The Hiz-ouse

A final sweep through of House pictures.  Because I'm sure everyone is dying to see even more.  Hahahaha.  J/k.  This is strictly for family record keeping purposes.  Feel free to skip this post entirely if you are already burned out and annoyed.  I promise this will be the last one.  For those who care, I now give you a tour of our newly sold house.

The Front

And up close.  Our real estate agent was very insistent that we needed a "Welcome" mat and giant urns flanking the door, filled with hibiscus flowers.  The wild goose chase to hunt down said urns and hibiscus flowers is not worth the telling.  Suffice it to say that it was involved.  And a headache.  But apparently they helped to convey a welcoming message!  Hahaha.

The Entryway

Featuring a fresh coat of paint on the walls {Sherwin Williams "Khaki Shade"} and the trim.

The Kitchen

Please note that these cabinets have been magic eraser-ed to death.  As have the walls.  Amy helped me put fresh paint on the baseboards, window frames, and other trim throughout the room.

The Family Room

Where my painting finally found a home and the couches finally found a throw pillow combination that worked after an afternoon's worth of driving around to 3 different Marshall's stores, 2 different TJ Maxx's and a couple of Home Goods.  At one point I had 17 different pillows in here trying to find the right ones.  I'm very pleased with my final selection.

The Living Room

With the most noticeable addition being a new mirror on the wall and some sconces with accents that were put there and staged by our real estate agent.

Not exactly my personal style, but hey -- I could live with it.  

Not quite living with it?  That would be Ethan.  I knew he would have something to say about it once he came home from school.  What I didn't realize was how deeply he would be affected by ALL of the staging stuff she put up.  "She thinks that looks GOOD????" was the comment I heard repeated most often.  Followed up with "I don't understand!!!  What kind of person LIKES that????" And, "Our house will NEVER sell now!!!" {All exclaimed with much drama.  Especially after seeing the decor in Alex's room.}

The Dining Room

The table was pushed slightly off center and the hutch was moved to create the illusion of an even bigger dining room.  After asking if we had any china to stage the table with, we refrained from laughing in her face, and she came up with some simple plastic chargers from Hobby Lobby and napkins with rings to use in their place.  A simple vase of fresh white tulips was in the center of the table for the showings, but unfortunately I had to chuck them this morning.  You'll just have to imagine them there instead.

A tableau was staged for the hutch top by our realtor and thankfully this set-up didn't bother Ethan as much.

The Upstairs Hall

Feel free to admire how neat and tidy that bookcase is because I'm sure it won't last for very long.

Alex's Room

AKA the "Jungle Room" or "Zoo-themed Room" as Grace called it.  For the record, Alex LOVES it. As we all know, his stuffed elephant is basically another appendage on him, so to see his room decorated with MORE elephants and other safari animals is pretty much the coolest thing ever to him.  The shadow boxes over the crib contain a lion, giraffe, and elephant and they are a particular favorite of his.  This is most definitely not the way I personally would stage a baby's room, but after a while it kind of grew on me and didn't really bother me.  I wish I could say the same for Ethan.  Hahahaha. 

Grace-and-Jane's Room

The only touch Karie Lyn added to this room was the pink drapes.  I decided to gussy things up a bit myself and bought new bedding for Grace and Sophie to dress up their rooms.  Their old comforters were stained and dirty-looking and Grace had NEVER been a fan of the fairy print on them, so I decided to switch things up and found these at Home Goods for them instead.  Grace, thankfully, LOVED them.  And I love that they're reversible. 

{Grace opted for the side with the bigger flower blossoms.}

I also couldn't help but buy this print on Etsy.  I'm pretty sure Scott thinks it's super weird and an odd touch to the room, but I kind of love it.  The title of the print is "Rat's Nest" and it fits Jane to a "T."  For the record, she also loves it.

Ethan-and-Sophie's Room

The only room left untouched by the real estate agent.

{Sophie preferred the side with the smaller floral print.}

The Master Bedroom

Red accent pillows were a must, apparently, and we finally got around to hanging the picture of the Salt Lake Temple that Scott got for our anniversary LAST year.  Hahaha.  It's kind of sad that our house is finally all cleaned up and looking really nice just in time to move.

Our dresser-top tableau.

And another set of super clean and tidy bookcases.  {Although, I'll let you in on a little secret -- those baskets up there are stuffed to the brim with all the loose papers and other junk that were littering up the shelves prior to our showings.}

Back Porch

Newly cleaned and stained.

And The Basement

The carpets were cleaned in preparation for the sale and all the toys and junk were put in the storage area.

Oh, and the newly empty shelves were painted by Amy and me the night before we listed.  Not too shabby, eh?

And there you have it.  Not pictured?  Bathrooms -- because who really wants to see those, the Laundry Room, and our now overflowing storage room.  In the end, all I can say is that it's a good thing the house sold so quickly.  I really have no idea how we would have kept the whole house this clean for any extended period of time!  And that, my friends, is the end of the tour.  Thank you and goodnight!  Hahaha.