Saturday, September 8

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 :)
Download Here

44 comments:

Maria said...

Thank you! The DigiFree freebie search engine is about to list this blog post at digifree.blogspot.com

Unknown said...

Love, love, love the golden color in the first photo. Looks so inviting. The Man-Den is so cool. As is your template, Thank you.

HeatherB said...

Love the pics you've shared. What a beautiful (and large!) kitchen, must be a pleasure to work in there, and lots of room for all your boys! :-)

Thanks for the template! Love them, keep them coming! :-)

Gabi Butcher said...

And the baby comes crawling... hahahahaha!!! Loved that pic!

Thanks for the freebie.

Gabi Butcher

IkeaGoddess said...

Your house is beautiful, thanks for letting us take peak. I love the golden yellow walls you have in the entry way. And the dark mirror and seating place framed with the vases on each side - perfect. What an inspiration you are. I can't wait to see more photos of your house. And thanks for the template, too.

HG said...

Beautiful house and congratulations! I love your decorating style and that bench in the foyer is beautiful! When we build a house we are going to put in a 'man room', too! :) Poor DH has nowhere to display his Dolphins stuff or his Elvis stuff, lol

ChrissyW said...

love that first pic of the hall - looks amazing! thanks for the tample! :)

Brooke - in Oregon said...

Yeah! You got pic's posted :) I have to tell you that you have done way better than I have. We STILL do not have a single thing up on our walls!! Your place looks great and welcoming.

Thanks for the template too

Monique said...

Wow the house looks great Shandy! Good luck with the bedroom, I wish I could help but I'm not so great at the decorating thing. Have a great day!

Scorpiosue1102 said...

What a gorgeous house Shandy. Beautiful!

Love the template...as I love all of them.

Michelle said...

You have a beautiful home!!! Thank you for the lovely template!

Ramie :-) said...

Thanks so much for the template. Love the pics of the house. That color in your kitchen IS pretty. And I refuse to show DH the man room......or I'll have one too....LOL! Thanks again!

Anonymous said...

beautiful pics Shandy!!

TY for the template

Anonymous said...

Thanks for the template and GREAT job on the house! We just added onto ours so I know all about painting! LOL! Can't wait to get back to scrapping and use the template, but for now, it's back to the house....thanks again!

Anonymous said...

Shandy, you deserve 10000000 blue couches. You are a wonderful person and awesome designer. You are so gracious to help others that can use some freebies and to others who can afford to pay, awesome design.

You rock girl. Keep up the good work. Go broncos!

Vicky Laursen
Admin-Owner
DigiScrapDepot.com

marieta said...

O MY! The pictures with your little boy peaking are soooo cute! You've done a great job decorating. You should put up the layout and let us provide our take (those of us who want to participate :) and gift your favorite. I do fancy myself with an eye for decorating, but you know how it goes, beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Thanks for the template, it's fabulous as usual!

Shell said...

TY for the template. Your house looks really nice love the colors you've chosen.

Anonymous said...

The house looks great. Thanks for a lovely template as well :)

Anonymous said...

Your house looks great--I really love the idea of a "reading cove" in a child's bedroom. My son has a walk-in closet that has some unused space that could easily go for a little quiet reading area. Have to think about that...

etteY said...

Fab template! Thank you for sharing! and what a beautiful house! :D

Maria said...

Thank you! The DigiFree freebie search engine is about to list this blog post at digifree.blogspot.com

Anonymous said...

Love the house tour. It all looks great to me! And thanks a bunch for the new template too. :o)

Monique said...

Wow! I just keep coming back to your templates. They are always awesome. Thank you.

Brittney said...

Finally pictures of the house!! It looks AMAZING! I LOVE the paint choices! GREAT JOB! :) :) You have been BUSY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The template rocks. As always.

xoxo

Phyldar said...

I love the scallops with the holes - thank you so much for sharing this!

Anonymous said...

What a smart idea to put a mirror over the kitchen sink so you can see the boys and not be staring at the wall! I don't think you need much help at all with the decorating, but I'm sure you'll get lots of advice from your scrappin friends. BTW thanks for the template!

Anonymous said...

Love the template and your house. Cute little Bee-bee peeking around too. Kind of like Where's Waldo. Hiding in each pic. Kudos and Thanks! :D

Mary said...

Wow what a beautiful new home, Love the pics congrats and thanks for the freebies.

mary

Anonymous said...

Love the new home and the decorating looks great to me. Thanks for another great template.

TheBombria's said...

Such an amazing template!!! Thank you so much for sharing! Oh and love the man-den too.....I think we need to get one of those in our house!!

Anonymous said...

Great template - thank you!

Unknown said...

This is an awesome template. Thanks so much for sharing! Found you through Ikea Goddess...

Best,
Melanie

Monique said...

Hi Shandy! I created another layout using the Swass borders... http://www.digishoptalk.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=178344&cat=all&ppuser=2207

Have a great day!

Anonymous said...

thx for the template, and your home is pretty!

June F. said...

Great job with your house and your kitchen looks wonderful! Also, thanks for the great template. :)

Anonymous said...

Love the template. Thanks

Unknown said...

Sandy, Thanks so much for sharing all of the wonderful freebies!! I absolutely love your templates! I'm adding your blog to my bloglines so I won't miss your new releases!

Anonymous said...

Thank you for sharing this template!

Lindsaymarie84 said...

Thank you for the template!

laura D said...

Love the pictures of the house, it took me a couple of years to decide on colors to paint, now am very happy after 11 years with my choices.
Good luck with your color choices and decorating plans
laura p

Kimmy said...

im so envious of your home! so nice! thank you for the template as well.

Anonymous said...

Cute template! I saw someone else use it and came on over to snag it! Thanks!

Sharon-shutterbug said...

Surely I can't be the only one wondering how on earth your house is so neat and clean and clutter-free when you have 4 little boys??? WHERE IS ALL YOUR "STUFF"???? Am I the only one with STUFF, all over my house?

onehm said...

Thank you so much for all the fun freebies! I just found you from Brittney! Wonderful stuff you have here!