Friday, August 15, 2014

Story City House Tour: Second Level


Next on the house tour, we'd go up the stairs to the second level.
 
This landing area is perfect for a Christmas tree during the holidays.
It's just tricky to get up there - you have to put a ladder across the steps and climb up it while carrying the tree & ornaments!
 
When we moved into the house, the entryway was three shades of peach. It was not pretty. Shortly after we moved in, Nick, Sandy and I spent a weekend painting it three shades of tan. It was not easy with the high ceilings, but the colors are much more neutral and pleasing to the eye!

 
At the top of the stairs is a hallway that leads to the bedrooms.
 
I'd take you into Kimber's room first. It's my favorite room upstairs!
 
I spent several months decorating the perfect nursery.
This room came out exactly how I envisioned it and I couldn't be happier.
 
We have spend several hours in this room with our sweet baby girl.
Nursing her. Reading books to her. Cuddling her after bath time.
So many sweet memories of our time together.
 


Next to Kimber's room is the spare bedroom. Or the 'brown room' as it was referred to by my family. This was the first room that was reserved if we were having family over. And of course, my parents always got first dibs.
 
This room was originally baby blue with kids wallpaper before we painted it brown.  
We decided it would be a better spare bedroom than nursery since it was much bigger.
 

 
Down the hallway is the main bathroom.
 
This bathroom was the same baby blue color as the spare bedroom. I spent a Saturday during harvest painting this room while Nick was in the fields.

 
Our master bedroom & bathroom would be last on the tour.
 
This room will always hold a special place in my heard.
This is the room Nick got down on one knee and asked me to marry him.
This is also the room where I told Nick he was going to be a daddy for the first time! 
 

Our master bathroom is huge. With a big ol' bathtub that never got used....and a tiny little shower in the corner. Don't get me wrong, I loved having all this space, but it was a lot of cleaning. And we had a shower that I could barely move around in when I was 9 month preggo. If this was our forever house, we would have definitely re-did the master bathroom and put a big shower in the corner instead of having a bathtub.
 


 
What I wouldn't have changed was the master closet.
It was huge and held a lot of clothes - so it was perfect for me!!
 
 
This would be the end of the house tour...next I'd probably offer you a drink & we'd go to the deck and enjoy the nice weather with a drink in our hand!!
 

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