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making this house our home sweet home making this house our home sweet home tuesday july 29 2014 kitchen and keeping room when we started planning for our kitchen and keeping room we knew we wanted it at the center of the house it s where we spend most of our time and where people gather when we have friends and family over after looking back through all of the photos i had pinned on pinterest i found similar trends of things i liked and wanted for our kitchen we went with a mission style cabinet and added details like the corbels on the hood and island to dress it up a bit i also knew i wanted to do our island in a color a bit different from the rest of the cabinets and i really really really wanted a wood counter top for the island another one of my favorites is the copper farm sink and the three windows that sit above it i was back and forth between doing a single basin sink or a divided sink but after reading lots of reviews we went with the single after living with it for about 2 months i can say i totally love having a large single basin sink i can fit so many things down in there from baking sheets to large pots pans or even just lots and lots of dishes and while the big bay of windows above it did take away from some of our upper cabinets i do really enjoy having all of the natural light and the pretty view that i get to see when standing at the sink we knew we would be using my great grandmother s round kitchen table and decided to add a bench seat it has worked out perfectly and it s great the way the kids can pile in there and make the most of the space eventually i plan to have a cushion made for the bench but it will be a while like years because my kids are just too messy when they eat right now the light over the table is from ballard and it was the one light i didn t find at their outlet i had seen it hanging in their showroom though and knew it would be perfect over the round table so i waited for a sale before purchasing it hanging in our breakfast nook area is our family portrait it s the favorite family picture of the five of us that i have to date and it just makes me so happy to see it there the keeping room sort of got thrown into our plans by default i loved the idea of a keeping room and we kept the existing brick fireplace from the original house so we knew that it wasn t moving it has become a great place for the kids to watch a show while i m getting dinner ready and i envision football games playing in the fall when we have friends over we ended up painting the fireplace the same color as the interior trim and i was nervous about that decision because i knew when it was done there was no turning back i like the way it blends in with the rest of the house though and am very happy with the decision to keep and paint it posted by carrie beth at 6 32 pm no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest friday july 25 2014 photo wall last week robby helped me complete a project i have been wanting to do for years i have wanted a photo wall for what seems like forever since we moved in this house i have been hunting for black frames to add to some i already had and going through old photos to select which ones to print and hang i layed everything out on the floor to get an idea of what it would look like and how i wanted everything positioned and then we just went for it i love the outcome it is one of my favorite things to look at and it is on the wall leading from our mudroom to the kitchen and directly across from my desk area so i see it all the time it s like a walk down memory lane looking at all those photos and there is plenty of room to add to it on all sides which i definitely intend to do posted by carrie beth at 7 56 am no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest thursday july 17 2014 foyer entry details i am slowly getting our entryway set up and decorated i d been on the hunt for a console table and when we visited homegoods a few weeks ago robby stumbled upon this one it was not at all what i was originally picturing for this space but i love it here i had gotten these lamps at michaels a while back for our bedroom but liked them better here so i did a little swap i m waiting for our beach portraits back and hope to have a giant family one hanging above the table soon i got the rug at home depot of all places and it matched our ceiling perfectly the ceiling is an idea we saw in a model home i knew because we weren t having a two story foyer that i wanted to do something with the ceiling to add some character and this painted tongue and groove turned out even better than i had imagined it s painted the same color as our interior doors the lanterns were a ballard outlet find and we have a matching pair over our kitchen island too it s a big space and felt so open and bare for the longest time but know i really do feel like it is welcoming to friends that come in our front doors posted by carrie beth at 5 50 pm no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest wednesday july 16 2014 reward jars when handley was only 3 or 4 i started doing something we called marble jar as a reward system for her she would earn marbles to add to her jar for good behavior and when the jar was full she would get to pick a special treat or outing it worked like a charm and we started doing it with harper too then our house went on the market what feels like forever ago i put the jars away and they were long forgotten fast forward a few years and now that we are getting settled into the new house i knew i wanted to reinstate a similar reward system i also wanted to incorporate chores into this system because they love helping around the house and beg for jobs to do to help me out beg no more my loves because now we have a nice organized way to keep track of their chores their responsibilities and also their good behavior i saw a similar idea on pinterest a while back and this week finally was able to get around to making it first i found the wooden board and mason jars at hobby lobby and picked up the pipe clamps at home depot i nailed the pipe clamps onto the board and then robby went behind me and reinforced with a screw because he didn t think the small little nail would hold a jar full of rocks then i fitted the jars and tightened the clamps next i painted the top board and then added the kids names above their jars lastly i found tiny little clothes pins at michaels and hot glued those on so that i can clip the chore lists and change them out easily as needed the kids earn a pebble for each thing they do on the list and also for good behavior basically my goal is to catch them being good and reward them for it when their jar is full they can either choose to get an allowance or go on a special outing frozen yogurt a trip to the movies etc i love the way it turned out and although it was time consuming it s something i see me using with them for a long time and it actually looks ok hanging in our kitchen i knew i wanted it to be in a place where the kids would have access to it and that would be within their reach it s hanging on the window in our kitchen that looks out to the screened porch i m keeping the mason jar of pebbles sitting on the window ledge so the kids can easily add to their jar when needed posted by carrie beth at 7 47 pm 2 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest thursday july 10 2014 mudroom one thing i was most excited about having in our new house was a mudroom in our old house we would walk in from the garage directly into the kitchen which meant our kitchen table and island became the dumping ground for everything backpacks lunch boxes hats gloves bags toys mail you name it i cruised lots of pictures on pinterest to get an idea of what might work for us and we decided on an open cubbie locker system with baskets and hooks i also knew i wanted everyone in the family to have their own designated space i m really happy with the way it all came together the baskets below hold some shoes flip flops and make it super easy for the kids or any of us to slip on shoes before heading outside to play or get the mail or take out trash each cubbie has three hooks for backpacks dance bags hats etc the upper baskets hold other items not as frequently used right now like winter gloves scarves and hats we put our bench across from the cubbies so we can sit to put on and take off shoes and there are back stairs that tie into our main stairs in the mudroom too originally we didn t have this in our plans but robby suggested adding them so that when we get home from a trip or even just a trip to target hehe and have a million bags and things to take upstairs we would have easy access without having to drag things all through the house so far i think i m training the kids to put their things away there get their shoes picked up and put away and i m sure when the craziness of school picks up it will be even more helpful to keep things organized from the hallway that leads from the mudroom to the kitchen i have a little nook with a desk which i love it s really small but it is the perfect spot for me it s where i use my computer where i blog from the mail gets dropped and sorted here and in the cabinets i keep all of my things like stationary mailing supplies camera and phone accessories i m still searching for some sort of pretty cork board to put on the wall behind my computer so i can pin up things like invitations and such it s great being right off the kitchen because if i need to look up something quickly it s right there without having to leave the kids but at the same time it is hidden and tucked away plus no more mail on the kitchen counters and i changed out our kitchen chalkboard message to remind us all to enjoy these last few weeks of summer before school starts back posted by carrie beth at 11 50 am no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest tuesday july 8 2014 summer front door getting the house in order and tackling projects on my to do list is taking a lot longer than i had expected i know it s because it is summer and the kids are home all day i love summer and not having them in school but it makes my time to do crafting very very small i was able to get one project done this week though i ve been seeing the burlap door hangers all over the place and i just love them now that we have two front doors instead of one i m not able to use any of my wreaths or door decorations on the front anymore i really want to get some of the wooden monograms for the front doors but until i can make that purchase i decided to try to make some summery burlap hangers i just love all things nautical so anchors were an easy choice i m really happy with the way they turned out and i learned a lot along the way and get ready because i have found all sorts of fun ideas for just about every holiday and season that i hope to make only this time i hope to get them made before the holiday or season instead of halfway through it like this time posted by carrie beth at 8 28 pm no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest monday june 23 2014 dining room our dining room is right off of the keeping room and where our kitchen table is it is also a direct shot to the screen porch i love the placement of it because i feel like when we have parties or have a lot of people over guest will actually go into the dining room without feeling like they are isolated from everyone else we used what was the original living room in the old house and used it for our dining room it is a sunken room which we kept because we felt it added a little character and kept the dining room feeling like a separate room since it is right beside the center of the house and where we spend most of our time i found some pictures of similar paneling on pinterest and just printed to show to our builder and trim carpenter and i love the way it turned out robby painted the walls so that they could be different from our main color it s sherwin williams morris room gray the light was a ballard designs outlet find for an incredible price so incredible that robby bought two we have one hanging in the dining room and another in the office i think the thing i really love about our new dining room is all of the space and the fact that you can really see our table we bought our dining room table right after we got married and it is a really large table it s extra long and all of our dining rooms have been a little on the smaller side this room is much larger than our other dining rooms so much so that several friends have asked if we got a new table because you just didn t notice it before posted by carrie beth at 2 13 pm no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest older posts home subscribe to posts atom about me carrie beth i m a stay at home mom and i absolutely love my job i am so thankful for the opportunity to get to be at home with my kids everyday and see them laugh grow and learn i ve been married to my high school sweetheart for 10 years he s an amazing father and it s so fun to watch him in the role of daddy i love being crafty sewing and enjoy making handmade gifts i also like decorating organizing hosting parties reality tv the beach uga football the lake and all things girly thanks for reading my blog and please leave me a comment to let me know you were here view my complete profile visit my family blog http littlehipchick blogspot com blog archive 2014 28 july 6 kitchen and keeping room photo wall foyer entry details reward jars mudroom summer front door june 6 may 3 april 3 march 5 february 2 january 3 2013 16 december 4 november 5 october 4 september 3 theme images by ollustrator powered by blogger