Our First Home

I mentioned in my First Post that my boyfriend and I have recently purchased our first home.  It's been scary and exciting.  Last summer we had been talking about getting an apartment together and one thing led to another and in January we closed on a house.  It's a big huge step, but we're okay with that.   But Jess has demanded pictures of our place and it's something I'm really proud of so here's some before and after.

 

  Living Room

 Hallway/Dining Room/Kitchen

Master Bedroom

 

Two Smaller Bedrooms

We have four bathrooms in the house, and I won't bore you with pictures of our toilets, but I have to show this bathroom, even though I didn't end up changing it because I love the tile!  This  is my private bathroom because, well boys are stinky and girls are pretty, so I got the pretty one :)

This is Steven's reaction when I told him he could make the basement into his Man Cave.

So we picked out some new colors, and furniture, and I put the boy to work.

(This TV stand was almost destroyed in a fit of rage...it has me to thank for it's life) He just looks so cute trying to put it together.

Now...on to the after pictures

I swapped the lime green paint for red, and added my great-grandmother's table (refinished) and a pie-safe my great grandfather made me.  This house is very modern, but  these vintage pieces seem to fit.

 I love our living room furniture, and I was surprised that Steven agreed to it. (Yes I'm watching The Real housewives of OC)

The baby blue paint had to go, and since Steven works nights 2 weeks out of the month, the dark brown paint makes the room super dark, even during the day.  Although it does make it extra hard for me to get out of bed in the morning. Now I just need to find a cheap way to make an awesome headboard.

 

Since it's just the two of us, I turned one of the other bedrooms into an office/scrapbook room and the other into our guest bedroom.  The blue one doubles as a place for Steven to keep his work paraphernalia  and even though I HATE the blue on the walls, he loves it because "blue is for cops."  At least I can shut the door :)

And even though I doubt Steven will ever visit my little corner of the internet, he'd be disappointed if I didn't show you his pride and joy...his Man Cave. Yes it's a little smelly, the furniture still shows cat hair and his recliner is broken, but he loves this room.  Did I mention Steven had to put his beloved cats in foster care because I'm deathly allergic?  Yes, he loves me.  Don't worry though, they're pretty happy at his mom's house :)

So what personal touches have you added to your home?

First Post

Although this is my first attempt at blogging, I'm no stranger to the blogging world.  It all started when my bestie Jessica (You might know her from Heart On Homestead) got engaged.  We lived together at the time and spent hours talking about and planning the wedding. (Jess had a few nervous breakdowns, I screamed a lot) I remember hours of sitting on the living room floor stuffing invites and helping with other DIY projects.  It was then that I was introduced to Weddingbee. I myself am not engaged, but let me tell you, I am WEDDING OBSESSED.  And I became interested in blogging.

Anyway, Jessica got married and her and the Bodester ran off to live happily ever after with Kevin. 

 Seriously, did you really think you could get away from gratuitous pictures of Bodie?

Me and Bodie

Since then I have made some some celebrity appearances on Jessica's blog and some of my other girlfriends have joined the blogging world as well.  (Kristin and Nicole) Now I'm not sure my life is super interesting, but I'll give it a shot and see where this goes.  Here's a little bit about me:


I'm 23 years old and live in Virginia with my boyfriend, Steven.  We have been together for just over 2 years and we just bought our first house this past January. I hope to have pictures soon as the house is my major project at the moment.  I work as a consultant at a large wireless company (I'll let you guess as to which one, since I'm sure I'll have an entertaining work story or two at some point) and my boyfriend is a city police officer. We love to travel, but currently we're just getting used to starting our life together. I've never lived with a boyfriend before, so buying a house together was a HUGE step, but we love each other and I'm so excited about our future.

 

Us in Cincinnati for our birthday weekend

 

Christmas 2009, yes I'm a munchkin.

So what will this blog be about?  My wedding obsession?  A possible engagement? My awesome and amazing girlfriends? Home renovation and decor? My crazy family? Vacations? Funny work stories? My failed attempts at teaching myself to cook and perform other housewife-y duties? My personal hatred of the gym, yet my pact with Jess to run a 5K?  Yep, all of the above. And maybe I'll make some new friends along the way.