The current tag going around

I've seen this on quite a few blogs and wasn't going to do it, until I realized that I haven't posted any pictures of our little house. So I thought I'd kill two birds with one stone.

Keeping It Real
(The rules are, take the picture--no fussing, no fixing it up--just a snapshot of your life, today, as is.)

**I might've broken this rule a little, only because I'm using this post to show my house as well. It's not that far off anyway. There's not many people to mess this place up. I probably put away two things. Anyway, I like breaking rules that don't matter.

1. Kitchen sink: My kitchen is pretty fun. I like the yellow walls and all the sunlight the windows let in when I'm cooking. I didn't have much of that in basement.
There's a little screened in porch out this door. We haven't really paid much attention to it, though I'd love to put it to use. It would be so nice to close out all the mosquitoes.
All of this is extra counter space I didn't have before. I call it my baking station. The left cupboard is completely filled with baking supplies. And another great feature, is a swinging door. It really comes in handy with a loud dishwasher.
2. Inside of the refrigerator: I'm constantly annoyed with trying to organize my fridge. I try to keep certain things on each of the shelves but things tend to get put in the wrong place. And I get annoyed that we have so many condiments and little containers. I guess I just have to get over it.
3. Your shoes:This is what my feet looked like while I was taking pictures...
but as soon as I leave the house I'll put on these. Gotta love the Hawaii sandals. They are totally comfortable. But if we were to get into what my favorite shoes are, that's another whole post. I could talk about shoes all day.

4. Your closet: These little cheverly houses are funny about their closet space. We've had to split our clothes among three. This is one of the closets in our room.And this is another closet in our room. (a lot of the closets are way to high for me to reach. We had to invest in some steps stools.) The cool thing about this closet is that the light comes on when you open the door automatically.
And we are using the guest room closet for our church clothes, since we use them the least and the other closet didn't allow us to hang anything longer than a shirt. You may call our closet situation annoying, but we call it more-space-than-we-had-before, so we are grateful.

5. Your laundry pile: We try to keep them in three separate compartments , but they all seem to run into each other. Also take note of the lovely rose colored walls we are graced with as we enter our room ever day. (Not my choice, believe me.)
6. What the kids are doing: I guess this will suffice. It was almost as if he was posing. He stayed very still as I was taking the picture. If only real children behaved so well.

7. Your favorite room: If you are not already, you will probably get bored during this one. There are some fun features in this room and I want to highlight them. I'm not offended if you don't care. I just happen to have a little pride in some of my finds.


This is the entry way. The fish is on the right, out of the shot.
This is what we like to call the "nook". It's great storage space and had a charming little cottage feel about it. And cool track lighting.
The couch is probably where I spend a majority of my time. It is my computer station, where we usually watch Lost online, I also love taking my naps here, it has a bowl with all my necessities (lotion, hand sanitizer, chapstick, remotes) right next to it, and it's so nice and bright in this room with all the windows. (This fact has actually been detrimental to my nap times. It's forced me to buy a sleeping mask to be able to sleep during the day when I really need to. I suppose I could nap on my bed.) I'll get to the dining area in a bit.

More of the living room. We don't pay much attention to the fireplace. I think the window borders are pretty cute, even though it's not much my style. Apparently, a previous owner was a carpenter, hence all the wood detail around the room.
I just had to say a little about this bench I found. It's my little splurge and I absolutely love it. I fits perfectly as a window seat and it makes me smile every time I see it.

At a separate store, I found this cool pad that happened to fit perfectly. I love the detail.
I also am very happy to have found this set of end tables. There are two, one slightly bigger than the other. I love the detail, the price was right, and even though I wasn't quite sure what I wanted, they seemed to be just what I was looking for. Don't you love when that happens?

So, the dining room. Our landlord left the piano, which we don't mind at all. It's a nice little setup. All the rooms are quite separate, yet they create a very open feeling if you want to have a crowd over.
And one more angle to give you the full virtual tour. Also take note of the blue chairs I spray painted. I thought we needed a little splash of color. And the little hallways that leads to the bedrooms. Yes, that is a pull down attic. I am scared of it.
8. Your toilet: Our bathroom is considerably smaller than the one downstairs. But it's average I suppose. I really like the black and yellow antiquey detail on the walls that you can barely see on the left. It continues all the way into the shower. I also love that there is a big window in the shower (with the shades drawn when it is use, of course). Can you tell we've been deprived of natural light. I feel so rich with so many big windows.
9. Fantasy Vacation: This question is so out of place. All the other questions are about things you are doing right now around the house. Dumb. I'm skipping it.

10. A self-portrait: My freckles are really presenting themselves now that it's so summer.

So there you have it. More picture of my house than you ever wanted to see. I didn't even give you a tour of the guest, bed, and workout/office rooms, but I guess you'll survive. We love our quaint little home (despite a few of it's old fashioned details) and are excited about another year in Cheverly.

Oh and, yeah, whoever wants to be tagged, tag yourself.