Tour

Several of our friends have said they want to see the house.  My inclination is to say I can't do that until I get all unpacked and cleaned up.  But - when will it be done and cleaned up?  So, here it is...

This is what you see when you drive up the driveway.

We've started getting some flowers in, but again, that will take a while.

On the front porch is our porch swing. The kids and friends have had a lot of fun on the porch swing by the front door.

In the front door

And around the corner to the laundry room.  We've put coverings over the window to keep the heat out.  Those windows face east.

Then into the garage.  It's being used as a construction space and staging for the boxes coming in from our storage locker.

Back to the front door, you walk down a short hallway, past the kitchen island, and to the main living space.

For the above photo, my back is to the windows and door that go out to the front porch.  We have the trim done on those windows.  We're really happy with how it looks.

At the end of the living room on the right is the door to our bedroom.

Through our bedroom and into our closet and bathroom.

Off the other corner of the living room is Bob's Office.  This is where we are putting a lot of the stuff we haven't decided what to do with.

Continuing down the hallway on the left is my sewing room.  Again, stuff to figure out where it is to go.

On down on the left is where my quilting machine will be.  The door you see at the end enters into Charley and Jackie's upstairs and the boys' playroom and a guest room.

On the right is our guest room

And the guest bathroom

That's it for the main floor.

You go down the steps into "Bob's workshop.  They are very special steps.  Every single tradesman that came to work on the house said they love my stairs.  The rise is only 6" and the tread is 12".  It makes it possible for me to walk the steps, even with my hands full.

At the bottom of the stairs is Bob's workshop.  He has a lot of good space and it is very cool down there.

On the front of the basement is a large room where I am painting the doors.  The left door goes out to the front yard at the lower level.  The door on the right is a guest room and a bathroom.

On the back is what I plan to be a canning kitchen and mud room.  The right door goes out to the back yard (which is all dirt at this point) and the garden.  The left door goes into the kids' family room.

So, that's how it is. It doesn't look very glamorous, but it "lives" very well.  This is our bit of heaven in the Bluegrass.