The keys are ours!

 Dining room with added trim.  This is by far the best upgrade!  Large baseboards, crown moulding, & large door casings make this look and feel really custom. 

 Front entry look up to the second level.

 Textured ceiling (no love for them here but it's what they do here in Ohio).  This is the light you get when you add a light to a room.

 Cute baby in the entry way.

 I really like how the carpet and stair railings look together.

 Fireplace with to handsome boys and Bucks County Ledgstone.

 Kitchen with upgraded appliances.  Apparently I can roast a whole chicken in that microwave!

 Beautiful view from the windows in the Morning room.

 Here's the sectional I blogged about earlier.  Its huge and we love it!  There is enough room for everyone.

 The carpet is looking pink in these pictures but it's not.  I do however like the carpet on the stairs and upstairs better than this.  I'm regretting it now that I see how much I love the other color.  It's SO HARD choosing all the colors for stuff! You can also see where we had them "chop" off the corner and run wood flooring so there is a nice flow into the kitchen.

My hutch from my previous house looks so small now in this massive kitchen.

Sectional Shopping

I have spent the last month shopping for a sectional for the Family Room.  There are so many options and they can get pretty expensive.  I wanted something built well (I have 4 active kids), stain resistant, but stylish too.

Some that were really pretty with turned style legs and nail head trim were just too uncomfortable.

Some that came in a million different fabrics, great price, nice construction just weren't quite right.  I don't want to have to "Heave Ho" to try and get out of it.

We looked at High end which were super nice, well built, comfortable...but with a $5,000 - $6,000 price tag it was a bit hard to take the plunge.

Then while shopping with my DD and stumbled into Macy's and found this (it's their #1 selling sectional)

It's called the Radley Sectional and it's just what we need.  It doesn' have the fancy feet or nail head trim but it's well built and most importantly comfortable!  It has the highest quality cushions available and is a great size.  The ottoman flips open for added storage as well.  And the price, well let's just say it's way less than $6,000!

We ordered it with the Chaise on the other side and an extra armless chair making the long side of the sectional about 176 inches long

These are the Fabrics I like.  I'll probably go with the Java because it's dark and will wear well with kids.  The light tan is so pretty but I have nightmares of kids dive bombing in the sofa with spaghetti sauce faces...EEEK!  Dark it will have to be, that's just the phase of life we are in right now.