My new kitchen in progress!!!

 So today is show your kitchen over on Kelly's Korner so here we go with my new kitchen. We just moved in and still have a few things for the builder to do.

 I love the contrast between the beams and ceiling.

 I know my cabinet maker thought I was crazy when I gave him the drawing of how I wanted my custom hood made, but now he sees my vision!

 Awe my farmhouse sink, I dreamed of bathing my babies in one of these for so long unfortunately I don't think we will have anymore babies.

 You can see the desk area off to the right in this shot and the door to the screen porch which has my husbands man kitchen.

 This shot is from the breakfast area and I am still hunting for the perfect stools. I just noticed you can also see the mop by the coffee bar. This mom of two boys has to mop on a daily basis so I never quite make it to the laundry room to put it up!

 This chandelier was the first purchase that I made and it was on clearance! Also in this shot is our temporary curtains to block the afternoon sun while eating supper. We are shopping for bamboo shades for this area.

 The breakfast area looking from the island and yes only one set of windows has curtains for now! These country french chairs are unfinished right now because after all the decisions on this house I can't seem to decide if I want to stain or paint these!

 This all fridge/all freezer was a big want for us because my husband is big hunter and we always have lots of deer meat to store so no more walking to the shop for meat! I also should say I got an awesome deal on it because of a tiny dent that no one ever notices! The display area above has the tongue and groove because we wanted to use up all we had left and I choose to stain it for a different look.

This is my husband's coffee bar, but I get to clean it of course!

I really wanted the herringbone back splash, but it's not as visible as I hoped.

This piece is not finished it's supposed to look like a china cabinet, but the doors are not done yet. The hallway to the right leads to the garage, laundry, mudroom, powder room and pantry is right around the corner ( that open door).

So there is our kitchen hope you enjoy looking around!!!

My living room still under construction!

I haven't blogged in a long while, but I thought I would join in on Kelly's home tour today. 

 This pic is looking from my front entry. Don't you just love those temporary curtains? I am trying to find some bamboo roman shades, but not having any luck with the length of these windows a whopping 84 inches! The wall with the two transom doorways leads to the kitchen and is still  not painted due to the builder shooting a nail through the water pipes and the flooring and wall had to be repaired!!...yes that was a nightmare that still hasn't ended!
This wall is what you see looking in from the kitchen and of course the only thing on the wall right now is the beloved deer heads and by that I mean they are only beloved by my husband!!! Of course we are still waiting for our builder to come install our mantle and the two custom cabinets I designed that will go on either side of the fireplace.

The doorway on this wall leads to our master bedroom and bathroom.

This shot is looking from the massive windows to our front entry. You can also see the pocket doors and moldings that have not been painted yet. These doors lead to our dining room that at the moment is holding all the unpacked boxes.

For this wall I'm looking for two big comfy chairs, I've always wanted some with a tufted back.

Oh yeah I forgot we still don't have our hearth stone yet either as you can clearly see in this picture. So there you have it and it still has lots of finishing touches left to do. I'm looking forward to finding some great deals to decorate and furnish this huge new home that God has blessed us with!

HOME SWEET HOME ALMOST!!!

I thought I would stop in today and update where were at with the Dream House. It was supposed to be done at the four month mark, but that has now come and gone and the five month mark is quickly approaching!!! I so hope we are in for the end of February like the contractor claims!!!
Well here goes some pics from my iphone so they are not so great. This is the pantry and after living in this trailor for the past four years while waiting to build I am really itching to use all this glorious space! I'm planning to jazz this space up as soon as I can catch my breath from all the decisions and finish work that I'm trying to do myself! This room is the laundry room and no it's not finished. The box in the corner is a laundry shoot for my daughter from her upstairs bathroom. The opening under the counter is a laundry shoot for my boys and I also want them to build me some sort of wall unit for wrapping paper and ribbons. In case your wondering the wall color for these two rooms is Watery by Sherwin Williams.

This is my front porch ceiling and I love how it turned out we also did this on our back porch and I stained and sealed all these boards and beleive me there is a whole lot of them!!! It's called tongue and groove pine and I used dark walnut stain by Minwax.

Not much else going on they are moving at a very slow pace now that they are on the finishing work and my cabinet maker stood me up today we were supposed to lay out my kitchen cabinets! I think this weekend I will go buy most of my lighting so I can have my electrician get started next week and of course I have some more staining to do. If the weather holds up I will have them deliver my wood entry doors so I can start staining those as well. Oh how I have wanted to see my beautiful doors that have been sitting in will call at my local lumber yard for over a month now!!

More to come stay tuned!

Our Dream Home

I really wanted to keep up with bogging all along the way of building, but of course life got really crazy with me thinking I could self contract and do my own painting and staining and still keep my house clean and in order and tend to my 3 kids!!!! What was I thinking I was wonder woman or something?

Well anyway finally our dream is home is coming to life!!! That window above the garage is my daughters room, yes she's a lucky 14 year old she has the upstairs all to herself. We still have some painting touch ups and the brackets are still not installed in the gables also a window box will be built to go under her window.

This is the back porch and that framing is for a wood burning fireplace wrapped in stone. I'm going to enjoy the outdoors during the winter with that baby! The ceiling will be finished with stained tongue and groove pine boards that were stained by moi!! Now that was some work staining all those boards and sealing them one by one!!! whew that wore me out!

The sheetrock went in this week, this view is from the living facing the dining room and foyer. This ceiling will have painted tongue and groove pine boards and yes everyone is giving me a hard time and saying I need to stain but thats just not what I want!! The beams that sit on top of the tongue and groove will be stained and stone on the face of the fireplace. The floors are still a debate between me and the hubs!

The front porch oh how I love thee!!! The carpenters still have to build the posts and stone will be put where the white wrap is now and of course my beautiful front door is still not stained or installed.

This is where we at today! The eyebrow windows will have cedar stained shutters installed under them over the white paper wrap.

I have still have so many decisions to make and I'm trying hard to find the best deals to make my monies stretch as far as a possible. I'm now on the hunt for door knobs, lighting fixtures and garage doors!! Wish me luck!!!

THE DAY HAS FINALLY ARRIVED!!!!

These pieces of paper are so beautiful to me because they mean I can finally get a permit to start building our dream home!!! yay!!! The plans had to be drawn all over because the first set was just not up to code and so many other obstacles along the way, but today a load of materials were dropped off and tommorrow morning the fun begins!

IT'S A SECTIONAL!!!

Well momma needed a fresh look and not mention that our tired looking sink to the floor sofa and loveseat was just finished!! The Ikea Ektorp sectional won us over (well really the price won me over). I really wanted the lighter beige cover, but had to compromise with the hubs! My mission was to brighten up that dark sofa and I was so ready for some new color to add to my family room and off to etsy I went and found these!! this one has already arrived and I love it more in person..

This one I am still waiting on and can't wait to put it all together.

I have a few more ideas and projects to tackle to freshen up my fam room. I have a table to paint, my spring curtains to hang and an ottoman to recover. So while I'm enjoying being a stay at home mom again I'm also enjoying my second love of decorating my home!!!

P.S. I'm sad to say we still haven't started building the new home. All the plans are drawn and five builders have them in hand and I have only heard from one so far!!! This has such a long process and so many obstacles have come in our way, but I know one day it will begin and oh how I can't wait to blog about it all along the way!!!

Dreaming of our new home!!!

I love the colors and the floor in this bathroom.

This fireplace and ceiling is so amazing. I could so lay on that sofa with a fire going and eat a red velvet bingle(my favorite snack cake)!

I love this ceiling and the floor is drawing me in as well. I could really do some entertaining with that island!

This so what I want to do outside our new garage. I can't wait to see it all come to life and I plan to post about it all along the way!

So many ideas swimming inside my head it's just to put it all together!!! These are just a few ideas that have been saved on my computer. I don't remember where I found these.

I'm praying everything goes through this time, we have been trying to build since last year!!

I'm spending this rainy day searching the internet for more inspiration for a warm and welcoming home that my whole family would love to come home to!!