Ok, so you want to hear about the house?
It’s 2950 square feet. Twice the size of our last house. There are 4 bedrooms, and the large one downstairs is currently Nate’s office and the workout room. So we’re still in 3 bedrooms, and everyone is sharing, but the bedrooms are significantly bigger than they were in the last house. At some point in the future (as we intend to be here forever), we may build an office for Nate onto the back of the house so we can reclaim the 4th bedroom.
The new house is 2 miles away from the old one, so we don’t feel uprooted. We’re going to the same school, our church congregation is the same, and we still have the neighbors over for dinner and family celebrations.
That was very important to us, staying very close. We’ve put roots down here the past 6 years, and had no intention or desire to start all that over again. We LOVE the new house. Everyone that comes over says that it is very “us.” We agree.
The orange wall you see in the photo is the wall that had the diamonds. Remember those? The funky plants in the foreground came from Molbaks, along with the gorgeous glass pots they’re sitting in. I love them.
We seem to be going with a very green & orange theme in the living room. It’s cheery. And it must be trendy right now, because there is green and/or orange stuff EVERYWHERE in the stores. I’m not worried about changing trends though. Nate has loved orange forever, and aside from the fact that I REALLY like green, it plays very well off of the leafing maple trees right outside of the large windows, bringing the outdoors indoors in a way.
Not the best picture, but this is the carpet that went into the girls’ room. It is “Playground” carpet in the Kathy Ireland collection. I don’t remember the name of the color, but it’s the less bright of the two available greens. As it turns out, it’s the right color for the living room, and the remnant they left is the perfect size. The carpet company said it’d be $120 to bind the remnant edges into a rug, which seems very pricey to me. I might shop around for a better deal.
April 27th, 2006 at 10:26 pm
Your living room is stunning, my dear! I am partial to greens, myself. Yeah, that seems very pricey for getting a remnant bound…since you can get actual area rugs for that price. But I don’t know anything about it. I was hoping it would be cheaper because when and if we put laminate down, I’d been planning to take the good parts of our carpet and bind them into rugs. Why waste them, right? I hope you find something more economical.
April 27th, 2006 at 11:33 pm
Such a great room!
April 28th, 2006 at 12:45 am
love the colours! and I haven’ been in the shops or reading the magazines. When we painted the walls of our house I was shocked to discover I have a favourie palatte that I had been collecting in for yrs and yrs unwittingly
April 28th, 2006 at 2:41 am
Yeah for “still hav(ing) the neighbors over for dinner and family celebrations”!!!
Thanks for the yummy dinner last night and the knitting help, the candles, etc., etc., etc.!
While it’s not the same not being two doors apart, we’re so glad you’re only two miles away.
It’s also so much fun to keep up with your family through the blog. I feel like I should have a blog to keep you posted, but it would be a very boring read. : )
Your house is coming together nicely, your newest kiddo is adorable, and again, we’re so glad you still live within spittin’ distance!
J, D & j
April 28th, 2006 at 3:58 am
Your living room looks great! I can imagine everyone curling up on those couches! 🙂
April 28th, 2006 at 4:39 am
It all looks so lovely. I hope you are enjoying it. Fantastic.
April 28th, 2006 at 7:47 am
I enjoy checking in on your new house/new baby pictures! Glad to see everything is working so nicely. . . you must have great energy to be able to get so much done with Clark! You might check with D. A. Burns regarding the binding of the carpet remnant. They give a discount if you bring it in and pick it up. . . I’ve had good service with them.