It's beginning to look alot like...

...Home. :)
I've had alot of requests from {family, friends} to see what our house looks like. 
We've been busy busy busy, making this house our home, and we are getting somewhere!
I must admit that it is alot of fun having another space to decorate, and with Pinterest ideas and gorgeous House and Home magazines begging me to read them, I was dreaming colours for quite a while already. 
Although the house was perfectly livable it was quite dated, which gave us a good reason to get on with things right away - there's no better time then the present:)  Our house is also not fancy or large. It's really quite modest which is perfect for a growing, busy family.  It is a bungalow, 1700 square feet with a basement, half of which is finished (2 bedrooms, and playroom).  Even though I am excited about the practicalities of this home, I now realize how spoiled I was in our Drayton home with it being a new building with beautiful xtras like the walk in pantry, walk-in laundry room and double garage. Oh well. Such is life.  
Back to what we are doing here... while we were still in Ontario we got the flooring done. There was a dark blue carpet in the eating and living area as well as laminate in the kitchen that we removed, and had Hickory laminate installed in the hallways and livingroom, and a laminate tile put in the kitchen and dining area.  
The week we arrived I started painting. We are not finished everything yet, as I have to fit it in between feeding children, running errands and doing laundry, but it's coming together, and I am happy. 

The living room before painting but with the new flooring...

Changing...

And done for now.  (Curtains coming at a later date...)

Hall ways still blue...

...and now they are finished in "Ivory Coast" taupe. 

I forgot to take a "before" of the dining area... this is all I could find...(yes the boys are doing their school work :)  )

Dining area done. - New flooring, paint, lamp and curtains.

Kitchen!  (Before)

Kitchen  - after!  (New flooring, countertops, sink, faucet, paint, knobs, stove and fridge).

To give you some perspective of the layout...

We haven't done much to the rest of the place yet, only changed the sink, faucet and counter in the one washroom.

Here it is... I have the paint for this washroom too, just ran out of time to do the painting:)

So here you have a small overview of what has been keeping me busy.  I will post more pictures of the house as we make the changes:)  But for now, it's time to go to bed, and start dreaming:)

Weltrusten!