I've been wishing...

Or window shopping online. It's so much fun to look and plan for things to build, make or plant at Mecham Manor. Also shoes. 

We went to a tulip festival in Oregon a couple years ago, and I looked at bulbs we can buy online from them. They're amazing! 

I'm obsessed with these multi-colored ones, especially the pink & peach combinations. 

Then there are the trumpet, or fluted tulips. I like the unique shape. 

Here are some with feathered petals. 

I want to plant some perrienials, these are some drought resistantant flowers, they'd be fun to put out in the front yard. 

On to trees, we'd like a flowering tree in the front, and a fruit tree out in the back yard. We've decided a semi-dwarf peach tree for the back yard, as well as lilacs along the back fence. 

Someday, our home will be surrounded by beautiful flowers, it will be amazing. 

Pinterest, a frenemy. So many things I want to build for our home, it's so hard to chose! 

For the living room. 

A storage/ platform bed. 

A sweet desk, or 

Build this into the family room including a desk. 

I'd love to do a cool Murphy bed for the office. 

This one is amazing it could double as a table! 

This is a cool pull down table for the garage. And the hanging tool storage next to it makes me happy. 

This would be great in our laundry room, and it's cute!! 

Now shoes, I could shop for shoes all day. Much easier than clothes shopping. 

Slip on shoes, a must for preschool. 

Cute boots, and no small obsession of mine. 

Dress shoes, now that I don't have access to my Mom's cute heals, I need to find some of my own. And I wear flats for church and work. 

Mecham Manor

I decided to try out watercolor pencils, I may even venture into traditional watercolors. After seeing some house paintings on Pinterest I had to make one of our home. 

Some before/ afters

We are slowly ever so slowly settling in, so it's still a work in progress. And most of this pictures are a little out dated already. And we still don't have much on the walls, I think because of the hours spent filling in the holes it's hard to want to make new ones. Anyway, here you go...

Living Room Before:

Living Room After:

Family Room Before:

Family Room After:

 (but now the cube organizer is in our closet and the chest is under the TV.

Office & Spare Rooms Before: (1 pic, they're basically the same)

Afters:

Office

Spare Room complete with Futon. (thanks Debbie for the futon)

Master Bedroom Before:

After:

(I need to update this, yes there is furniture, this was just after painting)

Kitchen/dining Before:

After:

Main Bathroom Before:

After:

Laundry/ Utility Room Before:

After:

I want to paint something fun behind the washer and dryer. (Thanks Craigslist for great washer & dryer deal, with delivery) 

Steps into the house/ laundry Before-ish:

After:

Thanks Dad!

Well that's it for now. 

Our Home

After spending 3 days home alone, I was able to sit back and think about the things that I love about the home we share. When you walk in, it smells good, and you see a big picture of Christ (thanks Gma B.) we have beautiful comfy couches and other things but our home feels safe and comfortable and beautiful and full of love!
Enjoy: