Thursday, February 12, 2009

We Moved!!

After 21 years at our Lookout Ave. house we have moved to a farm just outside of town. Last September, "the boys" and Curt and I bought a 143 acre farm, with 40 more acres leased. The house has been empty for months until we had the time and a little money to do some work on it. There is LOTS more work to do, but it is livable now. I did not take any photos of the outside yet because it still looks like a construction site and there is a lot of crud in the yards, plus it is winter and not looking spiffy. I will take some photos of the gorgeous view soon. So here are some photos of some of the rooms right after moving in... so excuse the boxes and mess. There aren't any curtains up yet either, but I am thrilled with the paint, carpet and windows.













This is the master bedroom. I decorated in a tropical theme. It was completely gutted and has new sheetrock, carpet, lights and one new window. It has a sitting room area that I can keep my bike, inversion table, a comfy chair, table and TV. I did striping on the walls to match the comforter.













This is the master bath that I did in peach and sage colors. It got a new window that is HUGE and faces the front of the house. Can you imagine stepping out of the shower and facing the front of the house? I hung a sheet until I can get curtains! We also have a walk in closet. A first!


















The house is all stretched out with a long hallway. All of the rooms have a view of the north and Grizzly Mountain... except this hallway bathroom. I did it in lavender and has pansies for decor. You can see in the mirror another door that leads to the "mud" room. It has another outside entrance and is where the furnace and freezer is.






This is the guest bedroom and office. They are both painted brown and the office has hardwood floor. Both rooms need the windows replaced. They are the last two and we hope to do that this summer.








This is the living room. I LOVE it! It is painted in two shades of brown. Curt is going to replace the woodstove insert with a new one. The large window and french doors are new.















This is the kitchen. It is a beautiful shade of light green with the accent wall by the dining table a darker shade of sage. It has a center island and lots of cupboards. Next to the window seat presently is a built in desktop that we are going to tear out and build a pantry cupboard to hold my canning and food storage. All we did in here was paint. (And by "we" I mean Jenniann and me. Curt doesn't paint.)

Christmas...a little late



Here is our annual Christmas Eve photo. The guys grumble a little about doing it every year, but they still do it! We are without Amanda and her family because they stay home and come see us after Christmas. This was our last Christmas in our house on Lookout Ave. The 1200 sq. feet has served us well for 21 years. We had a simple, practical Christmas this year since we are all cash strapped. I gave all of the kids some food storage!

Standing L to R: Sam, Jenniann holding Macquarie, Angela (pregnant with Reagan, due April 6th), Sunny, Curt with Johnnie in front, Me.

Front: Lia (striking quite a pose!), Brigham, Emily holding Hyrum.