La Maison

Here are a few of my favorite things about the new house, and a few of the new things we've purchased. I'm going to be working on outside flowers next week, so you'll see those soon. Everyone has beautiful flower pots on their front porches, and I don't want to be the odd one out! Enjoy!Here's our new living room rug. It's a tonal green. I really like it. It will go great with my plans for this room. I want to add a mirror above the mantle, our new fabulous family portrait on one wall, a dark coffee table, and some green and brown pillows for the couches.

The upstairs kids' bath. I wanted it to be fun, but not too juvenile, because guests may use it too when they sleep upstairs. We think it's like a circus tent.

Our new dining table just arrived today! I think it's kind of dramatic against the light floors. It looks great with the granite and stainless steel in the kitchen, which it's right next to.

We found the chairs first. I think they're cool.

Our new 47" HDTV and console. I'm kind of weirded out to find out that our style is fairly modern. But it's fun to be different. Anything's better than hand-me-downs and garage sale mismatched furniture, right? If you are stalking my blog, don't come steal this. It doesn't work well and has a terrible picture. Just terrible. Yes, that is flattened Tom from "Tom and Jerry" on the screen? The kids love that cartoon. I think Jillian is the biggest fan of the TV so far. She's even claimed her own recliner on the couch. Of course, it's the same one Kyle and I claimed, so we'll have to wrestle for it.


Here's J chillin' on the new reclining couches upstairs in the family room. I like being able to put my feet up. This room still needs quite a bit of work, though, to look put together.


Kara's room is the "office" on the first floor, where the master bedroom is too. It has French doors that open up. We put blinds on the back of the doors so Kara could sleep better. The baby toys are in this room and the kids play in there quite often with her. I love how airy it is.


My AWESOME gas range that I love to cook on. The appliances (minus the fridge) are all wonderful.

I found this hydrangea plant around the corner of the house this week. I think I need to move it to a position of prominence since I love the blue of its flowers.

This is a very quiet dishwasher I appreciate very much. The portable one we've been using the past four years was soooo loud.

Okay, that's enough for now, I think. More to come at a later date when we can afford to do more. : )