Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Parsonage Tour Part 2- Upstairs

This is Zoe's room.  The girls have their own rooms here.  This is something they have wanted for a while.  Both rooms still need a coat of paint.  We hope to get to that soon.

This is the bathroom, obviously.  I haven't updated it yet.  It is the largest bathroom we have ever had in any home we have lived in, just so you know.



This is the catch all corner of the laundry room.  It is large, for a laundry room, so it serves as storage, too.

This is the family room.  Charis is probably knitting.
This is the laundry room from another angle.  It is different for us to have the laundry room upstairs, but we are just glad to have it.
I hope you've enjoyed this tour of the parsonage.  We are well and busy making memories in our new home.

Saturday, January 1, 2011

Parsonage Tour Part 1- Downstairs


Let's start at the front door. A spiral staircase goes up from the entry way.   I set our creche up for the Christmas season on this built in under the stairs.. 

It's hard to get a picture of the stairs, but this is what it looks like from the top.

Our living room.  Christmas was a motivation to get unpacked.  I couldn't imagine trying to get out decorations when the rest of my life was still in boxes.  We hung curtains, photos, etc., right after Thanksgiving.

Another view of the living room.  Made the swags myself- I have never been a drapery type of girl.  Notice the handsome pastor on the couch.

This is the dining room.  The good folks from Hampton Baptist did a lot of work in here for us, including putting up the white bead board.  It's very homey.

Another view of the dining room.



More dining room.  The built in cabinet was redone for us also.  It's a great place to store the Fiesta Ware. 

Welcome to the kitchen.  This is the first time in our married life that we have not had an eat in kitchen.  I have another shot that I wanted to include, but in all honesty, it keeps loading out of order, and I haven't yet figured out how to fix that.  I have learned quite a lot just in the process of getting these up, so this is a problem for another day.