the tour continues.

the play room.

this room is right off the dining room. it has been an office and the dining room, and will probably become the nursery once the baby is here.

we put in these french doors last year and i think it was a great idea. we can close them and not have to look at the messy room during dinner.

this room was originally a one car garage when the house was built in the 1950's, but the owners converted it to a room in the 1960's. i think they did a pretty good job. we've repainted it at least three times. it was dark stained pine when we moved in. now it's the same wedgewood blue that you saw in the boys' room.

 it's a highly functional room. you can even sweep the dirt right out the door since there isn't a thresh hold - something we need to fix. we tiled the floor in here, but hopefully someday we'll put wood floors in as the floor is like ice in the winter. the door opens out to the carport which is next on my list of things to fix. i want to make it a screened porch. i've always, always wanted one and i think the little bit of added square feet of living space would be much appreciated.

medals from races and kids' sports

 and more of the kiddos artwork. and there is the hook where their backpacks go at the end of the day.

long term we might turn this room into the master bedroom. the utility room is right off it (currently too messy to show. actually it is always too messy to show.), and is big enough to put a bathroom in there. we'll see if we can scrape up the money to do that one of these days.

and there you have it.