As promised, here is my home tour! Our house is ready to go and a sign in the front yard will be a reality in a couple of days. We've lived here ten years now and have lot's of happy memories. I'm warning you now, there are a lot of photos, so grab a cup of coffee or a cold drink and stay awhile!
This is a nice place to sit in the evening as the sun is going down behind the big oak tree across the street.
Come on in..........
The Foyer......
The Living Room, or the Piano Room, as we call it, is to the left of the Foyer (the piano is on the inside wall that your can't see)
The Dining Room is to the left of the Foyer, but this view is from the hallway door.
The view of the Family Room from the Kitchen.....Ugh...I wish I could find a decent ready made slipcover that fit my large comfy sofa. I never did like the slipcover I bought, but the sofa underneath is a champagne colored damask and would be very dirty if we hadn't covered it.
I'd buy a new sofa, but I would rather wait until we move to buy one.
Update: I bought a new sofa! I'm in the process of redecorating this room.
The Family Room from upstairs.........
The hallway off the foyer looking toward the Laundry Room.....The Powder Room is the first door on the right.
Here's the tiniest Powder Room on the planet! Ok, that's not a good selling point!
The Kitchen ... with brand new beautiful granite countertops and tumbled marble backsplash...
The deck off of the Breakfast Room....
The view of the backyard from the deck
2nd Floor: Guest Room ... I found a new white matelasse cover for the bed that replaced a floral comforter.
Ahhh, the Bonus Room ... You haven't seen this room, except for the closet we Mr. F installed a few months back.
Not very exciting, I know. This is where we are in the evenings during the school year.
Mr. Fanatic's office is in the nook in bonus room.
Now on to the Basement or Garden Level: Basement Family Room with Cultured Stone Fireplace & gas logs. The stone was a steal at $860 installed! It was finished a few days before last Christmas.
This is a great place for the teenagers to hang out & for sleepovers (the sofa is a sofabed)
We finished the basement (mostly) ourselves. We had some friends help with the sheetrock, hired the stone guys for the fireplace and granite top and hired an electrician. Mr F. Did the framing, plumbing, painting, trim, tile, etc.
Basement Full Bath. Mr. Fanatic did all of the tile work in here a several years ago. I love the way this bathroom turned out.
Here's some of the unfinished part of the basement. There are also 2 more storage rooms on the other side that are about 15 x 20. The basement is 2,000 square feet! That is larger than our last house! When the girl's were little and before the basement family room was finished they would ride their bikes and scooters down here in the winter. Even on the coldest days it only gets to the mid to high 50's.
We open this up when we have teenage parties.
The Garden Patio off of the Basement Family Room....This is my favorite spot to sit.
The view from the bench. The playhouse is from my childhood. We brought it all the way from California to North Carolina.
The garden path coming up from the creek ... I wish it stayed looking this perfect!
And, finally, the Patio in the Woods ... Mr. F installed this when the girls were much younger. There was a huge pile of sand (used in the installation) that the girls would come out & play with while their dad was working.
And there, you have it ... the whole house tour! I hope you enjoyed it!!!
Pam
Update:
Our house is no longer on the market and we might stay another couple of years until our youngest goes off to college. If we could find a house we liked with our new criteria, we would re-list the house in a heartbeat.
In the meantime, we are in the process of repainting pretty much the whole house!
I will post a new house tour after we paint the family room/kitchen/hallways.
You can see the update for our Dining Room HERE and the bookcases in my Youngest Daughter's Room HERE