Pictures of Home

The last week in October we managed to get the NC tags for the car and my NC Drivers License; the last in our list of formalities.  We were now official residents of NC, however it still didn't feel like home.  I'm learned no amount of formalities checked off a list would make it home. We would need to add the personal touches.

I mentioned in my one month post that though we were getting settled, we had not put out anything personal.  That got me wondering if that was why it still didn't feel like home.  So starting two weekends before the Parays arrived we changed that situation. 

Originally, I wanted to wait till we had all the rooms repainted to hang any pictures, then I realized that may not be for a while.  Also, I worried the longer they stayed piled up in a corner the more likely they were going to get damaged, so up they must go!  While I ran errands and got groceries on Saturday, Chris unpacked all our pictures in preparation for the hanging.

Here is the art gallery that resulted.

While we planned out and hung the majority of our pictures inside.It was a great day outside and the boys explored the woods (returning four arrows they found to our neighbor), climbed trees, put together the wheel-barrow and raked leaves into a huge pile for burning tomorrow. It was a productive day all around.

With the kitchen now fully functional after our vacation, i can say that our home is now our own.  We will of course make changes over time but for now we are settled and with that in mind here are some pictures of the interior (first floor at least) as requested; in a very "lived in" state :-)


Entrance to the house complete with watch dog patrolling:

To the left after entering is the "School Room":  

Continuing to the right is the kitchen:

Through door in distance is garage; left is bathroom and right is second set of stairs.

The eat in-area of the kitchen includes "Central Command" (ie. my desk)

Continuing around to the Music/Reading Room leading out to back deck:

Finally the TV Room which brings us back to the front door:

Hope you enjoyed the Tour :-)