Tour of our new house

Many people have asked to see pictures of our new house so I finally got around to taking and posting. So here it is.....

We liked our first house in Lewisville. We put our heart, sweat, tears and MANY hours of work. It was ours because we worked so hard on it. We knew would never live there forever and once Lincoln was born we knew we didn't want a pool in our background and we would quickly outgrow that house. So we looked for a house without a pool, a yard for playing, a nice neighborhood, small schools, and a house to grow in.

We found our house after one day of touring homes. It was finished in January and sat empty. We loved it!

This is when you first walk in our front door. Office on right and dining room on the left

The office. This is the one room that I have let Shane have full decorating rights, so the Indian and gun cabinet are the decor.

This is the dining room. I love my china cabinet. Shane bought it on Craigslist and I painted it a funky color. The table and bench are made by a man in Canton and it is great. We have used this room a few times but I am hoping to use it more.

Through the dining room is the kitchen. I was happy to not have white cabinets anymore.

Attached to the kitchen is the breakfast room (which we eat all our meals). We are wanting a new table for this room but someday it will come.

Across from the kitchen/ breakfast room is the living room (my house is decorated for fall)

Living room again. The green cabinet came from Shane's grandparents' farm. We get lots of compliments on it and I think if the house caught on fire then you would see Shane dragging it out of the house.

Here is the master room. I have more ideas for this room but not this year.

Master bath was one the main reasons I loved this house. It is big and allows for privacy. We have double (separate) sinks, a jacuzzi tub, a standup shower, and a nice sized closet.

Next is the laundry room, nothing too special. This is one thing I wish I could change in this house. I long for a big laundry room with cabinets and room to work in. It leads to the garage.

Our garage is Shane's area. He has organized it and he can be found "tinkering" in there.

Another great selling point to this house was the large playroom/ gameroom/ living room upstairs, for now it is the playroom and family room. We live in that room on the weekends and the evenings after dinner. It is nice to have a large playroom to house all Lincoln's toys that can not be seen from the downstairs.

Bookshelves with the tepee. This was Shane's made by his grandparents and Lincoln will take books in there and "read".

Toy shelves. I hang Lincoln's artwork from school and it is fun to display.

I figured I should put a picture of what the playroom looks like while Lincoln is awake. Every parents' reality. Scary part is...we have only one child who has only had one year of collecting things! Yikes!

This is th guest bath/Lincoln's bathroom (we have a half bath downstairs by the office but I didn't take a picture that)

Guest room #1...this will always (hopefully) stay a guest room, not matter how many kids we end up with.

Down the hall is guest room #2....this will someday be baby #2 room's. If we end up having 3 kids then we thinking some will share rooms. I am thinking pink walls someday....wishing!

Last room is Lincoln's room. It stayed the same decor and I love that is isn't so baby since he is growing into quite the active boy. All the closets are great size which was nice.

Another view of his room

I did not take pictures of the backyard since it is nothing special yet. We have a fence and behind our house is wooded area with a creek. That was a major selling point for Shane because we can not see houses behind us.

We love our house and we are thankful that we aren't spending every weekend fixing something like we did in the Lewisville house. We are excited to grow in this house.

Hope you enjoyed the tour!