Come on in ... I think ...

Well, I must admit that I'm feeling a bit intimidated to actually "post" these pictures of my chaotic home and actually include them in the Tour of Homes ... especially after viewing a handful of gorgeous well decorated and orderly homes. In fact, I wasn't going to, but since I had already taken the pictures, I just figured I'd go ahead and make my life an open book (since I'm so private, and all)... Just don't point out all the dust, 'kay? (And, I'm sorry I can't get my pictures to line up perfectly!)

And to start off ... I'm already a failure right from the very beginning! I didn't exactly follow directions. I took a "sweeping" photo of my house a few months ago when the azaleas were in bloom, so if you just squint real hard, you can see my front door. Sorry about that, but it's not a spectacular entry way, anyway!

Then ... in keeping with not following instructions very well, I have posted more than one picture of my rooms, because, well, I just did, that's all...

Here's some shots of my family room. The family plays here, rests here, watches TV here, and now that we have wireless connectivity, blogs here! You may notice the big empty space in the middle of the room, it's because we moved my beautiful wood and wrought iron coffee table out of the room so Hunter, who loved dearly to climb up on it, wouldn't smash his beautiful face up on it. We now call it ... Hunter's Safe Zone ... sorta. Sigh!!! Things change so much when you have kids, don't they?!




I'll start at the left and pan right with the pictures... This is where we try to keep all of Hunter's toys. Except for when he's playing with them. Then, they are all.over.the.place.





Here is "my" chair ... so inviting, so comfy, so relaxing, and the perfect place to blog ... when Hunter's not climbing all over me, that is!




This is Daddy's chair. It's a Mission's style recliner that isn't very comfortable to me, but he swears he loves it (because he picked it out, even though I told him I didn't think it would be comfy!)

This is the couch, which is where the dog loves to sleep when we're not around. Otherwise, you can find her in one of our laps, or running away from Hunter. It's only 5 years old, but it looks tired and worn. I hate that you pay so much money for a couch, and then it breaks down in no time at all! As you can see, the family room looks into the kitchen.




This is the kitchen ... Just ignore the back splash, as we're "still working on that" (we can't agree on what to do with it, so it's stayed white for over 3 years).














Then, we have the dining room. As you can see, I don't have a centerpiece on the table, because I can't decide on something that "fits." My mom made the window treatments (adorable) but I don't think you can see too much of them.





Finally, I want to share Hunter's bed room. It's probably my absolute favorite room in the entire house. When I was pregnant, my mom came over and painted the beautiful murals on the yellow walls. They are images she free-hand painted from the material she used for the custom bumper, crib skirt, drapes and pillow she made. She is so talented, and I'm so blessed that she does all this for me! She even made the cover on the cushions on the glider. Before Hunter was born, while the room was still empty, I would come and sit on the floor in the middle of the room, and just look at the murals in amazement that this was the nursery for MY child! God has been so good to us. And I even included a close-up of the area carpet, because some-how, some-where, my interior-designer sister (yes, that's really her degree) found it in North Carolina. She matched it to the nursery SIGHT UNSEEN, and by my small description of the main color ... Granny-Smith Apple Green. I just love it! It's so fun! And, it's the room I'm most proud of. My mother worked so hard in this room! I didn't do a thing. I was fat and pregnant, and swollen. So I just sat and watched.

The first two pictures are of Hunter's windows ... and the mural in between the windows. The window treatments are a combination of a child's black and white toil, green and white polka-dots, and white swiss-dot sheers. The mural is of a castle and a little soldier pointing to the left.




Then, if you pan to the left, you see Hunter's changing table, and a closeup of the mural over his changing table, which is a soldier pointing to Humpty Dumpty sitting on a wall.















If you continue to pan left, you come to the entrance of the room. The windows are directly across from the rooms door. To the left of the door is Hunter's armoire, and to the left of that, the glider where I rock him, feed him, comfort him, and cuddle with him. A lot of love goes on in that chair!














Finally, to the left of the glider, is the wall that Hunter's crib is against. And, in his crib, is the beautiful pillow my mom made that shows a sampling of all the fabrics she used. To the left of the crib, the mural is of children playing on a see-saw (one little girl is fishing in a stream) and to the right of the crib and into the corner behind the glider, is an apple tree with a little girl swinging off of one branch, and a little boy picking apples and tossing them down to another little boy below. When I sit in the glider with Hunter, I will make up stories about Hunter playing with his brother and sister... ONLY TWO other kids, unlike what Lauren feels God has told her, which would be THREE more kids. We'll see about that! And then, the last picture is of the magically-matched throw carpet.















I hope you enjoyed the few shots of my home (and I hope I didn't scare you off!). If you squint your eyes real tight, you can see all the disorganization and chaos in the back-ground. But so as not to frighten you, I've only shown the "clean and semi-organized" rooms in my home.

Now, hop on over to BooMama's and check out some other homes!