Housewarming Party and Changes

A couple weeks ago we finally put together a housewarming party for our new house!  We had a really great turnout and it's been fun learning how to throw parties and entertain people...

Yummy Refreshments



 Housewarming gift from Dakota and Jeff--so cute!
It's just perfect for our little table.



I think we've done quite a bit of work to our house since we moved in 2 months ago--I can't wait to do more!  Here are a few of the changes we've made so far:


Our Living Room was already painted this yellow color and we decided to keep it for now.  We added all of our furniture and decided we needed to find something to put on the big empty wall.  We found a huge picture of the Golden Gate Bride for $50 at Ikea and decided it would match perfectly.

Living Room Before

Living Room After

Our kitchen had lots of empty space where cabinets were ripped out when the house was foreclosed on before we bought it.  We decided to add some open shelving for now until we renovate the kitchen.  The kitchen was already this green color and we are going to paint that when the kitchen is redone also. 

Kitchen Before

Kitchen After

Dining Area Before

Dining Area After

We didn't do too much to the bathroom yet.  We're eventually going to paint it but I couldn't decide on a color before we got our paint brought up from California via Mark's parents.  I want it to match the tile since it sticks out past the bathtub.  The only thing we did in the bathroom was add towel racks by the shower and one for the hand towels by the vanily.

Bathroom Before

Bathroom After

The next bedroom is the 2nd bedroom which will eventually be the nursery.  We decided to paint it while we were painting ever other bedroom.  We picked yellow since I can make that work for either a girl or a boy. (Sorry for the bad lighting.. it was a really sunny day!  You can't really see the color very well.

2nd Bedroom Before

2nd Bedroom After

The master bedroom was so plain and white!  We chose a romantic red color for one wall and then a neutral tan color for the other walls.  I think it turned out great! The walls are still pretty bare--especially above the bed!  Our decorations from our apartment definitely need to be upgraded to bigger ones!


Our Bedroom Before



Our Bedroom After

This next room is my craft room/office.  I was so excited to have this extra room to keep all of my crafty stuff in.  We painted it a grey clor with a darker grey as an accent wall. 

Craft Room Before



Craft Room After

This is the future family room (as soon as we get furniture for it)  right now it serves as my workout room. Mark fell in love with this green color when we went to another firend's housewarming party.  We decided it would look great in the basement.. I'm surprised by how much I like it!  The lighting on the after picture is pretty bad again though.



Family Room Before



On the outside of our house we added the tree ring around the tree, (There's no before picture of that) planted flowers inthe flower bed, and added shutters!  I love the shutters!  It seems like they should have been there all along.

Family Room After