A little house tour

I don't really know what inspired this post, beyond the fact that I've kind of got houses on my brain since it's highly possible that we might be moving next spring. I also remember seeing several 'link up' house tour posts in years past that I, for whatever reason, never actually participated in. So, here it is: my very first house tour. I'll start with the downstairs and will include a tour of the upstairs in my next post. Warning: you will see frequent photo bombs in the form of small children and the occasional husband throughout this post.

 

The following three pictures are your view upon first walking into my house. To your immediate left, you'll find the small table & mirror pictured below in the first pic. To your right, you'll find our dining room (second pic- a better view to come). And straight ahead, you'll find the hallway leading to the family room (and a small toddler running towards you).

 

A better view of the dining room:

 

The bar and pantry area that's in between the dining room and kitchen. I love this little nook.

 

Below are various views of the kitchen. The irony of the fact that I have a double oven when my skills in the kitchen are mediocre at best isn't lost on me. I will say that my mom and my in-laws very much enjoy my double oven when they're cooking for the holidays, though.

 Hello, magnet explosion on the fridge. Macey and Camden enjoy the animal and alphabet magnet games, so I've accepted fridge clutter as an inevitable part of my life for now.

 

Little table & chairs for the kids. They eat meals at the big table with the rest of the family, but often eat snacks at the little table.

 

The family room. Matt calls it the living room, but I grew up with a formal living room, so this room feels much more like a family room to me.

 

Probably my least favorite thing about this house: our steep staircase with no landing. Not exactly baby/toddler/small kid friendly. But, I do love our picture wall.

 

Downstairs bathroom. It used to be a dark shade of green, but I'm a big fan of its newly updated light blue paint and beach theme.

 

This has already been pictured in another post on my blog, but for consistency's sake, I decided to include it again: the downstairs playroom. Which is really the old master bedroom. I have changed one small thing since this picture was taken: I added another string above the one pictured to display more of Camden's preschool artwork.

 

And finally: the master bathroom (which is now just the bathroom in the playroom). Although it still gets a good amount of use: Matt, for some reason, still prefers to shower in this bathroom.

There you have it, folks. The first floor of my house. Stay tuned for the upstairs tour, coming soon.