I am loving looking at everyone's houses. They are all so beautiful. I have gotten so many ideas for my own house, and how I'd like to eventually re-do my kitchen.
Welcome back to my humble abode, today we are peeking at my living areas. There are two living areas in my house, the living room, and the play/school/lego room.The living room is also known as the no legos, no little parts toys, no food room. Doorbuster plays here most of the day, and I really hate picking legos and stuff out of his mouth. This is where his toys live, and if I have company over, its always neat and ready for friends.
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| Looking in from the entry way into the dining room area. I've been debating a desk/table or something along the right. |
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| Looking into the living room (I'm watching the news). Under the TV is two baskets full of wooden trains and train track. |
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| Looking in from behind the couch. |
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| He loves to bounce in his bouncer while I sweep and mop. But if I vacuum, he cries. All the floors in my house are ceramic tile, only the bedrooms and part of the playroom are carpeted. I love it and hate it at the same time. It does stay very clean, because I notice the dirt much, much easier. |
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| "May our house be warm and our friends many" And our mouse ears from the 50th anniversary of Disneyland, and our regular mouse ears. |
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| Looking at the couch, we got the couch and the rocker for free from craigslist and freecycle. The couch is a recliner, table, and sleeper bed. Pretty nifty! When I'm done with my laptop, I flip the table up and put my laptop away. |
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| Looking back towards the entryway, and towards the bonus room. The closet is over there, with our jackets/bags/etc. |
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| Walking over. The baby gate keeps little ones out so the big ones can build things. |
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| The room in its current state. I usually leave things be, as long as the tile walkway to the garage is clear. They were playing legos yesterday, and building a Knex roller coaster over again. All the white drawers are filled with legos. Under the TV is all the letter/number mats to play with. |
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| Other side of the room. The bookcases hold current school stuff. Princess is packing to go to Vegas, so she has her pack-pack, a lunch bag, her purse, and a spy kit. It's what everyone needs to go to Vegas, right? Note- we aren't going to Vegas anytime soon. The posters on the wall I got for free from NASA, and Genius took the beach pictures that are on the wall. |
If you want to see the playroom/schoolroom in its neat, clean glory,
you can see it here.
Hop on over to
Life in a Shoe,
The Common Room,
Smockity Frocks, and
Raising Olives and take a look at how they organize their living areas. I used to have lots of books, but moving every year convinced me to donate all my books to the library, and let THEM store my books!
Great pictures! Fun post! your home looks beautiful! If you have a chance, please stop by my blog!
ReplyDeleteYou've got a beautiful family. There's nothing like a happy baby in a bouncer. I am really enjoying seeing everyone's homes through this link party. Lisa~
ReplyDeleteLove it! Our houses are very similar, tons of Legos, a little boy who loves to eat anything he finds and tons of Mickey ears!! I even have that same frame that you have on the mantel!! Our house has mostly hardwood with just the bedrooms in carpet. I actually thought I'd love it, but I think vacuuming is waaaaay easier than sweeping and mopping. After five years of it I'm really rethinking that decision! Thanks for sharing!!
ReplyDelete@Bonni- Thanks for the compliment!
ReplyDelete@Pennington Point- I'm enjoying the link party too, everyone has such neat houses.
@Jamie- There's nothing like a house full of legos. I agree with you on the carpet, I like to vacuum more then I like to sweep and mop, and when its dirty, you can really tell it needs a sweep.
Thanks for stopping by!
Great rooms! I love hardwook/ceramic floors...I love much easier they are to clean than carpets. Great sofa and I love the saying you have on your wall...it's awesome! I love looking at everyone pics. I hope to have pics up tomorrow as soon as I figure out how to get them off the camera which I dropped as I was trying to transfer the pics to my computer and now it's not working properly and it's my daughters camera...oops!
ReplyDeleteOh no Vicki! I hope you get it working, I can't wait to see pictures. Thanks for visiting!
ReplyDeleteI love seeing everyone's homes! I've been considering a baby bouncy...your little one looked so happy! I loved your mouse ears!
ReplyDelete@Tracy, I borrowed it from a friend, and I'm hooked, and so is Doorbuster. He sure can get bouncing on it. The princess tries to sneak a few bounces when I am not looking, so it must be a good toy.
ReplyDeleteThanks Jenn. I was able to get the pics transferred but camera is still broken. :( Thankfully my daughter is being a good sport about it...there's a lot I can learn from her.
ReplyDeleteI know I asked for your address before and I did visit once. Now you are on my blog watch list as I've gotten a little smarter about all this. I have some stationery that has your blog design on it!!! The pictures of the house are fun...looks like you have really settled in. I don't how you keep anything organized...for just the two of us, I'm constantly shuffling things and buying plastic boxes from Target and we don't have any Legos!!
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful home you have! Thanks for opening it up! I love the saying on your wall.
ReplyDeleteHave a great weekend
Renata:)
when we lived in Germany we had no carpet and i loved it. I think it makes it easier to clean but it is hard on baby heads
ReplyDeleteThat's about what our playroom looks like on a daily basis! I have shelves and tubs to it *should* be organized, but it's often several different children in the middle of several different toys that just adds to the chaos!
ReplyDeleteI keep my vacuum out, too. I DREAM of hard floors though!
@Food Smarts- My house looks organized because most of our stuff is still in boxes in the garage. I figure in a few months, whatever we haven't used and gotten out we are going to sell in a yard sale then donate to charity. Most of it is toys that have been outgrown. Thanks for stopping by, can't wait to see you guys soon!
ReplyDelete@Renata- Thanks! I like the saying too. Walmart has a bunch of them for about $10. Thanks for stopping by!
@trooppetrie- It is very hard on poor baby heads- Princess had quite the bruise from falling off the couch onto her forehead. I try and let Doorbuster crawl on the carpet for a hour or two every day. Thanks for stopping by!
@Milehimama- I'm glad I'm not the only one! I just aim for keeping it mostly picked up. I don't want to mess up their creations. Hardwood floors would be so nice, I just worry about them getting scratched from the constant strollers/baby walkers/trains/cars that go by. Thanks for stopping by!