Matthew's Park House Tour

People have been asking for some pictures of the new house, so here is the first official tour.

This is what you see when you drive up.  We've finally cleared out the garage so the cars are parked inside now.  It's not a very big front yard.  I love the red door, but Steve would like to change it to a wood one.

It might not look like it from the front, but we have a 3-car garage.  The 3rd bay is tandem.  We'll probably use it mostly for storage.

As you enter the front door, to your left is the living room.  It's probably the most completely decorated room right now.

Further in and still to the left is the formal dining room.  Obviously, we don't have the furniture to properly furnish this room.  It's a little bare.  We're hoping to eventually get a new dining room table and a buffet/sideboard/china cupboard.

Keep going and you'll enter the back of the house.  To the left is the kitchen.  It has tile counters, not my favorite, a gas stove, and a dishwasher I love.

Here's the kitchen looking at it from by the back sliding door.  The glass paneled door is the pantry.

To the right is the family room.  Right now it's a flotsam of different things.  We'll see what I can do with this room.

In between the front and back of the house, to the right, is the guest bathroom.  I've decided I don't care for pedestal sinks.  There's nowhere to put anything and we get water all down the wall.

Also to the right are the stairs up to the second floor.  The door you see in front of you is the linen closet.

To the left of the stairs is Matthew's room.  We're planning on getting him a big-boy bed so all decorating is on hold right now.

Just to the right of the linen closet at the top of the stairs is the kids bathroom.

And to the right of the bathroom is the laundry room.  It faces the front of the house.

To the right of the laundry and also at the front of the house is Anna's room.  She fell in love with the purple walls and butterflies at first sight.

This is looking down the hallway from the kids' end of the floor toward the guest room (left) and the master (right).

The view toward the front door from the upstairs hallway.

The guest room/office/game storage.

This is the master bedroom.  I really like the bay windows at the back.  We have a great view of the greenbelt and the mountains in the distance.  No pictures up yet.

The master bathroom.  We love having the dual sinks and I really enjoy the jetted tub.  The shower has two heads.

Out the back sliding door we have a deck.  It's nice and big.

The shed on the side of the house.

The backyard.  There were roses and blueberry bushes here.  We're getting some ripe blueberries now.  Yum!  Steve didn't take a picture of the two raised beds that I've planted with green beans (I picked some today), tomatoes, leeks, lettuce, parsley, and oregano.

So, there you go.  I hope you all enjoyed all the pictures.