House pics...finally

We've been in our home for 2.5 months.  Wow!   We are slowly settling in and that feels wonderful.   It's been a much bigger pain having all the touch-up work done and little kinks worked out.  Who knew subs wouldn't want to do the job right/get it done after they've been paid?!  It's been many frustrating days wasted waiting around for someone to come do something for 15 minutes, not do it right, and have to come back.  I'm very good at hovering and being bossy now.

I have to preface this post by saying these pictures are lousy.  I most definitely do not have a career in real estate photography.  It took me a month and a half after moving in to find my battery charger.  Then I realized I didn't have a wide (enough)-angle lens so I ended up using Samara's little camera.  I should have just done that in the first place.  The house looks better in person so you'll just have to come visit to see what it really looks like!

Samara's Room

 

Her room is probably my favorite color.  It's the perfect shade of pink.

 

We love the shelves we added to all the closets.  We highly recommend this to anyone who is building.  They are inexpensive and add so much in organization.

 Master Bedroom and Bath

 We really feel like grown ups because we bought our first real bed frame. :)

 

Love this reading nook, bench and book shelves. 

 

Our closet is on the other side of the bathroom and we love it!  The shelves make it so we don't even really need to use our dresser.

 

Do you see the board and batten tub surround?   It's the same off white color as all the trim and the bench seat.  But I'd like to paint it an espresso like the vanities and to match the oil-rubbed bronze trim on the shower.  Opinions?

 Guest Room

 

Lizzie's room and the guest bedroom are the same.  They are both over the garage.  The have a unique shape that made getting a photo of the whole thing impossible.  I'll get a pic of her room when we decorate it.

 Living Room

 

Our living room and office are pretty small rooms but we don't need them to be big.  Love that I have a room that always stays cleans and it's fun to have a place to display the knick knacks from our travels.

Office

 

The gray looks way better in the photo than in reality (it's too purple).  The color scheme for this room will be light and dark gray and yellow.

 Stairway

 

 Bonus area/loft/playroom

 Family Room

 

That couch perfectly describes what this build has done to our relationship.  Ben thinks the couch should be up farther and he moves it forward a foot every night.  I think it should be further back and move it back every day when he goes to work.  And we are OK with the arrangement as long as we feel like the other is not in control. Ha!

 Kitchen

 

LOVE our kitchen.  The 132 hours I spend laying it out and changing it and trying to get a hold of the cabinet guy were worth it!  I feel so spoiled to be able to cook and not sweat and to have counter space, a dishwasher, and a place to store food.  We still need to put in a backsplash.  We are planning on subway (3X6) tiles but don't know what color/material to do.  Any suggestions?  Our island is espresso color and so is our sink.  I wanted to do an espresso colored tile but worry it will be too dark.

Mud Bench

Our mud bench is great but we wish we could have done a bigger one--recommend going as big as possible.  We had planned on the bench extending further to the right, but needed to fit in a return air duct for the furnace in the basement.  [P.S. The day I happened to take a picture is the one and only day it wasn't neat. :)]  That cage is Samara's class rabbit we were babysiting for the weekend.  We won't be getting pets anytime soon.  We have it plumbed for a little drinking fountain to the right of that wall.

 Views

The views are the best part about our place.

 We forgot how amazing sunsets/sunrises are in UT.

 

Good ol' Mt. Timpanogas

 

The "city" lights at night are lovely.

 

Lot below us.  Per the PUD rules they are supposed to keep the trees.  Hopefully, no one will build here for a while.  We plan on do a little camping trip in the summer.  Judging by the copious amount of deer poop, it's a popular place for them to hang out.