Back Bedroom, Son's Bedroom

Hall from the master bedroom.

This bedroom is at the end of the hall. It used to be my youngest daughters. She is 19 now and got her very first place this summer. She is having a blast living with a chickadee that has been like family to us since both girls were in Jr. High. We haven't decided what we are going to do with this room. I'll probably move 3 year old in here eventually. For now, Big Daddy likes playing on the HP computer. Both he and I have Mac's but he finds this one easier to print a lot of his Ebay overseas mailing labels, I think. I will need to spruce this up quite a bit as during the holiday season we get quite a few overnight guest and weekenders.

I didn't realize how many toys the Boy Child had til this little project. Here is a basket of Noddy toys that he used to play with constantly. Noddy is a puppet boy cartoon from England. There is also a train and tool banging set. A carousel and a doll chair I found for the girls when they were little.

19 year old took many of her belonging but left me a few things. I am NOT looking forward to going through a lot of things left behind. See that picture above the bed. She was 3.

3 year old's room.

I love this bed. It has 4 drawers at the base that hold a lot of his toys and a big space with a door to hold his oversized cars and trucks.

He is the office at the top of the stairs. Big Daddy does his business in here and 3 year old can almost always be found right next to his daddy. They are like peas and carrots. I don't go in here much because, well, Big Daddy has his own organizing system. This spring we will probably be switching up, sprucing up and rearranging rooms. It looks a lot worse than it really is here.

Master Bed and Bath

Tub and shower on the right of the room.

Sinks and toilet on the left. That door is to the master bedroom.
TV in the master bedroom. at the foot of the bed.
Dresser and small fridge.
Bed.

The Family Room

Taken earlier this morning from the kitchen.

The new play kitchen area. He is obsessed with machines. One of these days I'll line up the vacuums I have. The bread maker and the mixer are mine that he plays with. No, he doesn't actually plug them in. I got the coffee pot for a buck at a yard sale. Great place to find things for obsessed little boys on the cheap.
My bookcases. Yep, I have cookbooks in the family room! I'd like to get some shelves put up int he kitchen for the books but that's not happening until after football season is over.
Computer area. As you can see it's taking me awhile to get this all done. I had to retake a few pics in the middle of trying to post. Those are the dreaded curtains I'm gonna tackle one of these days.
Autumn coffee table Boy Child helped me with today. Looks weird because of the glass.
I love his toys. The girls seemed to have a lot more plastic stuff than he does. These are stored under the entertainment center.
One of my favorite pieces of furniture. Not the TV the entertainment center, silly.
I had a pic of the fireplace but it's a mess and wouldn't load right. You can see it at the top of this post. Notice the Christmas garland. Yeah, I keep that up to remind me that 2 weeks before I gave birth almost 4 years ago I decorated the entire house by myself while working full time. I haven't gone all out since. Nothing get's done during football season unless I go it alone.

Next up is the upstairs. It should be in the morning and not so much.

Dining/School Room

Dining room turned school room.

Bookcase houses storage boxes, rice and beans for play, arts and craft materials on top. Also reference books, devotionals and Bibles, Bob Books and readers, games and my storage binders on the bottom.

Blurry pic of the Boy Child's school desk and chair.

There is a dresser under that tablecloth. It's great for storage but is pretty beat up. I hung these posters the beginning of summer but we don't use them so they will come down and his Bible board will go there. between the wall and the dresser is where I keep display boards (found at the dollar store sometimes), large cardboard and butcher paper for arts and crafts.

Morning Board

Mostly my planning station. Under the table is more storage. It's amazing, the materials we go through sometimes.

China cabinet used as storage

Lots of work needed in here.

Next post the kitchen.

Living Room

The Literacy Table: Just leap frog and a alphabet mat to match up.

Our Bible Board: sits on the couch for easy access and because I haven't gotten around to hanging it up.

The Science Table: microscope kit, planets in the tin bucket, magnifying glass, a lamp and some science books. I should move the map over to the geography table.

Geography Table: Globe and some books.

Foam number puzzles in the basket, water noodles cut up for various activities, foam shapes in the wooden basket, tools for sorting, rocks in the green bag, lots of puzzles on the bottom right shelf and alphabet pipe cleaner letters I made for tracing.

This DVD case used to be jam packed with DVD's but I'm slowly repurposing it.

I keep throws on the arms of the furniture because we have 3 cats.

Next post is the dinning room turned school room.

Home Tour-The Foyer, Entryway

I'll be taking all week to do this and breaking it up. I have been called a lot of things but a photographer is NOT one of them.

From the front door entrance.

To the left is the powder room.

Some of my favorite toys displayed for easy access.

I love these alphabet tiles. I found them at different flea markets. The larger one was $1.00 the smaller one was $3.00. The smaller is broken in this photo but I have since fixed it. I need to reinforce it with some wood glue, I guess.

The trucks hold crayons but I'm not crazy. These toys are to be played with and they are so I keep the crayons in a safer spot. I got the truck at a craft fair for $10.00 each and the little airplane was a buck at a flea market.

The box under the shape toy is a matching game made with wood tiles. I love the abacus but don't have a clue how to use it correctly. We just do different counting things with it.

A creative use of display space. The front door! It's magnetic.

Looking from the kitchenish.

To the right coming in the front door is the formal livingroom turned playroom. I'll show that in the next post.