January 5th, 2018
Our first house was a love affair. I think I’ll always love it because we bought it ten days after I gave birth to our middle. I felt like we brought our baby home there. And we actually did bring baby 3 home to there. Being military we’ve always been in transition during delivery time, I feel like that’s pretty typical of military life. This house was already beautiful but we needed to make it us. I had the kitchen cabinets painted. My husband put a subway tile backsplash in and cut and made a glass cabinet, my mom and I repainted SIX of the rooms, and my husband and his father built a screened-in porch the weekend I delivered number 3 (we might be a tad bit crazy). When it came time for us to sell and move (again), I did it with such bittersweet sadness. Our town was a picturesque Nicholas Sparks setting. The people in that town MADE. IT. WONDERFUL. They are all missed.
Cabinets: Benjamin Moore Advanced White Dove
White Subway tile with Grey Grout from Clayton Tile Co.
Glass Door: My Handy Husband
Benjamin Moore Newburyport Blue
Screen Tight System from Lowe's Home Improvement
Our second house we decided to downsize. What the hell was I thinking? I guess I forgot that babies grow up or get bigger or that maybe I’d like to get away for a minute? Our home is by no means small but then again neither is a family of five with a golden. It is beautiful though. We’ve been here for a year and I’ve done zero inside renovations. I thought that the few days after Christmas and before my husband went back to work would be as good as time as ever to really make this house feel like home.
