Our house

Many of you are curious as to what my new dwelling place looks like. Overall, it is very much a Southwest style home and VERY different than any of the houses I'd ever seen before venturing out West. Greg closed on the house last November, moving in immediately. A foreclosure, it had been vacant for quite some time, thus requiring A LOT of cleaning products. About 4 months ago, I was able to claim 50% of the house upon marriage, thanks to the laws of Arizona. What's yours is 50% mine, and what's mine is 50% yours.

Let's take a little bit of a semi-virtual tour.....Here are some photos of the home before while it was still vacant:

View from the road. The garage is open with spaces for 3 vehicles. The main entrance to the house is the set of double doors filled with glass. Yes, our 4.3 acres is all dirt. That's it. No plants; at least, not when this photo was taken.....

The view from the back corner. The three small windows on the right are in the master bedroom. There are two doors on the back porch: one leading into the master bedroom, the other leading into the kitchen/dining area.

The living room, with a window to the back porch. The beehive fireplace is very popular here. It is a wood burning fireplace, and we love it. It really helps heat the house in the winter. Imagine that behind you is the kitchen.

The kitchen = my sanctuary. Lots of cupboards and countertops. Need not say more.

To the left of the kitchen is the dining room. It's a little small, but we've made it work.

Now imagine that we walked past the dining room to the right, where a long hallway awaits. To your left is this guest bath. Funny story....there is a switch in here that is used for the motion lights located in the rear of the house. Reminded me of this.

Continuing on past the bathroom is this first guest room. We have designated it at the "office" and "work out room." There are two other rooms just like this, all in line along the long hallway. These each have very spacious closets with sliding mirror doors. (HINT: 3 BEDROOMS = PLENTY OF ROOM FOR OUT OF TOWN GUESTS!!!)

After the third guest room you will find another bath, with a full tub/shower. And yes, the tile in the shower is the EXACT SAME as the tile on the floor. The same tile that is throughout the entire house, and in all the showers. The same tile that we will be replacing someday.....

Here is an alternate view of the living room, with the front door slightly ajar. The archway you see leads into the master suite. Those archways are very popular in the Southwest. Not sure why, but they are everywhere. Let's walk through that trendy archway, shall we?

Enter into the master bedroom. Have you noticed a theme throughout the house yet? The SAME CEILING FANS are in every room! These are so ugly, and I can't wait to replace them!! To the right is the before mentioned doorway leading out to the back porch. Now if you turn around....

You will see the master bath!

His and her sinks (mine is on the right, nearest the electrical outlets). To the immediate left of the sinks is the shower/tub. There is another shower in here, but you can't see it. It's a tiled walk-in shower, located immediately to the left, across from the tub shower. I wasn't able to capture it, but imagine another little closet on your immediate right. That is Greg's throne, aka the toilet. He really likes that it is behind closed doors. I like it as well, but for different reasons....

Here we are between the tub/shower (right) and walk-in shower (left). By the way, we can't use the later shower-the plumbing is messed up. It's a future project. This particular archway is leading us to the master closet. It's pretty big.

Here is Greg's half of the closet. My half is identical. But better. More organized. And filled with pretty clothes and shoes. I take that back, it's not filled....not nearly enough. I need to go shopping....

And that's it!! This is where we live, and where we are building a home. We have a lot of work to do, with many ideas in mind. I can't wait to share the changes with you!

Here is a closing picture of the amazing view we have from the back porch: