Building Vintage: Our Floorplan Drawing

The last photo I posted of our floorplan was pretty bad.  So I spent a couple hours drawing it on photoshop so you can get a clearer picture of what our plan looks like.

Here are the stats:

4 bedrooms
1 office
3 full bathrooms
Large great room
Mud room entry off the oversized 3 car garage
Oversized laundry room with exit to backyard
Massive pantry

Roughly 2780 square feet

Please note, the drawing is not to scale.

If you could build your own house, what would your floorplan look like?

Little Miss S is walking

Our very own little Miss S is now officially walking! Her brothers are what I call early walkers, 9 1/2 months and 10 1/2 months, but she has been taking her time. It has been really fun having a "baby" for as long as we have, but now (sniff) that she is walking, I guess she can't really be considered a baby anymore.

Building Vintage: Exterior Elevation

We all know that first impressions are key, and it's not just ourselves I'm speaking of.  The exterior if your home tells a lot about you as an individual or your family.  Thus, when designing our custom home on the 1.3 acres of land, we figured putting a modern structure wasn't quite going to fit in with the lay of the land.

We will be living on some land, having some chickens, goats and horses, therefore our home needed to reflect that.

Here is the builder's sketch of the exterior of our home (please note, we have changed the roof line, the right side now reflects the same type of roof line as the left - it is now hipped as it is called).

We love the look and can't wait for you to see more!

Open Shelving in the Kitchen

It is all the rage right now to have gobs and gobs of open shelving in kitchens for many reasons.

1. It tends to really open up the space.
2. It's a great way to display your best dishes.
3. Easy access to everyday items.
4. Looks fresh and modern.

All that being said, let's look at some inspiration pics for open shelving in the kitchen:

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Have you joined the open shelving trend or are you a closed-cabinet kind of person?

Design Board: Vintage Inspired Guest Bathroom

My little girl, S, will have her own bathroom in our new house we are building - though she will share it with guests.  I really want her to have a girly bathroom, but not something guests would feel uncomfortable in.  I've created a design board for what I think is lovely, soothing and inviting.

The floor tiles are what we have in the entire house, except bedrooms and our master bathroom.  I think a square board and batten look along with cream and pale gold stenciled walls pairs quite well with blush linens.  I can't wait to get this started, it may end of being one of my favorite rooms in the house!

We have moved!

Our house sold - yay! and we are packing up and moving to a temporary rental home nearby. Posting may be erratic for the next week or so.  In the meantime, read a fun book and tell me all about it!

Design Board: Vintage Inspired Master Bath

I am super excited about my master bathroom in our new house.  I've created a design board that my actual bathroom is modeled after.  Take a look:

My actual floor tiles are not the honeycomb style pictured here, sadly I ended up going with a 13x13 white & gray floor tile that we'll install on the diagonal.  When working with budget constraints, some things you have to give up, and at $9 a square foot for the tile I wanted, I had to go with something less expensive.  I'm hoping my tile choice will still give me the look I am going for.