House Update

This house update is long overdue, here is a glimpse of what's going on as the house feels more and more like home. The first picture is our play/art room. We are getting so much use out of this space and everyone is happy with the new arrangement of the girls sharing a room.

 
Some views of the dining room and kitchen areas. Since these were taken the kitchen cabinets have gone in and we are now just awaiting the plumber to hook everything up so we can have a fully functional kitchen again.

The living room is feeling a lot less like a construction zone lately and we are getting to enjoy our new furniture. Also pictured: Clover being a ham.

Eric set me up this little corner as my work space and I couldn't ask for a more lovely spot! Perfect for my computer or doing some watercolor painting with beautiful views and good light. It makes me so happy :-)

We are busily unpacking boxes and rediscovering our belongings and we are soooo close to being done with this ordeal. We now have a working washer and dryer (yes!) and aside from the kitchen the last step will be the spiral staircase.

We are also in the middle of a bathroom remodel that needed to happen but was unrelated to the fire damage but that deserves it's own blog post. I'll try to get it up on here soon, we are very excited by how it's coming together!

Living Room Vision Board

It's been really hard being out of our house the past month (a month already?!) and progress has been slow lately so I am keeping my eye on the prize and planning for the future. I have really kept myself busy thinking about new furniture, paint colors and design elements to keep myself distracted from the fact that nothing is happening.

We are doing some redesigning of the space and getting rid of the fireplace altogether. Instead we will have a door and lots of windows on that wall and it will open up to a patio space that will connect with our new deck. Of course our front wall we will keep all windows, it's what made us fall in love with the house to begin with!

The loft stairs are being replaced with a spiral staircase and since we get the chance to repaint I am obsessing over picking the new color for the living room, dining room and loft space. It's such a big continuous area that I still want to go neutral, right now I'm leaning towards this Mocha Ice color. We will have cedar trim and are talking about going with a slightly darker color for the floors as well.

We have been looking around at a ton of furniture and are seeing a lot we like at World Market. We are leaning towards this blue velvet sofa with some leather and graphic accent chairs and end tables that double as laptop desks. Throw in some graphic pillows for punch and we have a good idea of where we want to go with this room.

While it's depressing how slowly things are moving with the rebuild it's fun to think ahead and plan for when we get to do the exciting parts like rebuild, pick paint colors and go furniture shopping. I'll do some more posts on plans for the other rooms in the near future :-)