When you walk into our house from the garage, this is what you see. The two closets are (on the left) a coat closet and (on the right) a pantry.
If you look to your left, you will see our laundry room. It also has a door that leads outside.
We got a new washer and dryer when we moved in. They have gotten lots of use already.
If you look to your right, you'll see our kitchen.
It is what I think is technically called a galley kitchen- I refer to it as a hallway kitchen :) I was a little nervous about it when we first looked at the place because it is pretty small, but it has all of the essentials (like a dishwasher) and with the pantry, it actually works pretty well.
Continuing on from the kitchen, you go into our dining room.
We lucked out that Eric's parents were looking to get rid of their table and chairs and were willing to give it to us. We have more seating and the chairs are more stable for wiggly 2 year olds (although they probably have more food on them now than they have in awhile). The doorways on either side of the dining room have pocket doors on them. We actually find ourselves using the one that separates the dining room from the living room fairly often. It keeps Julia out, the boys can open it easily, but having it shut deters them from going in there.
From the dining room, you head into the living room.
The living room is actually a much bigger room than our old house. The ceiling is vaulted so that helps in making it feel big. It is nice having all the space and having both our couch and loveseat in the same room again. There are two half-walls on either side of the space that opens up to the toy room.
Behind the curtain is a sliding glass door that leads outside to our backyard. It was getting dark out when I took the pictures so I didn't do any outside ones. The toy room definitely doesn't usually look like this. Julia is getting very good at dumping toys, although she isn't quite up to Parker. Oliver doesn't just dump quite as much anymore, but he still gets his fair share out.
Now down the hallway are the bedrooms and bathrooms.
First the kids' bathroom:
Then Julia's room (also our guest bedroom if anyone wants to visit- don't worry, we take her out ;) )
Julia finally got to sleep in a crib once we moved. Her transition to her own room went very smoothly.
I think we have 17 totes stored in her closet, plus some other stuff. Luckily her clothes are small and don't take up much space in the closet.
The boys' room:
They were excited to keep their curtains from the old house. Parker has done really well with the transition to a twin bed. He tends to play a bit before he goes down at nap time, but he stays in his room so I'm not complaining. Eventually we'll probably bunk their beds (which were from Coco & Chris- thank you!), but at this point, we are waiting for them to get a bit older.
And finally, our bedroom (with our own bathroom!):
We were originally going to put the computer in the living room, but we had a lot of space in our bedroom and decided that it would be better in there. Most of the totes and files in this picture will eventually go to Eric's office (on campus) when it is completed.
After 5 years of having a bathroom that connected to another bedroom, we have a master bath and it is wonderful. I think this is something that will be hard to change when we look at other houses.
So there you have it- our new house. We like it so far. A little more storage space would be nice, but we are getting along. We have had the car parked in the garage a few times, but haven't been regularly. I'm guessing once it starts getting colder, that will become more of a priority. I'm hoping it happens before then, but also trying to be realistic.
Hope you enjoyed the tour!
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