Back upstairs we've made some changes as well.
Josh's Room
Since our first update, we got Josh a desk, desk chair and bookshelf. We moved Josh's bed over for some reason and put the dresser in the closet.
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We still, of course, want to paint and may get him a different bed. In Josh's room, having display shelves for trophies and prizes was important to keep the room from getting too cluttered. But this big desk is wonderful. Having a regular bookshelf is great too!
Caitlyn's Room
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In Caitlyn's room, we also got her a desk and bookshelf. We also picked up a canopy to make the room feel more like a princess's room. Caitlyn likes to keep
ALL.THE.THINGS so we will need to work on some ways to display "treasures" more than just what is above her desk. I also think that corner is tough to get in to. When we paint her room, we'll have to rethink the furniture arrangement as well.
The dresser in this room also moved into the closet, and she uses her walk-in closet as a dressing room, getting dressed for school every morning in there! There is a bunch of little toys in the corners of her room, they do get played with when friends are over, so, for now, they will stay. Do you like the unicorn?! Leftover from her birthday in JANUARY! perhaps it will be the focal point of a new room design, on the horizon.
The kids' hall bathroom looks exactly the same so we will skip that.
Guest Room
The guest room hasn't changed much since the last update, aside from a few new things that have been hung up.
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The print to the left of the bed was from Jared's grandparents, and we did hang the mirror above the dresser. We still use this room most often for present wrapping and for storing items until I make it to the donation store. I only need a few minutes to spruce up the room if we have guests. Anyone have an upcoming trip to Chicago?!
Master Bedroom
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In the master bedroom since the last update, we moved the mirror and jewelry to the dresser side. We also got a Nest for the upstairs thermostat, so our house is slowly moving towards being smart!
The print with the black circle is a print of the night sky the night we got married, a 15-year wedding gift from me to Jared.
I'd still like to get a reading char, paint of course, and we need some things on the wall.
Master Bathroom
The only thing we've changed in the master bathroom is with the window. I had gotten frustrated with stepping into the tub to open and close the blinds every day. I wanted them closed for privacy as this window does have views of the street, but open for the daylight to do my makeup. Found privacy film on Amazon, of course, took off the blinds, the crossbars and this solves both problems: daylight and privacy. The kids use the bathtub more than we do. They always want to be the one who gets to use our bathtub first, it does make huge amounts of bubbles!
Master Closet - mine
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First, do you see the beautiful chandelier?! I installed it. MYSELF. After watching Jared do so many, it wasn't so hard. I love how pretty it is. I still haven't done custom closets because I seem to move things around each season. The shoe shelf has been in like 3 places! I did get a contraption so that I could double hang some things, and I have been keeping it clean since I rotated my fall stuff in. For a week. Let's play a game, how long can I keep it clean? Guesses?!
Master closet Jared
I do not think we've ever taken a picture of the inside of Jared's closet, but we did purchase a basic closet kit for Jared's closet, and he is very happy with it. On the right side of shelves, which you cannot see, he has double hung closet rods, perfect for his dress shirts and pants.
Sitting Room, now Jared's new home office
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Jared spent about a weekend painting this room. It's the same color as below the chair rail in the dining room. He also painted all the trim. He applied a dry erase paint to one wall, which I'm sure is a bad idea - allowing people to draw in markers on the wall!
Almost everything is recycled from the office downstairs: desk, chair, bookshelf, printer, and even the garbage can. He has two extra screens, and his new toy:
Because a laptop, two extra monitors, and your cell phone aren't enough screens! It's not like he's on the trading floor! But if this helps him work from home more often, I'm all for it!
I hope you enjoyed walking through our house tour. Hopefully, we can update more in the spring. The house we still own in Arlington Heights, our tenants are moving out mid-November. When we had the house for sale last summer, the biggest feedback we had was that it wasn't updated. So we will be spending the month of November updating the house to hopefully get it on the market before the end of the year. I know it's not the best time to put a house up for sale, but I am praying that someone who wants to go under contract before the end of the year will be our buyer. Once we unload that house, we can start putting more money, time and energy towards the bigger projects in this house. We need to put on a new roof and the kids' bedrooms really deserve to be painted towards making them their own. Those would be our first priorities. Then the living room painted, and our bedroom. Finishing the basement and updating our bathrooms are lowest. Maybe we'll be able to put a pool in the back before the kids go off to college?!
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