House Tour Numero Dos

This was last Friday in the North Barn. Working as a team, all of our stuff was out of there and the house was completely clean in about four hours. Pretty sweet if you ask me. 

For some reason, Nathan insisted that he look like a total creeper in this picture.

Here we are at Herons Court. This is our little back garden. Pamela and Cullen planted some hydrangeas (oh, Atlanta!) and a slate border around the beds. They found the slate around the corner from a roof that was being torn off. So awesome. There was already a huge rosemary bush and some sage too. Yummy!

In we come through the back door. Here is a table and chairs. That's it for the dining room. Except for my Ivanhoe's cup, which everyone at school thinks is a complete freak of nature because of its large size.

Here's the kitchen. You probably figured that out.

Pamela's futuristic coffee machines are on the counter, and we now have amassed quite the collection of wooden spoons. There's no such thing as too many wooden spoons.

Our former landlords dropped off a housewarming card and the beautiful flowers in the window. Isn't that amazing?

Here's the pantry/laundry room. Pamela made our spice rack (on the top shelf of the wire rack) out of boxes and duct tape. She rocks. Notice the huge Costco sized spices from Uncle Bob and Aunt Deanie at the top of the picture. If anyone in England needs some Pappy's BBQ rub, I'm your girl.

Moving on to the living room, Pamela painted that picture. So beautiful!

Straight ahead we have the Bergstrom's couch and Catherine's aloe plant. To your left we have our new neighbors' leather couch they were giving away and the Blackwell's mirror.

From another angle..

Right-O. Now we're up the stairs to the second floor (first floor if you're British) landing. The McKenneys found this awesome piece of furniture at a charity shop, and it's adorned with another of her paintings and some other mementos.

Here is Cullen and Pamela's room. She made that bed skirt out of burlap she discovered at a fabric shop down some alley in town. Good grief, she's talented.

These pictures are of their lounge/study/guest room. They scored some great finds in their first few weeks here, and they brought a lot of home with them to make this truly an amazing space!

I love this little bay window nook.

They also salvaged some big bricks from a dumpster, covered them with ordinance maps, and made them book ends and door stops. So clever!

And now... OUR FLOOR!!! Are you so excited?!?!?!?! Well, to be honest, I haven't really been home much this week. Nathan's been at a church conference in the Lakes, and I've basically been a boarder at work. I hope to get some more things organized this weekend. I promise to give you another tour when it's presentable. 

So, the bed's made, but we need to get a lampshade for that horrible swinging compact fluorescent light bulb. Those big pink fuzzy things are my yeti socks, which I needed to sleep in every night - along with my hooded sweatshirt and puffy vest - because I was without my built in bed-heater (Nathan) this week.

Stuff everywhere makes my eyes twitch.

The guest room. At least I can close the door on this one.

*choking sound*...Something... must... be... done...

More stuff without a home yet, most of it swimming in Tesco bags

Nathan's office. I have a feeling the door is going to stay permanently closed on this room.

Yeah, but at least the books are in bookshelves... that he's outgrown already. Aaack!

Here's to keepin' it real.