– Exterior –

This is the house the day after we moved in. Zero landscaping has been done as it’s been a vacation home for a family since it was built in 2006.

– Progress –

Here’s where we’re at after updating our house numbers, rebuilding our porch railing, wrapping our post in cedar and adding a few accessories.

– Entryway –

There is a long hall when you walk in the front of the house with stairs on your right so you can either head upstairs or continue straight through to the kitchen, dining room/family room and the master bedroom.

– Progress –

Things are looking much brighter after new paint, a diy entryway bench, and some decor updates.

– Dining Room/Family Room –

Here’s the living room shortly after move in day.

– Progress –

Here’s where we’re at these days. I’ve been playing around with the furniture configuration since day one, but we are getting closer.

– Kitchen –

This is how the kitchen looked when we moved in.

– Progress –

This is how the kitchen looks after we updated practically everything. We poured our own concrete countertops, installed tile and painted the cabinets a deep moody green.

– Laundry Room –

There is a small laundry room right around the corner in the kitchen with a door that leads to the garage. I love small spaces though. Less materials to buy and they always seem to pack more of a punch.

– Master Bedroom –

These are the listing photos from before we bought the place. Currently, this room is being used as the kids TV room.

– Nate’s Office –

Nate’s office is an open area directly on your left at the top of the stairs.

– Bonus Room –

This is the bonus room on the day we moved in. We didn’t know how we were going to use this space. And it started out as an extra TV room.

– Progress –

We decided that this room would make a better master bedroom. The kids rooms are upstairs and having the master bedroom downstairs just wasn’t working for our family. So…up we went after installing some wood that will eventually be carried throughout the entire house.

– Upstairs Bathroom –

– Kid Room #1 –

I am not sure how the kids will be split up. Maybe Nolan will have the smaller bedroom and the boys will share the bigger bedroom? But for right now, Nolan and Grey are bunking together in the bigger room until Urban is sleeping on a more consistent schedule.

– Progress – 

Nolan and Grey are still happily bunking together these days and this is how the room is looking after some much needed paint and adding a diy wall stencil with a sharpie.

– Kid Room #2 –

– Exterior –

The back of the house has a deck that desperately needs some sort of structure for shade and is located on a little piece of canal off of the Deschutes River.

That’s it! In some ways it feels like we have more to do here than our last house because the last house was correcting all the old but this house is more of a blank slate. It’s going to be fun though to see where this new place takes us!

– Exterior –

Here was the place on the day we moved in.

– Progress –

We made lots of upgrades out here and painted the exterior, took down the plastic sheets that covered the entrance and updated the lighting and house numbers.

– Front Entrance –

– Progress –

This little space got a fresh coat of happy yellow paint for the front door, we changed out the traditional glass for something more simple, and finally added a few accessories.

– Entryway –

The long hall from the front door lead directly into the living room, dining room, kitchen, basically, the whole house.

– Progress –

Here is the entryway after the new floors. Then I painted the walls and DIY’ed a tribal stamp and added a live edge console table.

– Living Room –

The living room had vaulted ceilings and a brick fireplace. Yes, you can still have a  cozy fire in Texas. Or at least, I did.

– Progress –

The living room also had new wood floors and we whitewashed the fireplace, Nate built a new mantel to replace the existing one and we scored a mid-century dresser that we gave a new coat of paint. Finally, we added a little office area with a desk.

– Dining Room –

The dining room was actually quite big with plenty of room for a large table and a sideboard.

– Progress –

Here is the dining room after we added our furniture, changed the chandelier twice, and hung some curtains.

 – Kitchen –

The kitchen is the center of the house and opens up to the dining and living room.

– Progress –

Lots changed in the kitchen. I painted the cabinets with chalk paint. We also removed a bank of cabinets and built a surround to house the refrigerator. We also bought all new appliances.

– Main Hall –

– Progress –

The hallway is looked more like this after the new floors, all the dark trim was given a fresh coat of white paint, the popcorn was scraped, and the walls were painted.

– Guest Bedroom –

– Progress –

The guest bedroom was always guest ready now after we painted the walls, added some new bedding and hung curtains and art.

– Kids Room –

– Progress –

Here is what the kids’ room looked like after we decided the kids would share a room, bought bunk beds, and hacked some IKEA shelves. We also added some accessories and a few decor items as well.

– Nursery –

– Progress – 

Urban’s nursery was finished the day before he was born but I am really happy with how it turned out. We furnished the room with things we already had with the exception of the crib and the rug.

– Main Bathroom –

– Progress –

Here’s the main bathroom after our DIY bathroom remodel and added some fun accessories.

– Master Bedroom –

– Progress –

We bought a new king sized bed and bought some new bedding. We also updated our master bathroom and vanity area.

– Porch –

On the back of the house, there was a screened-in porch which felt very southern to us and a green backyard with a couple of big Ash trees.

– Progress –

Here’s how the porch looked after some fresh paint, and added a few plants and furniture.

– Backyard –

– Progress –

The only real changes in the back yard we made were in the form of new paint and yard maintenance.

So, that’s the whole house! We loved this little place and hope that the next owners love it as much as we did!