New Home Gallery...Finally!

Ok...I know I've procrastinated, mostly because I knew how long it would take me to load all these photos. But after spending the whole day in bed yesterday thanks to a fun little 24-hour stomach bug, I'm determined to get this done. I took a small poll and found out that most people (cough, cough, Emily) prefer a long scroll of pictures instead of a slide show, so I have now created a very long post. I wish I could wait until I have everything decorated, but I'm limited on cash and ideas and better not wait that long to get these up. I know there are many creative minds out there, so if you have great decorating ideas, let's hear them. Especially for the entry way, including the plant shelf above the door. On our "virtual tour" we'll start on the main floor, then upstairs to the kids' rooms and then finally down to the basement.

View just inside the front door

Just to the right of the entry is Todd's office.The piano/formal living room

Master bedroom

On each side of the hall to the masterbath, there is a his or hers closet

My closet...Todd had the finish carpenters build great shelves in every closet in the house.MasterbathHis vanity....matching vanity directly across from this one. Best feature are outlets built into the cupboards for flat irons, dryers, etc. I can just keep things plugged in and shove them back in teh cupboard. (Thanks Emily's mom for the idea.)

Todd's luxury shower. I say Todd's because the body jets are built for his height. My luxury is the tub. The shower also has a rain shower head above and a handheld on the side.

Small hallway from the kitchen to the inner sanctum...aka...my scrapbook room.

Kitchen

Desk for kids computer and schedule hub.Finally...a real, full-sized pantry! The following pics are some of my favorite features of the kitchen.Pull out trays for pans below cook top.Pull-out garbage cans.Kick plate for the central vac. Just sweep crumbs to the end of the island, push switch with my big toe, and watch crumbs disappear. Todd says it's my dream of sweeping it under the rug. Whatever, I just know that's it's fun to sweep again. Pull out spice racks.

Great room. Should have got a better shot of Todd's TV. He worked very hard to get the frame for it built correctly. My photo can't do it justice, but it's pretty dang awesome.

Half-bath between great room and garage. Will be great when the kids are outside. No more running through the whole house to go potty.

Laundry room. Each family member has a locker.

Going upstairs... view from the top of the stairs.

Playroom at the top of stairs.

Bridge/hallway leading to the rest of the rooms upstairs.

Zac's Star Wars room

Boys bathroom

Max's room

Laundry chute and balcony that looks over into the Great Room.Girls bathroom. Double vanity is in an alcove of sorts. Pocket door seperates the toilet and tub from the vanity area.

Sophia's room

Kiarra's room...the color was a little hard for the painters to take. They weren't sure we knew what we were doing.

All the way to the basement...this is the view from the bottom of the basement stairs.

Future exercise room. I say future, because I haven't actually put it to use, yet. (I will, I will, I will)

Cold storage room underneath front porch.

Storage room Hallway...which has the official.... game closet...yipee! Finally all in one location. Yes, all the games have their pieces. My kids have learned over the years that I'm a little bit obsessive...play them, put them away neatly. Crazy, I know. Guest bedroom #1...with "Harry Potter Closet" . The kids love playing in there.

Guest bedroom #2... since this photo was taken, Grandpa and Grandma Miller have supplied some beautiful bedding for "their" bedroom. Thanks!

Downstairs bathroom

Family room/future game room

Kitchenette

Future home theater. Todd designed the platforms to model the shape of our sectional. It will go on one level, and theater chairs on the other level...when we get it finished.

Front of the house...no, the door is not staying white. We have to wait for warmer weather before we can paint it black. It's a small issue...but it really bothers me.

View of the back. Again, some projects that are waiting for warmer weather....the chimney cap, deck railing and stairs for the deck.Have plans to build an outdoor kitchen underneath the deck in the future...hopefully not too far off. View from front porchView from the back deck - ponds are stil frozen over.

Whew...it's been hours since I started this post. Hopefully this satisfies the curious and I can be left in peace. As I sit here thinking about it, maybe I shouldn't have posted all this because we would really love to have you stop by for a personal tour. It seems some family and friends are due for a visit and we'd love to see you.