Our New House

Well, I have been quite impressed with the posts that my wife has created on this blog and decided to try one out for myself. This summer we moved and while we have had many visitors, not everyone has been able to make it up to see our home yet.

So I thought that I would show some pictures for everyone (including some before and after shots later). We have truly loved our first months in Wisconsin, except it wasn't hot enough for the pool (which was almost all of the summer).

We have however still really enjoyed being able to play in the yard with the boys. We even bought a new 'park' as the boys call it and they have played on it almost every day.

The home had a little bit of a country feel with the checkered curtains and the faux painting/staining on the walls. They also had furniture that was too large. We had to repaint the entire first floor. Below are before and after pictures of the dining room and the family room. The before pictures on are the left and the after on the right.

There are three bedrooms upstairs (and 1-2 in the basement for anyone that wants to visit). They were not however fit for our sons. With us living between Green Bay and Milwaukee, it was important for me to make sure that the boys did not forget their heritage and upbringing. So we tranformed their bedroom from the ugliest shade of blue ever to TWO other more important shades of blue.

Lawsen's room was way too boring, so it had to be painted as well. There is no need to even see the before, as it was the same version of off-white/dirty primer that you have all seen.

Consider this an open invitation to come and visit us anytime. There is much more to see, like the basement and the boys' toy room.

By the way, I think that this took me way longer than it should of and longer than it would have taken Shawna.