Progress

We are here! We are officially in our new house and have been working hard to make things ours, fresh and under control. Here is a few pictures to show what we have been up to and the progress we have been making.

Here is a picture of the front of the house before we moved in:

Now: we have painted the door red and trimmed the bushes back. We actually got a compliment from a neighbor about the different door color. Apparently there were many who were not a fan of the teal door.

This is a frog that was left with the house, and Bridger has adopted it as his own. Just thought I would throw this in here.

Here was the backyard before we moved in (blackberry bushes, thistle and 3 feet high grass):

Now: we can actually go back and play! Our goal now is to see if we can keep some resemblance of a green lawn for summer, or if the yellow grass that showed up overnight will win the backyard battle.

This was Bridger's room before (notice the whole patch of wall unpainted):

We were privileged to have my mom come and help during our move and we put her to work. Initially, I envisioned a cutesy, cartoon-like (think Winnie the Pooh) room with rolling hills that perhaps had some Oregon features in it. As my mom began to work her magic, Bridger's room was transformed with a beautiful real life mural of Mt. Hood (this picture really doesn't do it justice). Jim wishes this one was actually in our room. Thanks mom!

For Kacy's room, I had a lot of different ideas. Before having a girl, I would never have dreamed that I would paint a room in my house pink. However, 5 gallons of pink paint left in our garage provided us an opportunity to draw inspiration from this dress:

For this room:

So, we did paint the walls pink and Jim and I painted on chocolate-brown flowers, leaves and vines. It turned out cute and I have fully accepted that we have a GIRL! And we have some extra pink paint if anyone is in need.

This is the kids playroom. Yes, there is a bright orange wall, bright green wall and bright, sunny yellow wall. But it will be light and bright, all year round and I love it!

On one of the walls, we applied chalkboard paint so the kids can have a wall that is okay to write on. Hopefully we can contain coloring to just the one wall, but will have to see if we will pay for it later.

Last, but not least, in the master bedroom, we did a red accent wall, with neutral-green walls all around. Before you hear red and green and think "Christmas" check it out. I think it really came together and I love having a nice, big bedroom that our bed actually fits in (it didn't fit in our room at our last place).

I think I felt entitled to splash color on every wall I could so that I can have bright, sunny, happy colors to enjoy all year round - which come winter I will be really glad to have. As we move to the hallways and living rooms I am going to tone it back a bit... maybe... :)

Anyway, this is the new place! Come on over for a visit and a tour anytime!