Home is where you make it-Part III

Alright! More Raley home updates-with pictures this time!!

Now let me go ahead and forewarn you: these pictures are taken from my cell phone so they're not of good quality AND I didn't "tidy up" before taking them...so no judging that it's a bit unkempt.  =P

This is the main entrance to the Raley household. The closet on the left is HUGE and has a ton of storage space (currently where the holiday decor and my guitar are being stored) and also holds our AC unit...the bad part about that is that it's SO LOUD in the living room since it's in the wall instead of the ceiling...but we still love it here.  The pictures on the wall need to be updated and added to but for right now-it works!  I hope to kind of smother that wall with pictures of everything-to chronicle our relationship, friendships, and family if able.

The picture below is 1 of 2 of our living room. Our living room and hallway(s) are painted a good celery green and I LOVE it!  The couch is old and HIDEOUS but for the time being it serves its purpose for date nights, napping, and guests. We need 1 more shelf above it and that wall will be complete! Our bookshelf is overflowing, so maybe if we get another one, we will rearrange.

The next picture is the other side of our living room-note: we have a set of french doors that leads to a little private brick patio!  It's very sweet and if we can get some patio furniture or even a chaise lounge it will be p.e.r.f.e.c.t. These doors we use for our common entrance into the house-the main door sticks a little bit.  You'll have to ignore the blinds in all of these pictures-silly us: we taught Tucker how to look out the window and he has done so excessively...and at such an excited pace that they are ruined (and we've only lived here 1 month!) So naturally, wooden blinds are on the "Still Need" list, lol.

We're also getting (tomorrow I think?) 3 wooden picture frames to hang on this naked wall-filled with wedding pics probably and that should do it! We need a chair of something but it's just fine for us right now-a chair isn't a huge priority. It seems silly but just a little paint can make it feel SO much more homey and comfortable, ya know?  We want a few little knick knacks around but outside of that, the only room that really needs more stuff is the bedroom-and even then, not too much.  I mean let's be honest: if we added NOTHING else to this place, I still feel comfortable and happy calling it "home".  If we can add the little finishing touches though-great!

Alright, now this is a dim picture of the bedroom taken from my crappy cell phone, lol.  It will probably change within the next 2 weeks (layout) but I'm showing you what it looks like right now.  Here we've got the dresser, hampers, hair stuff and jewelry box.  You can't see it-but our big closet (that has both of our clothes) is on the right (and it also has a TON of storage space!)  It is painted blue (see this blog in regards to the paint choosing for the bedroom between Der and I) but it goes very well with the iron/pewteresque lighting we've got in there.

This is the other side of the bedroom (forgive the unmade bed) with my home made art work above! I've got to make the sister painting to go next to it but I am quite proud of it  =]  We've got the cute iron side lamp and the DisneyWorld picture frame (also in blue and silver, surprisingly) that we'll be putting our kiss at Disney in!  I think it's precious.  We need updated bedding to match (I'd prefer something in navy and grays but NOT too masculine) and then a little rearranging and pictures and it's set!  We'll probably change the layout since this is kind of inconvenient but it's working eight now and it still cute.

It's a small place-but it's perfect for us 3 and we love it.

Well: what do you think?  Would you come visit and adore the Raley household? Because you're invited-no matter what  =]

Xoxo