I only had time to read to page 34 this morning. We are going to the mall to get Tessa Build-A-Bear (she's been saving up her $$) and I need to get a few items for the Big Give projects I'm working on. Plus, we'll met Henry for lunch and get to ride the carousel at the mall. We live about 1/2 hour from the mall, so we don't get out much with gas prices the way they are.
To anyone looking at pictures of my house, I'd like to clarify that those pictures were taken before we moved in and there is construction dust everywhere!
YOU AND Heather live in my dream houses!!! Wow ladies!
The only kinda "nice" part of my house is my backyard
Thank you!
Oh my gosh, I wish my back yard was that pretty!!! That is gorgeous! Our backyard is all patchy and pretty ugly, with one spot that is always wet, backed by a bean field.
Only clean '*** there are no kids livin' here! They're all grown!
What dirty word did you get edited for, you naughty girl!?
Well then it is official..... if our wall color, wood furniture colors,and leather chair colors are all the same,....... then............
You really are cool!
I went to your pics- all I can say is WOW! I love your garage doors- and the way they angle out the way they do. I've always wanted to own a home with a garage like that. It's really comfortable looking to me.
Love your floors- Brazilian cherry by any chance? I wanted BC floors, but like I said, this was a model home and we took it the way it was. I actually have never really liked light colored floors, but in this house because of all the windows etc. the light wood looks good. But I love me some Brazilian Cherry wood floors for sure!
The mosiac work on the floor is outstanding! Did you do that?? Loved the sinks..... ah heck! I LOVED THE WHOLE HOUSE! Beautiful, beautiful home.

Karen said I'm cool! Karen said I'm cool!

Oh wait, this is coming from a woman with a penchant for pink boas....
Thank you so much for the compliments on my house! I knew pretty much what I wanted but not how I wanted it to look, so I had a guy on ebay draw up house plans for me. He only charged $400 to completely design the blueprints and send us 8 copies!! This guy was amazing! He changed as many things as we wanted him to until it was just how we wanted it!
The floors are made out of kempas wood. I'd never heard of it either! I think they look pretty, but they scrath really easily. So, I wish we would have went with brazialian cherry, which was my original choice!
The sinks are hammered copper and were made by a guy named Pedro on ebay. They were only $99/each!! Gotta love ebay! I see he has doubled his price since then, though!
I love the whole process of picking out stuff for a new house and trying to find great prices on unique items. This is the 3rd house we've built for ourselves. I don't know how long we'll stay here, but having my mom and dad next door makes me reluctant to leave it!
We built this house for the price that most people in the area pay for a cookie cutter house that's less than 1/2 the size. Just one more thing to love about that husband of mine!
But, in my town you can't get a condo for under $400,000

OUCH!!
here you go...here are some pics of my ugly house!
Here is DD's bedroom
I should explain why there is a palm tree in a HSM bedroom...her room USED to be Lilo and Stitch and I like the palm tree so I left it up
You'll see what i'm talking about by the "no charm" thing...notice how everything is a little crooked? It's not my camera!!!
Please point out the ugly parts about your house because I think it's very pretty! I love the shake siding on the outside! I love the palm tree in the HSM room. It's a HSM2 theme!
We can trade if ya want! I love granite in the kitchen.
I've had all sorts of kitchen counters- formica, tile, corian, and granite. My favorite, by far, is the granite. It's incredibly easy to keep clean and it doesn't get stains, scratches, or water marks on it! I LOVE it!!! My least favorite was corian! Ugh! That stuff stained so bad and scratched terribly.
The only "cool" thing about my house is, it is only 20 minutes from WDW!
That tops anything I've got, Cindee!!!