Hey friends! I've been sharing tours of the new farm house (both here on the blog and over on Instagram), but most of those have been tours of the house empty, before we moved in. I figured it was high time to photograph the house now that we've been living in it for almost four months! So let's look around!

I filled our glass front cabinets with our daily dishes, which are a sweet blue and white porcelain dinner set you can find here. We got them (almost 9!) years ago at our wedding and I still love them every day. And now I get to look at them! I also added a few cutting boards, a banana stand (looks like someone needs to go grocery shopping...), plants, cookbooks and our countertop compost bin. A lot of you have asked me about that bin, I plan to do a blog post with details and my review soon (spoiler: I love it)!

Over on the other side of this wall of cabinets, we made a little coffee station. We've got our toaster and my new coffee maker set up here. It's like the go-to breakfast spot as we're headed out the door (the mudroom is behind this wall so it really is a walk-through as we head out the door!).

Back to the opposite end of the cabinet wall, you can see a peek of our pantry door (behind the empty banana stand! Someone buy me some bananas already!). The pantry basically is a little room which runs behind the counter and stove area. On the other side of the pantry, it opens up into our keeping room.

And this is the view of the kitchen you have from the open concept living room. All the heart eyes.

Then, of course, you have our big, beautiful island with our big, beautiful farmhouse sink. I still can't believe I get to wash dishes in here every day! This looks out to our living room and our covered porch. To the right of the island is our built in breakfast nook.

Finally, can we talk about the custom vent hood? Man, I researched and researched and researched the heck out of this vent hood. I feel like it deserves it's own post? The short version is that I designed it and our carpenter built it. It's basically a streamlined, modern vent hood cover with shiplap. Super technical description, ha. And a cute little wood accent piece. Don't forget that little guy, I think that wood accent makes the hood. Let me know if you have questions on the vent hood and I'll do a separate post!

So there you have it, my dream kitchen come to life. It feels so great that it's all ours and, truly, it feels like home. We've hosted many friends and family, cooked many family dinners and had many great moments in this kitchen already. I look forward to years more ahead!

For a full list of sources on things like counters, tile, lighting and more, check out this post.

Hey friends! Since you've already seen our master bedroom and closets and you got a sneak peek from my tile source post, I thought it was high time I share our entire master bathroom. This room is one of my favorite rooms in the house (I think I say that about every room?!). There aren't a lot of rooms in the house that we "went big" on in terms of splurging on size or finish. But this master bathroom? Oh, boy, we went big. Literally- it's huge. Equipped with two 72" vanities (his and hers), a powder room toilet closet, a clawfoot tub niche and the world's most gigantic shower, and I'd say this is quite the bathroom! And what's funny, it bears a lot of resemblance to the master bath we renovated at our old ranch house, which you can see here. I guess you love what you love!

A few things about this space I wanted to mention. I love the symmetry. We've got a vanity on either side and then the shower mirrors the powder/toilet closet and the tub sits smack dab in the middle. Symmetry makes my heart happy! Speaking of that tub, it's another thing I love. Like, a lot. I knew I wanted to make that niche something special, so we added shiplap and custom built-in shelves to the space. Originally, we had painted the shiplap Alabaster, like the walls, but eventually decided they needed to stand out with a soft gray. In the shower, we chose a basketweave marble tile for the floor and used subway tile for the walls and bench. That bench is so perfect for shaving my legs! And then one of my favorite elements is that we used some of the marble floor tile to trim out the edge of the shower along the glass, on the floor and in our shampoo shelf insets. It's all in the details! One detail I did leave out, though, was the vanity mirrors. I couldn't find anything I liked that was large enough, so we decided to do (super cheap) plate glass and either frame it out or replace it down the road. That's a good building tip- if you can't make up your mind, don't waste money on a choice that's not your favorite!

We're so happy with how this bathroom turned out. It's truly a dream room. Now that we've moved in, I've added some really pretty warm wooden and other natural tones with accessories, baskets and a makeup table. I can't wait to share updated pictures soon!

Sources:

all tile and grout sources listed here

wall paint color: Sherwin Williams Alabaster

trim paint color: custom color (similar to SW Alabaster)

shiplap paint color: Sherwin Williams Passive

clawfoot tub

tub faucets/plumbing (polished nickel)

vanities: Legacy cabinets in Ash color

vanity hardware

sink faucets (polished nickel)

shower plumbing by Moen (polished nickel)

Hey friends! Some of the most-asked questions about our new farmhouse so far are about sources and information for our tile and grout. So here we go! A full source list for all of the tile selections we made in our house. As an FYI, I sourced all of the tile myself (outside of the selection presented to us by our builder's tile installation company) for a few different reasons. I've got a whole post drafted which shares the pros and cons behind sourcing your own materials, coming your way! Let me know if you have any questions about the peaks of the rooms you're seeing and I'll answer them when I finish up the reveal for each room in the house. Until then, all the tile + grout sources coming right atcha.


laundry room floor tile
laundry room grout: Delorean Gray


guest bathroom floor tile
guest bath floor grout: Bright White
guest bathroom shower wall tile
guest bath wall grout: Delorean Gray



kitchen backsplash tile
kitchen grout: Cape Gray




master bathroom floor (and shower trim) tile
master bathroom shower wall tile
master bathroom shower floor tile
master bathroom grout (all): Rolling Fog



both kids' bathroom shower wall tile
both kids' bathroom floor tile
both kids' bathroom grout (all): Cape Gray

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Now that I've started decorating our new house (we've been living in it for about two months now!), I thought I'd share some "finished" (let's be honest and just call it "progress!") shots. So, yes, right now I'm jumping all over the whole wide timeline spectrum as I'm currently sharing posts from the building process, tours of the empty house right before we moved in and now photos of the finished spaces with furniture. Hot mess express over here, but I'm just so excited to share it all, so bear with me.

So today, on a Saturday morning when you're hopefully hanging around your breakfast table with your family, I thought I'd share our breakfast nook! We designed this little "L" shaped corner with a corner bench in mind, and had our carpenters build in the bench (which opens on hinges for extra storage) during construction. This space sits between the kitchen and the keeping room, so we wanted to tuck the table away in the corner so it doesn't block the flow of traffic. And now we've got an adorable, window-lined little nook for breakfast and, oftentimes, lunch! The kids love it and really enjoy having their friends over to eat with them in this space.

Two questions for you on the light: 1) is it too small? 2) should I paint it brass or ORB?) Let me know what you think and thanks for the insight! Sources below!

round dining table
vintage white ladderback chairs
buffalo check pillows (so cheap, people!)
industrial pendant light
vintage printer/typewriter letter tray

Hi friends! Thanks so much for the love on our new kitchen! I'm excited to share our living room and keeping room with you today as those are the two rooms on either side of the kitchen. We planned an open concept main living space, so the living/family room, kitchen, breakfast nook area and keeping room (an old-fashioned term for a hearth room located next to your kitchen) are all basically in one big open area. We've only been in the house for about two months, but this space has become our absolute favorite place in the house to spend time together as a family. And it's been great for hosting large groups!

We vaulted the ceiling of the keeping room (FYI this room sits at an angle off of the back part of our house, almost like an add-on) and added wooden beams along the ceiling line. We actually just built out the beams with stain grade 1x6 pieces of wood which saved a lot of cost (and weight) instead of purchasing real solid wood beams! The walls, as you can see, are all shiplap. And we added French doors on all sides of the room- one set going out to our courtyard area and two sets of French doors going out to our back patio. 

Our living room is pretty simple- with only two walls, we made one a wall of windows looking out over our outdoor living area and the other a wall of built in bookshelves surrounding the fireplace. We don't have a playroom downstairs, so all of the kids toys are now in those shelves. It's working out great for us so far and we love having them playing in our main space so we can keep an eye on them while we cook dinner or hang out on the couch.

I think the star of the show in both rooms are the fireplaces. We designed them to match our simple farmhouse trim work but they've also got a little touch of traditional and a little touch of Craftsman. I. love. them. And for those of you wondering, they are B-vent gas fireplace logs (that I can turn on with the flick of a switch! score!). We actually have been using both fireplaces almost every day. I usually wake up and one of the first things I do is read my Bible with a cup of coffee by the fireplace in the keeping room. And of course we've had the fireplace on in the living room most nights we're in there! And, hello, it was so fun to decorate two mantels for Christmas.

So here's our main space! Hope you like it!

S O U R C E S :

wall paint color- Sherwin Williams Alabaster

trim color (and shiplap color)- custom color to match our cabinets

ceiling fans

beam stain color- Early American by Minwax

brick- Old Georgian Tudor with Savannah White ivory mortar

living room cabinet knobs- Hobby Lobby

living room sconces

The kitchen. Ahhhh, the kitchen. This room is easily way up there in the race for my favorite rooms in the house. I love this room because it's open... lots of walkway space, lots of counter space, lots of seating... and classic- you can't go wrong with a black, white and brass scheme! I feel like I have so much to say about this room... I'm just going to start brain dumping about designing this room. If I miss anything, feel free to leave questions in the comments and I'll update the post!

I always knew I wanted a black and white kitchen (see here!), so it was a pretty easy choice to start with the cabinets. We chose a Shaker style white cabinet (which is eerily similar to SW Alabaster, an off-white) and mixed in glass and solid uppers. We wanted to max out our 9 foot ceilings in terms of design and function, so we added the 12" box cabinet on the top with 36" uppers under the box. Our island cabinets are black (by the way, our island dimensions are: 4' x 8.5'). All cabinets are made by Legacy, happy to share more details about which selection we made if anyone wants (I know some of you out there are shopping cabinets!), just shoot me an email.

Read all about the counter top selection right here.

I took a biiiiiig leap of design faith (way outside my comfort zone!) and mixed a bunch of metals in here. Probably more than is "allowed" (stainless steel! brass! oil rubbed bronze! polished nickel!) but I absolutely love the way it works together. I knew I wanted brass in this room, but I was scared to commit to anything too permanent or expensive, so we went with brass hardware. I took a tip from Studio McGee and chose polished nickel (instead of chrome) as it has warmer undertones and pairs more easily with brass or gold or bronzes. I actually extended this tip throughout my entire home... I love me some polished nickel!

We went simple and classic with miniature white subway tiles for the backsplash. I really wanted this kitchen to be relaxing and didn't feel like I needed a crazy backsplash competing for attention. I left the attention-grabbing to those majorly giant pendant lights I chose over the island ; )

As for appliances, we splurged a bit and bought mostly KitchenAid Pro products. The KitchenAid Pro gas range oven wasn't in our budget, so we chose this Verona dual fuel range and LOVE it so far. We typically bake in the wall oven and cook over the range, but we have also used both ovens at the same time a few times over the past few weeks since we've been here. Game changer. 

Besides being open and classic (and having a giant island), I also always knew I wanted a desk space in our dream kitchen. I have just always pictured putting a desktop computer there and letting the kids do homework while I get supper ready, instead of letting them hole up in their rooms. It's also a great "drop spot" for clutter and mail that somehow doesn't find a place in the mudroom.

Did I mention the giant walk-in pantry? Talk about another game changer! I've got my counter top appliances lined up on some of the bigger shelves... I LOVE having all that space to organize the kitchen clutter and food!

I just realized that I didn't get any up-close photos of our custom shiplap range hood. Bad blogger. I promise I'll devote an entire post soon to that beauty. Also, I will say that since this photo, the shelves have been lined up with the mullions on the windows of the glass uppers... that drove me crazy then and drives me crazy just looking at these photos now!

I think that's most of the major elements, let me know if you have any questions! Sources below : )

pendant lights

cabinet pulls and knobs

kitchen faucet

pot filler

backsplash tile