The girls' room photos

The next stop on our little home tour is the girls' room. We painted this room first, the day we started moving in. When I picked the color, I accidentally ordered a different one, so we ended up with a much darker shade of pink that I had originally wanted. It's not perfect, but it'll do for now. I had envisioned a blush pink that was almost more white than pink, and this is definitely more pink! 

Here are the pictures:

From the doorway: Audrey's crib to the left, Josie's bed straight ahead. The fabric bins have seen better days and aren't the right color for this room (we purchased them for their old room and they are just along for the ride until we figure out a better solution). The foam bag/foot stool is the color inspiration for this room. The magenta curtains (which I painstakingly put together myself)  match it perfectly and I have some teal paint to use on the letters from the girls' old room which will be added to the wall with the shelves and mirror. Or maybe above the crib. I'm undecided at this point.

View from 1 of 3 closets (you can see the other two on the far right). They have two decent sized windows in here that are hardly ever open since they are sleeping so often. I've been trying to be better about opening them. The natural light is awesome in here.

View from the far window. That is the closet I mentioned in the last photo. The doorway is to the left. See the wall above Audrey's crib? It needs something, right? (Sorry that the lighting is so random in these pictures. I took them at dusk so it was very inconsistent depending on where I was standing)

I painted the shelves and mirror earlier this year and they are full to the max with knick knacks, pictures, and other things that need to stay out of little hands (extra pacifiers, vaseline, sound machine, clock, etc). I'm hoping to clean that up a bit when we add a dresser (good bye changing table) in the future.

A close up. To the Deyle family: we need more photos of you all! I do not mean to be exclusive with my side of the family. :)

View from Audrey's crib. Here are the other two closets. We will be reconfiguring all of this closet space to give some more to the master bedroom. They don't need three closets! The far one, with the single door, is a mini walk in closet and is all cedar. We'll probably leave that one and put a wall up where the bigger closet is right now. It'll be nice to have room for a dresser or other piece of furniture since there isn't a lot of wall space right now (relatively speaking).

The changing table and crib will eventually move out, since the smaller room (currently our foster boy's room) will be a future nursery. It'll be strange to see two beds and no changing table in here someday! 

So there you have it. It's definitely girly. It's a continual work in progress, but I'm happy with it for now. We've managed to avoid cheesy themes but I'm sure we'll be wrestling that in the not too distant future. One step at a time...

Master bedroom photos

I've been working ever so hard on getting our master bedroom finished. In our last house, we never did much to it. We had a lot of stuff in a tiny space and it was hard enough to just keep it all contained. We knew we weren't staying there so we never took the time to really decorate it. 

This time around, I wanted to make it feel cozy and welcoming for us. At the same time, I didn't want it to be too girly or plain. I feel like the balance is awesome in here for us. The bed print is flowery but the wall color brings it back around. They balance each other out. It's just right.

The windows in here are strange. They take up half of the walls but don't leave room for a bed unless you either put it up against the wall or have it off centered. Since I really hate having a bed against the wall, I chose to put it in the middle of the wall, hoping the pictures hung up in the empty wall space would balance it out. It's not common, to have the windows off centered this much, so it was hard to find inspiration. I like it though! I think it accomplished what I was hoping it would. I love the natural light so I can't complain too loudly about those windows. We may add a headboard (very low one) at some point but it's not a priority right now. 

Here are the pictures!

View from my closet.

Our master bathroom and hubby's closet are on that wall.

View from the doorway. Simple and clean, but not too empty.

This side of the room is b-o-r-i-n-g but we hardly ever look at it and there isn't room to do much since it includes both closet doors and the entry door.

View from the bathroom. Isn't that air conditioner lovely? The dressers are both family heirlooms from hubby's side.

And one more view from the doorway. The pillows are from etsy.com. The paintings were done by my grandmother. The trunk is also from her and the end tables are refinished/made by my hubby.  The paint is Pelican Gray by Benjamin Moore.

So there you have it! We may add curtains, a headboard, and redo how the closets are laid out down the road, but it's great as is until we figure those things out. It feels nice to have it done! (At least one room in the house is done... hopefully I will get pictures of the girls room done next.)

Bloggy break over

Whew! I'm sorry for taking such a long unexpected break from the ole' blog. It was not planned. It just goes to show how boring and winter-bluesy life is around here. 

Nothing has happened. 

We are chugging along, waiting for the weather to be warm enough for us to play outside, even for just twenty minutes or so. I require it be above 0-5 degrees... and sadly even that hasn't happened in weeks. Not when we actually have a chance to go outside. 

We can do this right? Please tell me we'll get through this. It feels like forever. 

Our electric bill was double what it was this fall. Double. That is so depressing. We're spending tons of money to heat the house that we are basically held captive to. How about we don't heat the house, and then we get nice weather and can be outside all the time. Deal? Okay, thanks.

In the meantime, here are some pictures of the kiddos. Girls with their babies and a mini photo shoot of Audrey Joy Joy (as Josie lovingly calls her).

the tongue. the whole reason this picture was not deleted.

As always, her blue eyes make me melt.

Photo dump (but only a little bit)

I've been struggling lately. A combination of neediness from little children, winter blues, being house bound, not meeting goals that I am constantly setting for myself, and avoiding quiet time with the Lord (aka where I am held accountable for my actions) has really made me a hot mess. I'm working on it. Whew, it's a huge work in progress. Overwhelming, but doable. 

In the meantime, I have pictures. I am terrible (seriously, somebody either take the camera away or help me out!) at editing these pictures and have no idea how to properly use this fancy real camera. So Missy, if you are reading this, come over, any time, and save me.

Here they are: 

Look at that sister fascination.

And then... reversed. I love their love for each other. It's growing and growing and growing...

This is her "Jase from Duck Dynasty" face. Google it. She nailed it. All she's missing is the beard.

Look at this goofy face. No seriously, look at it.

I had to edit this so of course it's blah quality, but I just love the natural smile! 

And my favorite, because I finally got the settings kind of right, and then she's just cute: