Sorry I’ve been MIA guys..I wish I could say it’s because Lil’ Dude showed up, but alas, we’re still waiting. My due date was Monday and these last couple of days have been an emotional roller coaster. I’m sure all you mommies can relate..the waiting is TORTURE!! But this kid definitely has a mind of his own already, so it’s up to him!

I wanted to share the last portion of our House Tour with you all today (you can see Part 1 here and Part 2 here).

When you go up our stairs, you’re immediately greeted by the nook I talked to you guys about here.

So bare. So empty. So full of potential! I’ve got some plans that include chalkboard paint and corkboard. We’ll see how it goes!

This little nook opens up to the loft space which started out like this:

It’s since become JP’s office space and now looks like this:

So far, the decoration of this space has pretty much been dictated by what we already own. We threw everything in there when we moved in and haven’t really changed anything since then. It’s functional and works for JP so it’s not high on my makeover priority list.

And that concludes our house tour! We also have a bonus room off of the office, but it just houses JP’s giant TV and the elliptical and treadmill. Not exactly pin-worthy.

I hope the next update I give you guys includes a brand new, tiny human!

I shared Part 1 of our house tour with you guys on Monday, which included our entryway, guest bedroom, guest bathroom, and nursery. If you missed it, you can check it out here! We’re moving on today and I’m going to share our living room, kitchen, and master bedroom!

Let’s start in the living room. Here’s where we started (overlooking the living room from the loft):

And where we are today:

Obviously, a lot has changed but we’ve still got a ways to go. We desperately need an area rug, but we need something LARGE and gosh dang, those things are expensive. We also need to switch out the curtains..those are the ones that came with the house. Overall, this room is functional (we spend 75% of our time here), but it needs a good infusion of personality. We LOVE our huge sectional (one of the best purchases we’ve made) but it’s a huge gray presence in the room, especially with the gray walls so we need to liven things up a bit!

This is the view from the chair in the corner, looking back towards the entryway. Again, lots of gray. I’m itching to take a paint brush to that wood cabinet.

Gotta do something about that cord situation under the TV. And I’m thinking the table under the TV needs to be white, maybe paint the cubbies a bright color. And we need to add some art or something to the TV wall. The open door you can see beyond the living room is a storage closet. The door next to it is our laundry closet.

And you can easily see that our living room is very open to our kitchen, which started out like this:

Hello, honey oak haven. And now:

Still too much honey oak for my taste. So painting those cabinets white is pretty high on my list. We’ve got a lot of cabinets, which I’m really thankful for, but it’s also kind of intimidated me out of painting them myself. I want them to look awesome and I honestly don’t know that I have the patience and time to achieve that. And I highly doubt a huge chunk of free time is going to miraculously appear once Lil’ Dude arrives either. And while I like the green, I’m thinking this space would like a little more delicious painted a deep, charcoal gray. The kitchen gets tons of natural light so I’m not afraid of going dark. I would like to use the green as more of an accent color rather than the star of the show.

And a backsplash is definitely on the agenda. The countertops..meh, I’m ok with living with them for now. The fan has gots to go. I would love a huge statement pendant, but we can’t have anything that hangs too low. I also want to add a pendant over the sink. And a roman shade for the window. My Craigslist table is still going strong, but I have yet to makeover the chairs, so that’s still on my to-do list.

The fridge was something we upgraded almost immediately after moving in, and I LOVE it! The french door style is my jam fo’ sho.

Last stop on this part of the tour: the master bedroom.

And now:

We’ve talked about this before. I regret buying the matchy-matchy bedroom suite. So I’d like to slowly switch out some of the pieces when the budget allows. We also plan to do the same wood floors in here that we did in the nursery. I’d like to to highlight the vaulted ceiling, I just have to figure out how.

To be totally honest with you guys, this is not what our bedroom looks like today. We’ve gotten new bedding, but I was just too lazy  pregnant to mess with an updated picture. But it has given me a direction to go in for a mini-makeover so hopefully I’ll be sharing some bedroom updates with you all soon!

And that doorway you see on the right leads to our master bath and closet, but we honestly haven’t really touched those spaces and they rank pretty low on the makeover list right now.

Check back Friday for the final part of the house tour!

I think it’s high time for an updated house tour. Since the last house tour was before we moved in when the house was empty. A year and a half ago. But who’s counting? To cut down on length, I’m going to divide the house tour into 3 different parts.

Full disclosure: there are only 2 rooms in this house that really feel ‘done’ to me; everything else still needs lotsa work! But in the interest of keeping it real with you guys, I’m gonna go ahead and show you where I’m at now! 

Let’s start off in the entryway. Here’s what it looked like on move-in day (all before pics are straight from the MLS listing):

And here’s where we are today:

This is definitely a ‘work-in-progress’ space. Overall, I want the entryway to match the fun, happy feeling of the rug! I would like to paint the front door, create a feature wall behind the buffet (I’ve got plans already!), and possibly refinish the buffet. And in an ideal world, all the trim would be a nice, crisp white. Because of our open floor plan, though, I’ve been very hesitant to take on that task myself. It’s a BIG job and once I started it, there would be no good stopping point until it was all finished. Yikes.

Let’s head to the guest bedroom. If you were standing in the above photo, the guest room is off to your right, along with the guest bath and nursery. They’re all connected by the small hallway I recently spiced up with some polka dots.

We don’t have a before picture of the guest bedroom…or the nursery or guest bath, for that matter…but just picture blank, cream boxes for all of them.

And now:

And, as you can see, it’s still pretty blank and pretty cream. First and foremost, this room needs paint. And JP has offered to paint it so many times, but I can’t for the life of me decide on a color. I’m having major mental block when it comes to a vision for this room, so I just hate to paint it when I don’t really know where I want it to go. I love the quilt, so that mustardy-gold will definitely play a part in the room…I just need to figure out what other color I want to bring in and how to make it feel more relaxing and home-y. The furniture that’s in there is all hand-me-downs and they’re all crying out for a makeover. We need to nix the ceiling fan and replace it with something much prettier. The walls need..umm..anything. And later this year, we plan to take up the carpet and continue the same flooring we had laid in the nursery and connecting hallway. But overall, yeah, this room needs attention.

Now onto a space that’s actually finished.

This was the first room in the house that I really tackled full force, and I love the way it turned out. I decided to embrace a bold choice and paint the vanity a cheery coral and the rest of the design fell into place around that. You can check out the reveal post here if you’re curious about any of the elements in the room.

When I say that this room is “finished” that doesn’t necessarily mean there isn’t anything I would change. I would love to replace the vanity top with something more like this and replace the faucet as well. And while we’re at it, I would switch out the bisque-colored commode for a bright white one. So that’s my ‘someday’ list.

The last stop on this portion of the house tour is also the most recently completed space: the nursery!

I’m sure you guys are sick of hearing about it at this point, but it has definitely become my favorite room in the house! I’ll spare you re-posting ALL the photos and details, but if you want a full room tour, you can check out this post for the reveal and our source list.

And that concludes the first part of the house tour. Check back later this week for Part 2!