Ashley the other day asked if I would take pictures of the new house so she could pick which room would be hers ... so I thought I would give a virtual tour. Ready?

Okay ... let's walk up the steps of the house and unlock the door ...

and enter the foyer. Nice flooring ...

To our right ... is the future school room/office ...

that has a direct line to the kitchen. You can leave it open ... or you can close a door between the two. It is one of those doors that slide like we had in the Lincoln house when we were kids that separated the kitchen and the living room.

Now, to the left ...
is the sitting room or living room if you prefer. Nice place to visit with visiting teachers or home teachers or something like that. This is where my piano is going to go as well in hopes that as this room as well as the school room/office has doors that close. I am hoping that if I close the doors, it won't bug Drew too much if I play some piano again. They have told us that ALL the walls are insulated, as well as a squat load of insulation in the ceiling, so I am hoping for the best.
And we're walking ... we're walking ....
when you continue down the foyer, you enter a large open area that contains three important pieces to the house. To your left ...
the kitchen complete with all new appliances; microwave, stove with the kind of stove top that I like that is so easy to clean and a very cool oven, new refrigerator with water and ice in the door. I will probably use the ice, but not the water as the water doesn't run through a filter unit and water in Nevada leaves a LOT to be desired. They strongly recommend you either get a reverse osmosis or soft water system because of how hard the water is ... or you drink bottled water. When this becomes officially ours, THEN we can look into a filter unit ... but until then ...
But it has work area island where the sink is. Love that. Gives lots of working room ...
OR you can just stand there and play in the water. And yes, it also has a new dishwasher. I am seriously going to talk to a place to ask what I can do to keep it at its best performance. The hard water gets everything all gummed up. I want to know how to stay on top of that. Anyhow ...
If you look straight ahead, you will see ...
the family room. Very open. I like that. Has some carpet which will be nice for family prayer time, but is surrounded by the bamboo flooring. Because of the light coloring, we are going to not wear shoes in the house. I guess you can say we are thinking Eastern. Wouldn't you? Lori, if you are looking at this ... note: I know there are a LOT of arrangements I would like done, but per our agreement, I would like three arrangements done ... and two of them are going to be here. On top of the electric fireplace, I want a rose silk arrangement. And can you see that little cubby shelf above? I think a nice wandering green arrangement would be nice there with some knicky knack stuff. Just thought I would throw that in there.
The third important factor is a ... I guess you would call it a breakfast nook, but that's where we are going to get a table and chair set .... again. What a concept. Trying to all sit down together as a family for meals at night.
A picture to give perspective to the space. Nice and open. I like that ... I believe I already said that. Okay .... moving on ...
Now, if you continue past the eating area, you run straight into the utility room ... with it's brand new washer and dryer! (Don't I kind of sound like Bob Barker on Price is Right? You just won ... a BRAND NEW CAR!!!) Aaaahhhh ... to have a laundry ROOM again will be very nice indeed. the cleaning closet was fine, but having a room will be very nice indeed. I am hoping to get a little table in there for a folding table ... as well as a table if I wanted to do crafty things, like scrap booking or something, I can leave them there and close the door. Sweet!

To the left of the utility room is a door that goes directly to the two car garage. And in the garage, there is a place where you can pull down a ladder and have storage space in the attic. In this heat, I am not really sure what you could put up there though. Anyhow ... if you go to the right ... you go into the master bedroom. Now I do have to admit, I don't quite understand the dream behind the window selection, but it is a workable thing as far as I am concerned. Now let's go on into the ...

master bath with shower AND jet tub! My lower back is REALLY looking forward to that jet tub I can tell ya. Now, this bath has ...

his and her sinks. All the drawers but the very top one are working drawers ... nice. And don't you like the picture of me taking the picture? LOL On the opposite wall is the linen cupboard. Sweet! And if you walk past the sinks ...

you enter into the walk in closet. I think I would like to put another bar halfway up the wall in the center, so you can have a section for shirts, pants, and skirts and then the sides can be for the longer things. I think that will have to wait until it is officially ours though.
Now, if we went back out to the Family Room area and went to the opposite side of the house we would find ...
a hallway. If you go left ...

You know how in the White House they have the Lincoln's Bedroom? Well, at OUR house, we have the Ashley's bedroom. It has a door that goes directly out to the back porch and back yard.

If you went straight ahead, you would go right into the guest bathroom. Love that tile, don't you? If you headed to the right ....

You would enter Drew's room.
So, do you feel like you have ACTUALLY been to this house? You SHOULD! Ashley, I hope this gives you a really good idea of what the house looks like, as per your request.