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Here it is. The upgrade to the practice house. We getting started on a few projects around the place, so I figured I’d better show you what we’re working with before too many changes take place.

These are the photos from the seller’s listing. I’m finding it difficult to get all rooms clutter free at the same time in order to take photos, so we’ll just have to take a before picture on each project we tackle rather than doing them all at once.

The previous owners lived here for 3 years before selling, but amazingly to me, they did very little in the way of “making it their own”. I mean, all the stickers were still in place on toilets, light switches & even the front door! Paint was applied to a couple of rooms, but mostly it looks the way it did the day the builder declared it done. In some ways that’s good as I don’t have to deal with anything they did that I don’t like, but it still shocks me.

So to get an idea of what it looks like now, image the rooms without the stuff in them & you’ll pretty much have it!

Can’t tell you how many times we’ve heard from the neighbors how glad they are that the non-working green jag. is gone.

We decided not to keep the hot tub, tried giving it away on Craigslist but had no takers. So yesterday Nate pulled out the saws-all, chopped it up & is currently making a trip to the dump. Can’t imagine why no one would want a used hot tub. . .

This one and the next are of the front living room/formal dining area.

Kitchen & eat-in space

View of eat-in space & family room from the kitchen.

Master suite – which is beyond huge. Our old room was barely bigger than our queen size bed. This one is as big as the 2-car garage below & has a walk-in closet the size or our old bedroom. Serves as a nice reminder any time we start to feel unsatisfied.

First bedroom which has become Big Sister’s.

Second bedroom which is now Little Sister’s.

Open loft/bonus area which on the plans had the option of becoming a 4th bedroom. We are planning to build a wall as this space has become my office/studio & I’m not exactly known for my clutter free, organized work environment. Nate wants a wall to hide my mess.

Came with the fence in place & is nice and level. So now Nate needs to work his magic and get to landscaping! Ha!

A tad different from the last one, don’t you think? Maybe even a bit bigger? (It’s actually over twice as big as the other AND has sidewalks which allows the girls to finally learn how to ride their bikes, a community pool & splash park & we can’t smell Popeye’s chicken from our backyard or be awoken by sirens & passing bass systems!!) All-in-all we’re pretty excited about this house. It’s still not our dream house, but a very comfortable & nice stepping stone to the next one & we’ll enjoy putting our touch on it as we spend the next 10-ish years here. Don’t know about you, but I can’t wait to see what it looks like when I’m “done”! Ha!!

xoxo Lori Danelle

Now that the holidays are over and things aren’t as crazy, I’ve been itching to start making our new house, well . . . ours. But as we’ve undertaken a few very small projects, I’ve realized that I never shared with you pictures of the Practice House. So, before I get going on the new house, here’s some closure to the old.

My only disclaimer is that I wouldn’t exactly consider this house done in the decorating department. As we knew we would soon be moving, we opted to not spend money on things that may not work in the new house, so if you could keep that in mind, especially when viewing the couch & chairs in the living room, I’d appreciate it! Ha!!

I really wish I could find the pictures of it before we moved in so you could see just how much we did — especially to the backyard, it started as just an empty, unfenced patch of grass. But I can’t take any credit for that. Credit there all goes to my wonderfully talented husband!

All-in-all, a good little house, but we are so excited to be moving on & making this new house and community our home.

xoxo Lori Danelle