House pics! & Freebie

alright I know many of you will faint from surprise.. but... I'm making good on my promise of getting the pics of the new house (and painting) up for you guys! Now.. I DO have a disclaimer to make... I am in NO WAY an interior decorator (oooooh how I wish I was though!!) so don't be thinking that these are going to be model home quality decor (BUT.. if any of you ARE blessed with an interior design eye and see something that you think i could do to enhance the look - I'm all about suggestions :)... ok... so here we go on my little picture tour!

This photo shows the view from the front door/entry way area. The double doors on the right lead into the "man room" - which we'll get to in a moment and the little partition to the left is the stairs leading up. to the left of the family room is my kitchen... now, I actually painted it a really rich deep red but I just didn't like it! I *wanted* to love it - but I didn't.. and after 3 weeks I just had to get rid of it. My boys really loved it and so I'll be putting that color in their room - where I think it'll really work well :) OK.. so here's the kitchen with a really soft silvery-sage color which I like MUCH better! Still not head over heels about it - but we'll see what the future brings... Here are some pictures from the Man-Den! Take special notice of the blue couch in the second photo... that is the blue couch we purchased from proceeds of Shandy Vogt Designs! so THANK YOU GUYS!!!! the matching Loveseat is upstairs in the loft (which I guess I'll throw in a pic of that below too -- nothing special going on there but we totally enjoy the seating of the loveseat - so THANKS AGAIN! one can never give out too many thanks! :) LOL ok.. this last photo is of Ben's room. He really wanted to have a "Bronco Room" so he helped me and we painted an accent wall and then he helped me paint his dresser blue to match. He really likes his little "reading cove" that we blocked off with some fabric. None of the other bedrooms are done yet... Our master bathroom has all the elements purchased to decorate it but they haven't been installed/hung.. but once they do that'll be like my favorite room in the house! (and I'll have to post more pics)..

ok.. now I'm being serious here when I solicit this next thing... Our master bedroom is like 20x30 - and I REALLY want it to be like a retreat for us but have NO CLUE on how to arrange our furniture or how to make a really inviting sitting area in it. If any of you have experience or an eye for decorating I would trade full access to my store for 1 month in exchange for looking at the floor plan and showing me what you would do with it (truthfully I just need some ideas on what piece(s) of furniture I need to get to fill the space and how to actually utilize the space to the fullest - kwim) - anyway, if anyone's interested just email - shandyvogt AT hotmail.com

ok... last but not least -- I've got another template (BIG surprise, huh? LOL)... snatch it up if you likey :)
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