Our Home 2014

Every January since we bought our house, I have posted pictures. So you, our friends and family, can see how our home has changed year to year and so you can also see the work we've put into our home that year.  I will start by sharing links of my previous posts, if you would like to see how much has changed from 2012-now:

Jan. 2012 post:

http://katyclay.blogspot.com/2012/01/pictures-of-new-house.html

January 2013 post:

http://katyclay.blogspot.com/2013_01_01_archive.html

Our home currently (2014):

I do apologize, today was a rainy day so there wasn't as much natural lighting so the change in paint color, might be harder to notice!  We still have several rooms, a bathroom and a hall way to paint.

The master bedroom. It's amazing what paint, moving some furniture, a new bed spread and bed skirt can do! We're getting there :)

Living room.  I believe we added a second couch this year and paint.  The black couch or more like futon was on a curb for free.  The family didn't have room in their moving truck for it.......lucky us!

Dining room.  Dan's parents who emptied out their home so they could sell it while on their mission, are letting us use their dining room set while they are gone.  I love displaying our dishes.

Entryway.  I'm not sure if you can tell the difference between the paint colors :)

Kitchen nook 1.

Kitchen.

Kitchen nook 2.

Girl's room. We still have to paint their room and the hallway outside of it.

The kids bathroom.  I'm happy to have some form of decor in there now.  I think once it's painted, it will change the look a little.

My favorite part of the kid's bathroom!  These cute anchor hooks my mom sent to me!

Charlie's room! This room will also get painted.  We still don't know where this baby girl is going to go :)  We'll have to figure out how to arrange everyone!

Dan's office.  We still need to paint this room too.  The big brown chair was another curb find!

Dan's parents gave us the cherry filing cabinets!  And boy have they come in handy! 

I love the painted stairwell with no scuffs.  We'll see how long that lasts!

The upstairs bathroom. We painted it the same color as the dining room. I am sorry for the blurry photo.  I didn't realize until I had downloaded it how bad it was.

Upstairs bonus room with the new paint. The TV is a loan from Dan's parents.

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This black leather couch is another curb find!  We have really been enjoying the comfort of this couch.

And there is our home. I didn't realize how many changes had taken place this last year.  I guess that's just how life is though :).  Painting the majority of the house took us DAYS!  We have taken a break because it took so much out of us but we would do it again in a heartbeat.  We hope to finish painting and buying curtains this coming year!  And we have big dreams of doing tile in the bathrooms and kitchen, hardwood floors in the entry and living room and to get granite counter tops for the kitchen.  Who knows how much we'll have the money or time for but it's still fun to dream!
We're getting our garden ready to start planting in the next month or two.  Dan is very excited about it :).  We are definitely enjoying being homeowners! We look forward to what the year brings.  Work is going well for Dan and we were excited when they finally gave him a raise after 2 years of working in his current role. They also said they plan to put him on the short list for a promotion.  He's also hoping to take the GMAT and apply for grad school to get his MBA. With all that and a new baby..........2014 is going to be exciting.