house.

Straight ahead is a linen closet.


Down this small hall way you will find a large coat closets to your left. I made sure to include LOTS of storage space in our home. I use this space for craft supplies as well as coats. 


Emily's room is on the left.



The bathroom is in the middle


And Marissa's room is on the right



I REALLY want to paint that old dresser... I just haven't got up the nerve to do it yet. 


Before I finish, let's take a quick peek in the back yard.

Our double lot made for plenty of yard space, the two car garage is also located back here. 



And that is our home!

Thank you so much for visiting us.

Next week be sure to check out Courtney at Sweet Turtle Soup


She is going to be giving a holiday house tour showing off all of her hard work and fall/Halloween decorations. I can't wait to check it out!

 If you would like to give your own tour next Monday leave me comment and I will give your blog a shot out on Friday's blog post. 


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22 comments:

  1. You know I love your house!

    I can't wait to hear about your school room plans. I'm cooking some creative plans up myself :)

    Excited to see Courtney's space!!

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  2. WOW! Your home is beautiful! And how amazing that your husband did a lot of the work, that's incredible. I love your gallery wall and dining room table, so lovely! And the girls' rooms are super cute! Thanks for sharing!

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  3. You have an absolutely beautiful home! I am super jealous of that HUGE backyard. Our yard is really tiny, but works for now since our little on is still small. Hopefully our next house will be just a little bit bigger and have a fenced in yard. That would be a dream.

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  4. Love your house!!!! Our "playroom" is also conviently located off the kitchen. It's honestly the perfect location. I will forever be obsessed with y'all's backyard! I also love how much personality you've given your home with all the meaningful art and pictures!

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  5. I love your house! As I've said before, makes me wish I had my own place to decorate. I think that's something I'm most excited about. :-)

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  6. I love your home! It's beautiful and you did a great job working on maximizing storage and usable spaces for the kids too! That playroom area will make a GREAT school room with all that natural light! Your backyard is amazing! I am so jealous of how flat it is! So easy for kiddos to run and play! I love how it's craftsman inspired but not the the rules -- we are trying to do some of that too!

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  7. I love how you used the craftsman style for inspiration but didn't follow it to a T. We're trying for something similar! You did a great job maximizing space and usable layout. That play room will be an awesome school room with all the light it has! You've got so many personal touches in your home - I love it! Oh and we considered red for a color too! not what we picked but love it as a color! :)

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  8. I found you through the blog hop. Your house is so pretty and I love the colors that you've picked!

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  9. I love so much, I do. But that backyard is unbelievable. And I have an idea for the spot on your gallery wall.. what about a framed chalkboard with a Bible or inspirational quote. Maybe one the girls can memorize.

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  10. I love red colour of the house! I've never been a fan of boring colours though. Such a pretty pop. The whole thing is gorgeous! You guys did a great job building it. Having a big porch in the front and back is basically my dream, complete with the porch swing! And, gallery walls, and fall decor, and cute chairs..oh my!

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  11. Your house - GORGEOUS!! There is no such thing as too much storage, good call implementing that everywhere possible.
    And your backyard? I dream of a backyard like that!!

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  12. Okay let me go in order! I love your porch! So nice and spacious! The table your man made is awesome and I love how you incorporated a photo of your old home! I think I will put a Christmas tree in our room this year! What a great space for homeschool! And that yard is huge - great idea buying the neighboring lot.

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  13. LOVE a home tour post!!! Love your home. Craftsman style *swoon*. That porch is awesome. Your style is so nice, clean, colorful, and fun!

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  14. Love your craftsman exterior! Our home also has one color siding and cedar shakes in another color. Love that look! Beautiful porch, beautiful master bath and great back yard!

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    1. I love the look to. So much more interesting that way. Thank you, thank you! Glad you stopped by and looked around!

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  15. New follower! :) Your house is adorable. My husband & I love everything craftsman! I love, love your front door! Excited to follow along. :)

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  16. Such a beautiful home! I love that it has so much meaning for you and your family!

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  17. You have such a gorgeous home! Thank you for sharing those photos!

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  18. Thank you so much. It was a really fun post to put together.

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