View from the front porch
Adaline's Yard on the side of the house. Those windows are to the giant den. We plan on putting in a sandbox and a little play house. Maybe even a wading pool.
The house is on 1.5 acres and about an acre of it is going into a garden.
This is the back yard which will also be part of Adaline's yard but will also eventually have a large porch/deck area for BBQ's and family gatherings.
The back deck is pretty large but needs to be repaired some since the previous owners did not do such a great job.
We have a few trees. You can see where the "yard" begins and the future garden ends.
The front porch also needs some work and both the front and the back are going to be painted. Right now we are thinking a dark blue. All the skirting looks like someone went after it with a weed whacker so will have to be eventually replaced. We hope to replace it with something that looks like stone.
This is one half of the formal living area. You can see part of the kitchen and the master bedroom door.
Adaline absolutely loves all the space!
Here is the large dining area. You could fit an 8-10 person dining table in here with lots of room to spare.
This is the buffet that is built into the dining area. I can't wait to put my pretty dishes out!
Here we have ample storage for all my kitchen gadgets :) Living out in such a rural area I am going to be cooking alot!
My 1956 O'Keefe stove is going right here. We will have to take out some cabinets since it is so huge but that is okay! I think we can move the cabinets we take out to the den and use them there. Also, that weird spot for a microwave is going to be taken out and a small stand up freezer is going where it and the bottom portion of the cabinets are now.
In the hall way there is a built in desk on one side and built in cabinets on the other. Fabulous!
This is Adaline's Room :) We are painting it purple -- that is the color she wants. Minnie Mouse will be a large part of the decor as well.
As you can see she was my little shadow while I took these pics :) This is just her room from another view.
Here are the hall cabinets. I am putting all our board games, puzzles and art supplies in here.
This is one corner of the den. We are knocking back the wall and repositioning the cabinets to accomidate our entertainment area. The whole den is getting painted a deep blue like the ocean with creamy white trim.
More den. The fireplace is to the left and the view out the windows will be Adaline's Yard.
And yet more den. This is where Marc is gleefully anticipating a ping pong table living.
For now this will be Jim's (Grandpa's) bedroom until he gets his bus and workshop situated on the land. Eventually if we have another blessed addition this will be that child's room.
Bedroom #3 is slated to eventually be a nice guest room. Right after we move it it will probably be just storage. The window needs to be replaced in here.
Here is the Master bedroom. Plenty of room for all our lovely furniture. We are painting this room a forrest green and cream.
The bathroom needs painting -- a light green :). Check out the tub -- it has jets!
Across from the tub are these built-ins. Yay for built-ins!
I forgot this pic earlier. This is from the formal living into the dining /kitchen area. Eventually the kitchen will be painted as well as the dining and formal living areas.
We are so excited! I can't wait to be in such a peaceful area with room to grow. Adaline already loves the house and I can see us happy here for years and years to come :)
