The House

We feel very lucky and blessed to be renting from some friends of ours. They finished dental school here and are now renting the house they own to us. We love this area and now that we're moved in and settled, it feels like home.

I had requests for pictures, so... well... you asked :-)

The outside of the house and neighborhood, views from all around, you can see downtown Denver when it's clear, and the Rocky Mountains behind that. Behind us is... nothing. Just the way I like it. To the side, not much. Denver International Airport isn't visible but the planes are, and the kids love that.

D wanted to close the garage door for me but I was just snapping away and didn't wait.





Cloudy day prevents seeing downtown but that's the direction.








Backyard:








This is the front door and entryway:


Front door is just to the left of this stairway:


Entryway 1/2 bath and closet:


Living Room:


Large closet under the stairway, and garage door:


Kitchen:




Backyard viewed through sliding doors in kitchen:




Corkboard that I covered with fabric, holds calendar, keys, etc.:


Main level 1/2 bath curtain that I made:


I spray painted 3 dollar store frames and framed three separate pieces of the print of the same fabric from the curtain:


I don't know why they look crooked in this picture. D hung them so you KNOW they had to be straight. He probably re-straightens them daily, too...




J's bedroom:






Master bedroom:



We seem to have lost the pretty bedskirt that went with this set in the move. It's so puzzling, I don't get how you lose something like that!







Master Bath:


Kids' Bath:


D refinished this beautiful antique secretary that was given to us by some friends. This is now in the loft. I have before pictures too, I'll tack them on after I show the finished product:




Placemat I made for the laptop and mouse:








Before, in the garage being taken apart, just caught these:




This is a very old Singer sewing cabinet that my grandfather got used (he got several at once from a school in the 1950's while doing cabinetry work there), I inherited this one and D refinished it as well. My wonderful uncle did some remodelling of it to fit my sewing machine, and then D painted it and put on the new (my favorite!!) crystal knobs. I used to love sewing. Really, I thought I did, but now... I'll hem anyone's pants in the house whenever they need it!



Loft:




Upstairs hallway, J's bedroom door and laundry closet:


Girls' room:


Somehow I can't find the ones I took of T's bed and the pretty window coverings behind... oh well...

And now just a few cute shots of the kids playing outside with D:










Weird face E has been doing since she was tiny, now we ask her to show us her "Funny Face" and she repeats it.


We've been leaving T home with the kids a lot lately to run last minute school supply and house errands, etc., so we took them for one last big family dinner before everyone starts school, this is the largest restaurant under one roof in North America, called "Casa Bonita" in Denver. Think The Mayan restaurant or Rainforest cafe, complete with diving shows, all you can eat (rather blase' Mexican food) but you go for the entertainment, and it was definitely worth it. Never can get a good shot of E before the camera decides to finally take the picture though...






You might have noticed the piano in the pictures. Tender mercy, someone put it on craigslist for a pittance because she was moving in a hurry. Same make as the baby grand we had to sell to move to Cali a few years ago. She cried as we took it away. I have been in heaven with a piano in the house. All of us play...even E thinks she can play "Twinkle Twinkle." It's tone is gorgeous, good key weight, good feel, excellent condition, whenever I walk past it I have to look twice!!

And, that's the end of this neverending post!