Our house in photos

It's 10 am, I'm down to three kiddos right now (woo-hoo!) who are occupied (thank you Disney Junior) and my house is clean ...well, let's just say no one will trip walking through the living room. Let's be honest, my house hasn't been cleaned without company since I had the twins. If I've got the downstairs presentable, then I'm doin' good. Anyway, I decided, why not blog? Since I owe Michelle pictures of the house, I'[m starting there. It's still a work in progress, but we're getting there.-and yes, I am aware that we've been here 4 months already. Slow and steady wins the race? Yeah. Yeah. That's what I'm gonna go with. =)

Here's your tour!



The key to our home!



Living Room-

   living room project- the end table


    Before

   After

 matches the entertainment unit pretty nicely, I think.

as unsightly as it is, we LOVE our SuperSac

Kitchen

we have a gerber daisy theme

Dining Room
Project- paint the blood red wall
Before

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After

Toy Room

Project #1- wake up the walls
Before

we had my mom come over and paint the cutest silhouettes of a little boy and girl blowing bubbles

Project #2- Get the toy kitchen to match

Before 

After

we switched out the ceiling fan for the boy's room fan which was white and speckled with different shades of blue (I know) and painted each blade the colors from the rug

Downstairs Bathroom

I REALLY can't stand this bathroom wall color, but I've run out of energy, so it's gonna wait.

Now for the upstairs...

Master Bedroom

Project- paint the room (same red as downstairs and tan)

Before

After

This room is just plain big and there's still work to be done. One day we'll have this half of the room decorated and (fingers crossed) we'll have a chair and a half chaise in the corner over there were the boxes are. :)





Kid's Bathroom
Project- paint frog and dragon flies  

thanks mom!

I painted these to match the towels...wanna know something pathetic? I've yet to hang these.

Laundry Room

ignore all the laundry. This room is always over flowing with 7 people in the family



 Girl's Room



I made these cute canopies to hang over their beds, but again, haven't hung them up yet! :)


Boy's Room
Coming soon...baby was sleeping. Way to risky to enter. =)

Backyard

It's been well over 100 degrees lately and yard work has been pushed to the back of our "To Do" list...as you can see

Project - weed garden into vegetable garden
Before

If you look behind them, there's the before picture of the garden area. It was just weeds.

After- tomatoes, watermelon, squash, bell peppers, Anaheim chilies, Serrano chilies, basil, strawberries

 next up...turning my nemesis (the sandbox)

into a water feature. Wish us luck! ...well, more Brian than me ;)
We'll keep you updated as the projects unroll!        

Ps- Just thought you'd like to know- I now need to do damage control through the living room. I swear, you live 'em alone for a minute....