We just painted the Red Section above the fireplace this past weekend!!
A very special thank you to my husband Matt!!

Welcome to our 2nd
Its So Very Cottagey home tour.

Our first tour will be guided by Reid
Here is another of my favorite posts she has done.

Welcome to my home!
My husband and I have lived here 6 years. We looked at probably 10 houses and when we walked into this one, we knew it was ‘the one’. No work was required but we knew we wanted to change a few things, right off.
This is the front of our house in the RARE snow we had last year.

This is the front of my yard, in the Spring.

This is the entryway into our home. The light fixture has since been painted Oil Rubbed Bronze!

When we moved in, all the walls were painted white. And when I say all, I do mean ALL.
All. White. Walls. Everywhere.

We weren’t in the house long before we started painting, however will admit that the walls you see here didn’t get paint until about two years ago.

This is our den, looking in from the kitchen. Ignore the toys.

This is another shot of our den from the other side of the room, beside the fireplace.

Sorry it’s a little blurry, but here is a shot of wall behind the couch. This is one of my favorite walls. The mirror was my grandmother’s and is VERY old. I got this idea from Pottery Barn. The photos I took myself.

This view is from my bedroom door. It’s hard to see the color well in the pics but I LOVE this color. I saw it in someone else’s house and knew that was the right color. It’s Mannered Gold, Sherwin Williams.

A closer look of my favorite wall. Sorry, I just can’t resist it……

This is the guest bathroom which is located just as you step in our entryway. It desperately needs updating and after the Holidays that is one of our first projects. Wallpaper will come down, mirror replaced and decor probably revamped. Now, what color should I paint it? I am loving a pumpkin color, but what do you all think? I already have a new light fixture for it, found at His House for $3!

Oh, and the gold you see in these pictures, has also been painted with Oil Rubbed Bronze….that weekend, nothing was safe in my house!

If this were Cribs, I would say ‘Here’s where the magic happens’ … But, it’s not so welcome to our bedroom.

What’s that you ask? What kind of headboard is that?

Well, I’d love to tell you more about that. It’s actually two doors I found at His House (Ya’ll DO know what that is, don’t you?) for $5 each. (The bottom door you can’t see because of the pillows, sorry.) But, picture them in white paint, peeling. Hubby stripped them and stained them a dark mahogany. I put on some brass hardware I already had and a glass doorknob from another house. We bolted them right in the wall.

The next picture is the opposite of the room from the bed. Excuse the wipes holder. And I really don’t like the scrolly stuff around the top of that insert. Ideas?

We painted the walls Latte by Sherwin Williams.

Here is the (again)white master bathroom. We haven’t gotten around to redoing this yet, but it may be a 2010 project also. The walls are wallpaper and is in satin and shiny white stripes. EEK. I do, however, love the size of it and love that it has a big fan in there.

Oh, and doesn’t two master bath sinks scream ‘Marriage saver!’

Here is our kitchen. I don’t really like it hate it but we realize we will need to pay someone to redo it. Maybe in year 2011!?

The counters are terrible and I would really like it more open to the den…oh, and a little larger would be nice. We spend most of our time in here so it would be worth it to us. And I never thought I would be one to have stuff all over her fridge, but here ya go.

The walls in the kitchen are Kilim Beige, again SW

Here is our dining room. I’ve always wanted a nice dining room, and to me, this is it. Again, the walls were white and I thought I wanted a yellow dining room. We painted it yellow and it just didn’t look right plus I’ve always wanted a red dining room –why do I listen to others so much!? It took Hubby many MANY coats but in the end, we love it. The color is Valspar Fabulous Red. The light fixture has also been….yes, you guessed it- painted with Oil Rubbed Bronze.

The china cabinet was my grandmothers and is filled with all her old china. It’s fragile but I love it. And, I do try to keep the babies out of here when possible.

Lately, this area has become my craft staging area, but has also been known as ‘EBay shipping and receiving’ (thanks to Hubby).

Now, let’s take a stroll upstairs. This is overlooking the balcony that separates both bedrooms. See the toy pile in the right…let’s just say that Toys R Us has put a warrant out for some of their toys.

This is the larger of the two rooms and current but not for very long is my step son’s room, but soon to be my daughters.

The wall color is Nomadic Desert, SW.

Notice the lights I ‘let’ him put up around the window…..Yeah, I had a weak moment.

Across the hall is the nursery. Currently, both babies are in the same room and it’s really cramped (hence the clothes stacked up on the toy box that will get a makeover soon)

All the furniture is painted black gloss. The dressers came from His House and were $25 each. The crib was mine when I was a baby. My mom saved it for me and I’m so glad I did. It’s still in great shape and with a coat of gloss black paint, looks like brand new. The changing table (not pictured-because that side of the room was HORRIBLE) was a craigslist find for $25 and is also black.

Wall color is Yellow Frost by Waverly Home Classics.

A bathroom is between the bedrooms, in the hallway. It has the same wallpaper bathroom theme and will get a makeover eventually. The wallpaper is off white and khaki stripped.

Want to see one more bathroom?

Well, it’s almost a bathroom.

Remember, I said the babies are currently in the same bedroom. Well, that’s all about to change! The plan for the last year *sigh* has been to redo our FROG (ha—anyone heard of that before? It’s Finished Room Over Garage), add a bathroom and move step son in there so the babies can have their own rooms.

Before, the FROG was just a TV/Computer room and we rarely spent time up there. We knew if we moved step on in there, it really needed a bathroom so the Hubster took on this ‘little’ project. We (ok, HE) have learned a lot and it’s been trying at times, but will be so worth it. I am planning a whole post around this renovation so please make sure to come back and see the before, during, and after. I’m amazed and know you will be too!

Until then…here’s a sneak peek. A shower was installed and tiled. And my favorite, a pocket door leading in! Yes, hubby did it all! Plumbing, wiring and everything! And No, he’s not for hire. (you’re welcome Hubby)

This is the entry into the ‘back’ of our house. But, it’s not truly the back, but is the side, going into the kitchen.

And my favorite flower…hydrangea. It does really well and I have three more beside it.

The red dresser was a His House find, $25, and although it’s here now, the plan is to give it a coat of paint and put it in my daughters room.

I know I should stop there, but I just can’t resist adding a few pictures of my home at Christmas. It’s my favorite time of year and last year, I really outdid myself. I put up 5 trees. Three inside and two outside. Below is our main tree and although you can’t see the details well, the colors were black and gold with feathers and a ton of white lights (about 1500!). Below is also our entryway with the front door (which is open) in the reflection of the mirror.

This is a view of our breakfast area, which you didn’t see above but it’s opposite the kitchen picture you saw earlier.

Our dining room, decorated for a party we decided to have (we haven’t had one since we’ve been married).

This was the porch, same party. Tree was decorated with old style ornaments.

Like the bar area?

Stocked and all ready! Yes, you’re welcome this year!

Here is our bedroom.

This tree was decorated in all white, some silver, and ice skates and ice cycles.

And I am really laughing that ‘the naughty chair’ made it into the photo. See it in the bottom left? teehee-oops!

Somehow, I forget to get a picture of the front of the house and the tree on the front porch. *sigh*

But, the front has garland, white lights and red bows. Simple.

The front porch tree was done in big ornaments and had a polka dot theme.

Well, I know it was a long one but there is the tour of our home. I hope you enjoyed the tour and I really hope you check out Cheri’s posts every Friday to see more great home tours.

As always, I LOVE comments so please leave me some!

Reid
Thank you so much for the Tour Reid..  It looks like a fun home filled with lots of love.  You have done a beautiful job on your home.  I love the wall colors.