Exterior
The "new house in Chicago" as Owen says, on Closing Day. Still a few
things left to be done on it.
New house with paved driveway and new lawn
Backyard. Property line from the stake in the center foreground.
Easily
three times the depth of our last house. Before deck.
After deck
View down the road. We thought some punks were marking up the streets.
We found out later it was the garbage trucks!
Deck
Note Monty under the deck at the left
Taken from the grill station
Taken from the opposite side
I tried to get Monty to sit on the stairs for size
reference but he refused to play along
First Floor
To the right of the front door is the library, still in progress. Another set
of doors for the bookcases, a leather recliner and reading lamp and table.
Yvonne would like to get a grandfather clock for this room as well.
Opposite is the dining room. Nothing planned here yet.
The family room / kitchen. We are currently looking for a proper kitchen table.
Finally! A decent sized kitchen. Dumped the original dishwasher with one that
actually had space in it, and was quieter.
Original oven and microwave. We added the under-counter lights.
Living room with the cheapo fireplace, which I never realized could actually be cheapo.
...finally.
Some new pics showing new furniture
Some new pics showing new furniture
Second Floor
Adam's room
Owen's room
The boys' bathroom
Master bedroom -- from the window
...from the bed
Master bath
Model Home
The following are pictures from the model. Only difference being our
walls are all pure white and we don't nearly have as much furniture. Nor
is ours as nice.
The so-called living room, off the front door. We'll be lining two
walls with bookcases and make it into a library.
The dining room. Door to kitchen at back
My office, off the family room. Currently cluttered with a bunch of computers and CDs.
The 1st floor seen from office door
Family room from kitchen
Kitchen from Family Room
Kitchen. Our countertops are a lighter almost pinkish color. We
also have their microwave over the stove.
Pantry
Hallway from Master
Bedroom 1 -- Adam's room in front of house. Only one window.
Bedroom 2 -- Owen's room at the back.
Bedroom 3 -- Yvonne's office and sewing room. Guest bedroom as well.
Master Bedroom
Retreat in Master Bedroom. Bathroom door visible
Master bath, view from closet
Master bath bath and shower, view from closet<
Paul's CD room, erm, Yvonne's closet. View from bathroom
Paul's future home theatre. Basement alone is bigger than our old house officially making this house three times the size of our last one!
