SUYL- Bathrooms

Today at Kelly's Korner, it's Show Us Your Life- Bathrooms. Here are some pictures of our master bathroom. Nothing too fancy. I would like to add molding in here and maybe some type of paneling. We'll see if our house sells first, though. I don't have any pics of Rhett's bathroom and it is VERY hard to photograph. You can see some pics from when I re-did it, here, but I am already planning another re-do soon!

SUYL- Kitchens

It's Show Us Your Life again over at Kelly's Korner and this week's topic is kitchens. So, welcome to my kitchen, litterally in the center of our home! Once again, these pics are from our real estate listing.

This is a pic as you are walking in from the main hallway:
I am tired of the red walls, but haven't figured out what color I'd like to paint it. I'd really like to paint the island black, but my husband is TOTALLY against it. Our countertops are boring white corian. Apparently that is a bad thing when you're trying to sell your home. I'd love to have granite, but really, corian is still an upgrade, and there is nothing wrong with the countertops, so I don't see us changing that any time soon. I don't really care too much for our white appliances, but they work, and that is a good thing, so they're staying put for now:) Boy, that sure was a whole lot of complaining, huh?;)

The quote above the kitchen window seat was hand painted by my talented mom. It says, "Life is uncertain, eat dessert first". I got the light fixture from here; it has a pear in the center. I still really like that light fixture, though I'd like to change out the shades. The table is really small for our family now, but I have a sentimental attachment to it, so I cannot get rid of it. My grandfather bought it for me when I moved into my first apartment, so it is something that I would like to keep. I think if we ever sell this house, I would like to use it as a desk in another room. But, until then, it will continue to work here. The hutch was a college graduation gift from my parents and I love it, still. Again, sentimental attachment.

I painted the words over the archway to the family room after seeing this talented woman's kitchen.
The old train station clock is a reproduction that I got at Ballard Designs. I've had it for years and still love it! The sign on the back of the island says, "Brittany's Kitchen, est. 2002" (the year we were married).
Those canisters are hard to see, but they are MacKenzie Childs. I love them and have the matching candy jar sitting over on the bar. I love black and white and am really trying to incorporate it into my home more.
Here is a shot looking in from the family room. We changed out our white, chipped, stained, dirty sink last year to a stainless one with a farmhouse-style faucet. We also added an instant hot water dispenser which gets used SO MUCH! LOVE it! Hard to see in this pic, but in the corner by the fridge is a Kitchen Aide Mixer which I couldn't live without. I think it's one of the best Christmas gifts I've ever received!

One more shot looking in from the family room. We added the corbels under our bar a few years ago. I love the look of them!

So, that's our kitchen. Thanks for stopping by!

SUYL- Dining Rooms

Today I am participating in Kelly's Korner Show Us Your Life- Dining Rooms.
This is our dining room. It is connected to our formal living area, and nothing too fancy about it. The china cabinet is mostly filled with crystal from our wedding and my grandmother's tea service. Once again, these pics are from our real estate listing.

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SUYL- Master Bedrooms

I am once again participating in Show Us Your Life over at Kelly's Korner. This week's topic is Master Bedrooms. I also had these professional pictures from the real estate listing on our home, so I thought I would participate again this week.

So, this is our master as you are walking in from the door:

I would say our bedroom is long and skinny. The color on the walls is called Hint of Gold (can't remember who the manufacturer was though). The furniture was a wedding present from my husband! I still love it. I know that most people sleep in a king sized bed, but this bed has sentimental value to me, so I am fine with a queen. The GIANT clock on the wall is one of my favorite pieces in the house! It was a gift from my mom last Christmas and I just love it! It was the perfect accessory to that space. No, it doesn't work-- the hands are not movable-- so it is always 10:20 in our bedroom. My husband sometimes jokes about that! The 2 chairs in front of our bed were purchased at a 2nd hand store in a little town near the Oklahoma border. They were $35 for the pair, so I couldn't pass them up. I had them covered in a coordinating fabric to match our room.

And walking in from the master bathroom:
Our master looks out into our back yard, just beyond that bay window. Those two skinny iron door things on either side of our dresser are from Pottery Barn. They, too, were a Christmas gift a few years back. They are not my favorite pieces, but I have had many, many things hanging on either side of the dresser, and these look the best, so I guess they'll stay a little while longer. My mom gave me the wall word above the dresser one year for Christmas. It took me forever and a day to hang it, but I finally did and I think it works. There is an armoire just to the left of this picture, but the photographer didn't photograph it. We got it for FREE and it matches the rest of the furniture pretty well, but not exactly. I am usually not a fan of putting furniture in front of windows, but since this room is so long and skinny, there was no other way to arrange our furniture when we got the armoire (which we really needed). It works pretty well in here and doesn't bother me too much.

So that's our master bedroom! Hope you enjoyed the tour!

Show us your life- living rooms

It's Show Us Your Life over at Kelly's Korner today and this week's topic is living rooms. I normally do not participate in these, but since our house is currently on the market, I already had these professional pics of my home saved from the real estate listing. So, I thought I'd participate and likely will in the coming weeks as long as I have pics of the topic.

I actually have two living areas, so I've included them both. This one is our formal living area:

Here is the view as you are heading back out the front door. Sorry, I uploaded these kind of out of order!

Here is a better view of the living area:
This is a combo formal living/dining, so here is a view of the living area over the dining table:
Now to the room that is used most in our home, the family room:

Here is a view looking towards the kitchen:
A view from the back door looking towards the kitchen again:

And here is a view from the kitchen looking towards the back door:
Our home has been on the market only a few months and in these pics I see lots of small things that I have already changed! lol!

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