Showing posts with label family. Show all posts
Showing posts with label family. Show all posts

Friday, July 8, 2011

dream house (with a dose of reality)

You've seen those blog posts, where the writer posts photos of their Dream House room-by-room.

We'll here's my version.  It's not quite a Dream House post, but rather how I most desire my current (under construction) house to look.  I've limited myself to one photo per room, just for the challenge!

Through the front door, you'll find this entry.  Panelling, stair treads, wall color...perfection.
 The powder room on the first floor.  I'm planning to stencil a more geometric pattern.
 John's study.  The least "concrete" room in my mind.  I just can't wrap my mind around it.  Although, I HAVE purchased a light fixture!
 Kitchen.  Our cabinets will be creamy white, dark brown island, and a HUGE lantern.
 Dining.
 Living.  Hope to have my red chairs recovered to look like these.
 Laundry.  We'll have to add some cabinets.
Moving upstairs, we have Grayson's Flag themed room.  He'll have 2 twin beds, which is more fun to plan for than you can imagine.
 Caroline's room.  Will be based from Joel Dewberry's Dogwood Bloom fabric in pink.
 Guest Room.  Where can I get my hands on a blanket like that??!
 Master bedroom.  Killer Colleen McGill curtains.
 Master Bath.  Dark Cabinets, but our floors will be white.
The kids bathroom is the only room I have NOTHING for.  But seeing as they just use ours, maybe I can keep putting that off for a bit longer.

And, obviously, I desire NO color in this house.  Wonder how that will turn out?

After we move in, and slowly make some changes I'll photograph the actual spaces, and see how well I did.  Or didn't!

Friday, November 26, 2010

Thanksgiving

This year for Thanksgiving, we invited several families that John works with over for lunch.  One family has just moved to Denver from India, and so it was nice to give them the typical, American Thanksgiving experience!  The other family is from Mexico, and although they have lived in the States for a while, it was nice to have their perspective on Thanksgiving as well.  We enjoyed Indian Samosas to start, turkey and all the American sides, and Mexican flan for dessert!

Here is my table, all set! (minus the kids' Gobble Gobble paper plates that I added later)
 My grandmother always served Thanksgiving on these Johnson Brother's turkey plates (the pattern is His Majesty).  Last year I ordered some for myself, to continue the tradition.  The best part is that mine are microwaveable and dishwasher safe!  Yay for easy clean up!
 Doesn't the wreath work well in here?
 The kids pulled the wishbone before all the guests arrived, and while John was carving the bird.  These aren't great pictures, but I love how Grayson realizes before Caroline that SHE got the bigger piece.  No photos of the crying that came later.
Happy Thanksgiving!