Home is where the AF sends us: My favorite

I love our room.  Wanna know why?  All because we got brand new grown up furniture!

Yep, the first week we moved in we ran to the store and picked out our bedroom set.  Not a moment too soon either, because those old dressers from Cody's college days? Stuffed full.  Which meant I had to keep all my clothes in the dresser in the guest room.  Fun fun.  Plus, I didn't have a nightstand on my side so I was forever having to pass Cody my book or drink to put on his side.

Luckily we both agreed that this was the only set we liked.  Dark wood, slightly sleigh bed style, but not so sleighed out that it makes me want to drink hot chocolate and watch Christmas movies. 

I also love our bedspread Mom got us with our fun zebra print and red throw pillows!

Now there is a TV on top of the dresser, but the pictures in the frame still need to be updated.

From this side you can see our bathroom sinks.  Pretty much all the houses we looked at had this set up. It's a little bit like a hotel, but this house had the area pushed back a bit instead of being flush with the room.  So it doesn't really seem like you are sleeping in a bathroom.  Plus, this gives us two good sized closets which makes me happy.

The bathroom is a little small, but the tub makes up for it!  I also love our shower curtain we got from Target.  It matches the light blue floor perfectly!

I think that brings the house tour to a close.  We do have Cody's game room and office too, but there really isn't a whole lot to see in there.  The office tends to be a dumping ground until we get some bookcases, so if these two rooms someday look awesome I'll be back with some pictures!

Home is where the AF sends us: The Kitchen

The dining room.  It's actually pretty open to the kitchen, but it photographs as a very closed room!

It definitely has a wine theme to it, and actually gets used as more of a paper catch all spot.

It was one of the first rooms we completed decorating though!

The view from the dining room.  Actually, looking at the picture it looks kinda...cluttered? Hmmm, I may have to reorganize a bit.  

:) I know, trashcans.  

Our city picks up our recycle curbside, and we don't have to sort! So this is our system.  Trash in one, recycle in the other.  Now if we move to a city where it isn't as easy, it will be a hard transition!

Remember all that wine we got on our honeymoon?

There is also a cabinet full of wine down below.

Not to be forgotten, our glasses.  I'm really only posting this to show how crazy it is.  I don't know how we accumulated so many wine glasses.  Granted some of those are martini and beer glasses, but the majority is wine.  I'm thinking when the garage sale at church comes around some of these will get donated!

Home is where the AF sends us: Come on in!

Welcome to our home!

Please ignore the slightly funky, built in the 80's features.  Some days I hate them and some days they are fun and quirky.  I should do a complete post on them. :)

With our 80's disclaimer out of the way....this is the view when you walk in the front door.

Coat closet on the left, office doors on the right, sky light up above, and funky tile down below. 

Needs some better wall hangings, but luckily we don't hang out in the hallway.

Straight ahead is the living area.

Ooo eerie floating specs.  Dust or ghost-ies? I'm going with dust...

Our living room is pretty spacious.  Fits our furniture and we spend a lot of time in here.
The door goes to the backyard, and you can see the dining room a bit.
The passthrough window goes into the kitchen.  Handy when we eat dinner in the living room and I can just set my glass or plate on the ledge, walk around and pick it up if my hands are full.



View from the other side.  You can see the office doors in the hallway.
I love our family tree wall hanging we got for our wedding!  They are all separate pieces though, so Cody did not love hanging it!  We still need to fill it with pictures, but it's coming along!
I have no clue where to put our Christmas tree.  I may have to move Cody's chair...

Cody's mom got us our huge clock to go over the mantle.  I'm so glad she suggested this idea and found the perfect clock!  I wasn't sure what to do with the space and this works perfectly.

Now about the mantle.  I'm not sure what to do with it.  For now there is a framed picture of Cody proposing, a candle, willow tree figure, (the cross has since been moved) , coasters, and some flowers.

The flowers are actually from my wedding bouquet.  The florist added some silk hydrangeas to supplement the supply that came in wilted.  You couldn't tell, and one of my bridesmaids didn't realize her bouquet was half fake/half real until halfway through pictures I believe. 

Anywho, some days I like the mantle decor, others I don't.  Suggestions?

Home is where the AF sends us: Part 1

I've been planning on posting some house pictures, and finally have decided on doing a series of posts.  I think it makes it a little easier if I do it bit by bit, and don't overload on pictures!

Cody actually was transferred in February, and luckily I was able to help him help him move.  Which meant I got to help pick out our future home!  We only had about 3 days to search before he had to start work and I had to leave.  We met with a relator and got searching!

The first day was horrible. Disgusting homes and bad neighborhoods.  By the end of the day I was ready to throw away my shoes and do a court house ceremony so we could apply to live on base!  (There's a waiting list so that wouldn't work.) The next days were much better, and we finally settled on this house:

I totally blurred out our street number and license plate.  No stalkers please!

It's pretty close to all the important stores and Cody doesn't have a very long commute either.  Plus, our little section of neighbors are all really nice, and keep an eye out for each other. 

View of the backyard.  It's a really nice size, much bigger than some we looked at.  

We have a nice little patio and scooped up some cheap but comfy chairs from Lowe's.  We also scored some tiki torches (to keep the bugs away!) marked wrong, so we got them for half price!  The part of the roof over the patio is some fiberglass material that lets in some light but keeps some heat out too.  We are hoping to spruce it up with some twinkle lights and pretty plants.

Have you noticed our grass yet? Yeah.  We are currently in a Stage 3 drought restriction and mere inches away from Stage 4.  What that basically means for us is that we can only water by sprinkler once a week at a certain time, and by hose only in the wee hours of the morning.  Stage 4 brings us to watering every other week, and Stage 5 is no watering at all.  It's supposedly the worst recorded drought 30 or 60 (don't remember which!) years.  I think in the almost 3 months that I've been here it has rained 3 times.  When it does rain it may be a sprinkle for 5-10 mins.  Although, one of those times it thundered and poured for a little bit and completely had me confused!  What is that noise? Man, lots of planes flying over today!  It is suppose to rain this weekend though, and we are super excited to see if it will!  We are waiting for cooler weather to start looking at getting some plants, right now it is way too hot and dry!