Not long after Jasen signed for our "quaint" house on Ft. Leavenworth, my friend, Amber, came over and took pictures for me, so I could see what our next house was going to look like. When I saw some of the pictures, I laughed out loud. I mean, it wasn't that it was small, but it was really bland; there was no personality! So Jasen and I made it our mission to change that.
Almost four months later (really?!), we have lots of lipstick on this pig!
Part of the reason I have waited so long to blog is that I wanted to put out pictures of our house completely put together. Well, that's a joke and could take 'til we are almost gone from here! So I went ahead and took pictures with things as they usually are: laundry on beds, stuff not organized, etc.
Let's start with the outside. Here are Jasen and Kyle McCall, waving in front of a very empty home.
And here is home of Team Graham as it looks now, decked out in fall finery!
Once inside casa de Graham, is one small-ish dining room or one large-ish entry. Again, blank slate as all Army homes are before your stuff comes in!
Okay, this is not the most deluxe dining room ever. But there is only so much one can (or wants) to do for a place you'll only live in for 11 or so months!
Ahhh, the bare living room. Boy, it's small. I had no idea how our stuff was going to fit in here, but it did. I guess this is the room I am most proud of, because what was once blank....
...is now full! I mean, really full. I love the paint color on the walls and sometimes, it looks like we painted the ceiling, too. Technically, we are supposed to paint this room back to white when we leave, but really, who would want that white?!
Davis' room before...
...and after. Again, just painting the walls made such a difference!
Grace brags about having the "master" bedroom. But I have news for her; she has it because it's smaller than the other bedroom! There is a bathroom attached to this bedroom, but it is small and gross, so the kids and I don't really use it except when we have to.
Do not ever worry that Grace does not have enough stuff!
Our priority in our bedroom was not so much to decorate it as it was just to make our stuff fit! Thankfully, it all fit, better than any other military house did and we have bigger stuff now! Again, please excuse the mess! Before:
And after:
In the basement, we've made one of the rooms a toy room. Sorry no pictures of that, as it's just a blank room with toys strewn all over.
This room is the room we chose to house Jasen's study and our futon. In the beginning, it was pretty pink color.
After two different paint jobs and one lofty dream of stripes which was given up because I got tired of painting, we have a different kind of paint scheme! But hey, it's not pink! As you can see, I have used this room to START organizing, then give up! Jasen does at least have his study space the way he wants it.
Here are two pictures of the kitchen. Still has white walls and no curtains. Again, I'll blame the length of time we are here for my lack of desire to get that room all gussied up. At least I have a couple of things on the wall.
The room that had the biggest transformation? In my opinion, it would have to be the hallway bath. Oh, when I saw the pics of it, I wanted to cry. It looked gross. Once I got here, I realized that it was as gross as the pictures detailed. We used some of our "incentive" points (long story!) to upgrade the sink, vanity and medicine cabinet. Then I had them take the bathroom doors off (the track is still there so they can be put back up when we leave) and I got a new shower curtain. Voila! The room with the most improvement!
Then...
...and now:
So, when are YOU scheduling your visit to 1 Rose Loop?
