One Year In Our Home Tour
Who is ready for a new and updated home tour?!?! It is absolutely crazy to me that we have lived in our new home for one whole year now! We are seriously so happy living in this house.
Some of the things that I worried about before we moved in(like having a detached garage or a laundry room in the basement) have turned out to be non-issues and/or perks of this house!
And some of the main reasons that we bought this house: location, 4th bedroom, backyard- have been absolutely amazing to us. Every day we wake up here and can’t believe that this place is ours!
In our first year of living here we(read: Jim) have done SO MUCH WORK.
I thought it would be fun to do a current home tour to show the current state of things and to list/show off everything that we have done so far! And at some point, I’d love to put together another post listing everything that we hope to do this coming year(but this post had gotten long enough, so we’ll save that for another day!)
The Exterior
Here are some of the things that we have done to the outside of our home in no particular order:
Replaced Exterior Light On Garage
Replaced Side Door Extrance Exterior Light
Removed Front Shrubs
Built New Flower Beds
Stripped(and stripped some more), sanded, and stained front door
Built and installed window boxes
Re-wired garage
Trimmed Pine Tree
Vaccumed/Mulched Leaves
Cleaned Gutters
Fertilized & Seeded Entire Yard
Installed New Garage Door Opener
Trimmed Shrubs(multiple times!)
Installed Keyless Entry On Side Entrance
Removed Satellite Dish
Power Washed Deck
Stained Deck
Covered Columns
Painted Columns
Painted Shutters
Painted Deck Rails
Re-directed Conduit To Garage
Hung Up Deck Lights
Removed (giant) Dead Tree (professionally!) From Backyard
Whew! As you can see- this year we spent most of our time fixing and working on things on the outside of our house. You can see a full exterior tour in this post from earlier this summer!
The Entry Way
If there is any space that I have blogged about the most– it has got to be this entry way! With it’s low ceilings and interesting layout, it has been such a hard space for me to conquer! I’m happy with it currently…but you know me. I’ll probably change it up again at some point next year 😉
In this area we have:
Removed painted over wallpaper
Repainted
Changed out the light fixture(twice)
Hung up the magnolia wreath and wall art
The Guest Room(and small hallway!)
This room is hardly ever used but it is seriously one of my favorite rooms in the house! It makes me so, so happy to know that our parents have a quiet and private place to stay whenever they come to visit. One of the biggest motivating factors for us in finding a new home with an extra bedroom was so that we could have a guest room for our frequent visits from grandparents! 🙂
In this room we have:Â
Purchased the bed frame and mattress
Repainted
Moved in the former living room tv after we upgraded!
Hung wall art
Changed out the light fixture in the hallway
The Downstairs Bathroom
This bathroom is the cutest! I love this little main level bathroom. Originally we thought the bathrooms would be some of the very first things we worked on after we moved in….but, nope. They continually fall further and further down the list(mostly because, expensive) mostly because, they’re okay how they are for now!
In this room we have:
Purchased and hung a shower curtain
Hung up my thrifted wire baskets!
Replaced the mirror
Replaced the light fixture
Tore down the painted over wall paper
Repainted
The Living Room
Whew! This room has seen a lot of work(and by the looks of that mismatched painted ceiling…still has more to come in the days ahead)
In this room we have:
Painted
Purchased and assembled the desk
Upgraded the TV
Installed Chromecast so we can stream to the tv from our devices!
Purchased a new rug and various other pieces of furniture
Hung Curtains
The Dining Room
The dining room has probably seen the least amount of attention out of ALL the rooms in our house- but I like to think that 2017 is it’s year! Someday we’ll get to work on this space and I can.not.wait! I wanted to link to the Laura Ingalls Wilder picture that I have hanging up- but it is currently unavailable. Meanwhile, they have some other ADORABLE signs in their shop! Check them out HERE 🙂
In this room we have:
Hung curtains
Hung pictures
Rearranged the furniture about 100x
Moved out the Crate & Barrel table(anyone want to buy it + the chairs??) and moved in the new table my grandparents gave us when they sold their Indiana house!
The Sun Room
To be honest, this room is usually a disaster zone. I didn’t even bother to clean up before I took pictures because…meh. Fortunately, there are doors that I can close to this room. Unfortunately, they have windows in them.
In this room we have:Â
Painted the walls + trim
Painted the ceiling
Painted the door
Installed a new light/ceiling fan
Purchased a space heater(this room isn’t heated!)
The Kitchen
Oh my little kitchen. I adore you! I have lots of plans for this area of our home as well….and I’m hoping 2017 is the year for all of that! But, as it stands, this little space has served me so well this last year.
And to all of your HGTV open floor plan loving folks, may you behold the awe and wonder of doors that can close off the sights and sounds of your children while you try to cook. It’s revolutionary.
In this room we have:
Painted the walls + pantry
Purchased a new refrigerator(the one that came with the house died two days after we moved in)
Changed out all four light fixtures
Installed a garbage disposal
Purchased and added the kitchen island(from ikea!)
Added wall art
Baby proofed!
The Staircase + Upstairs Hallway
I think the very first design decision that I made for this house(and possibly still my very favorite!) is the staircase gallery wall. I love how you can see it as soon as you enter our house and I love that I get to look at it every single time I go up or down the stairs(which is about 50x a day)
The things we have done in this room/area are:
Took down painted over wallpaper
Repainted
Changed the light fixture
Hung the wall art
Purchased the table(after a few swings and misses!)
The Upstairs Bathroom
This bathroom needs a mega makeover, but that costs mega money. So! In the meantime….
The things we have done in this room are:
Painted
Installed a curved shower rod
Hung wall art
Changed out the mirror
Mabel’s Bedroom
If you’re interested, you can see what Mabel’s nursery looked like in our last home! This room is so practically custom tailored to her and all of her things, we haven’t had to do much in here quite yet!
The things we have done in this room so far are:
Hung wall art
Installed a window a/c unit
Hung curtains
Hung blinds
Abigail’s Bedroom
I did a full reveal and tour of her bedroom makeover this summer, but we have done a few more updates since then!
In this room we have:
Steamed and removed painted over wallpaper
Painted the walls + trim + doors
Added wall decals
Installed blinds
Hung wall art
Installed a ceiling fan + light
Master Bedroom
Another mostly neglected room of the house. We pretty much moved our stuff in on moving day and haven’t touched it since.
The things we have done in this room are:Â
Installed blinds
Installed curtains
Hung wall art(literally, one thing. Ha!)
And that is everything! I’m super proud of all the things we have done in 2016 and I can’t wait to see what projects 2017 holds for us and our sweet new-to-us home. We love our subdivision, we love our neighbors, and we love our house! We are so lucky to get to live here and take the time to make it ours.
Your house is so lovely!!! Looks so cozy 🙂 Great job
Chelsea @ http://thewilliamsjourney1.blogspot.com/
Adopt me, please and thank you. Everything is so wonderful and cozy!!! Love!
Love your festive entryway and gallery wall!
I adore your house! You guys have done SOmuch in so little time! I can’t wait to see how the kitchen and dining room turn out!
I seriously didn’t think it was even possible for your house to get any better… but oh how it does! And I spy Abigail’s sweet “Happy Birthday Jesus!”
I love your home. Each room is so beautiful. You have great taste, great designers eye. Thanks for sharing.
Happy Holidays!
Your house is absolutely darling! I just love it so much. The built-ins, the front stairs…absolute perfection. You can tell how much you’ve made it your home. Also, love that Laura Ingalls quote…so good.
I am so in love with your house!
Your home is beautiful!! There’s so much charm and character – what a treasure. You all have worked so hard and it’s amazing how many projects you accomplished in just one year. Watch out 2017! PS every time I see open shelves in a kitchen I now think of them in your kitchen 🙂 Excited to see how that plays out!
I love our twinning minds. Great minds, great minds, my friend.
Also, I hope you looked at that giant what we’ve done list and though, “Wow. We are awesome. Freaking awesome.”