Finally...the house post!

WARNING: HIGH PHOTO VOLUME AHEAD

But it is a post about our house so you would expect pictures. It has taken Mommy forever to take photos of the "after" part of the house. This is due to the fact that Cara and I are not known for neat habit. We're more destructors leaving a path in our wake. Plus Mommy and Daddy got really lucky and there wasn't much the house needed for the after photos except furniture. The owners before had done a beautiful paint job in an effort to sell the home and he did wood working and so there is beautiful crown molding detail. (Minor note: Mommy would take photos of those details but we're already posting a lot of pictures.)

Disclaimer: Mommy started thinking about NOT posting pictures of the house to try and force visits out of everyone who wanted to see it. However, we do have quite a few friends who it is just not possible for them to make it out. So she wants it known that this post does not excuse anybody within 450 miles of coming to see and stay in our home. Yes, St. George does get hot in the summer, but this beautiful home is equipped with ceiling fans and a working A/C. And there are plenty of pools, splash parks, and lakes to go cool off in. And she visits Salt Lake in the dead of winter, when there is snow and ice and everything icky.

So as a reminder this is the front of the home. We are located in a delightful neighborhood on a quiet cul-de-sac that is already off a side street. There is park within 5 minute walking distance and a fire department too!

Not the traditional stucco look of St. George. The home was built in 1996. It has 4 bedrooms/2 bathrooms.

Here is the main room before (note the delightful 90's green carpet. It was in the process of being removed as Mommy was snapping photos. Oh and she apologizes but even with auto-flash she somehow is terrible with light exposure in photos.)

And here it is after with all our furniture in it and can you spot Daddy? He's playing with Cara who is systematically pulling out all our DVDs.

And we'll call this our music/family/don't we look spiritual room. When we pretend to hold family home evening, it happens in here. Funny enough, it's wired for surround sound. Yes just that small space.


No real changes between the before and after shot here but the before shot has better light exposure and shows of the fake wood floor better.


Now off to the right after coming in the front door are three bedrooms and a bathroom. The first is mine and eventually Cara's room. I even helped paint the "Tinker Bell Green" accent wall. We do have photos from that too but they are on Aunt Angie's camera.


The biggest change in the house was this bathroom. It was painted a deep rusty red and has laminate pressed linoleum of some kind. Even the back of the door was painted.


This is our play room for now. The before shot was just more green carpet and had terrible lighting. Both this room and Daddy's office have "walk in" closets. They are not huge but it's still just a regular door on the outside.

And speaking of Daddy's office. It's at the front of the house and has a big beautiful window. Unfortunately, Mommy and Daddy somehow lost two critical bars for the beloved futon and it now sits on it's partially put together frame in quite a sad state in this room.


And now off the left of the big front room is the kitchen and the master bedroom. The before shot of the kitchen is strictly because it shows a different angle of the kitchen. We didn't do much except purchase a refrigerator.



The laundry room is just the little hall leading out to the garage but it's still nice to be able to close a door on the sound of laundry. We replaced the floor in here too because it was the same strange linoleum and we got a great deal on the tile. We have extra if anyone needs a small tiling job done! We also bought the washer and dryer. Aren't they pretty?


Finally the master suite! Mommy and Daddy LOVE their new space. Technically, Cara still shares with them but she is starting to sleep through the night and sleeps much better in that crib than I ever did! (More on that on a later post...)




And yes this Master Bathroom originally came with the lovely green carpet...it had to go. We also took out the sliding mirror doors that went on the sort of walk in closet. Notice the strange looking arrangement of the shower and tub. It's supposed to be a glass enclosed shower but instead there is a tension rod a foot inside it and so we have this lovely "staging area" in our shower. It's great!




And a few more photos of the backyard.


This side yard still looks a little like this. There is just too much space for us to even pin down all our wildest dreams. (Orchard, pool, splash pad, sport court-that would be Uncle Eric-, trampoline-in the ground are just a few of the things that have been thrown out there.) We were just happy to have the enclosed back yard!

Phew! So there you have it. That's the house....I warned you that it was a high photo volume. Trust me though. The pictures do not do it justice.