The Chronicles of Tadpole and Little Cub: Picture Blog: Garden and House

Here’s the picture blog I said I’d do of my mom’s flowers, and a walk through of the house I grew up in after everything was taken out and then it was cleaned. Enjoy!

The House

The beautiful front yard

My family (mostly Jay) did the rock wall and rock path.

The two fountains

Entryway

Inside view of the entryway

The living room, with a wonderful bay window (the cats loved it)

The dining room. That sliding door used to be a window.

The kitchen! We remodeled a while back. I say "we" because a lot of the work was done by family and close friends.

Kitchen and kitchen table area

I helped put the Ikea cabinets together.

The view from the kitchen window. So nice to look out to the backyard while cooking or washing dishes

The family room. Many of movies and games were played/watched in this room. And many sleepovers with sheet-tents happened in this room too

The guest bedroom, which used to be the sewing/craft room

Downstairs hallway. Laundry room to your left, closet to your right, the stairs and living room straight ahead.

The laundry room. The cats would eat on the left counter

The garage. Never had I seen it this empty or clean before

The other side of the garage. My grandpa built those cabinets

Back to the stairs!

My bedroom! Though it was sponge painted before the house went on market. I sponge painted it with my grandma. Before that this room was mine and Tim and there was wallpaper with bears holding balloons

Still my room. That's be the closet door

My walk-in closet door and the door to the hall.

The view from my bedroom window

I loved when it was sunny

So beautiful

Yup, on a clear day I could see the hills

Jay, then Tim's, then Jay and Amy's room, and then a guest bedroom. The yellow wall used to have wood panels. When Tim lived in this room he had this very long dino poster up.

My mom's bedroom

My mom's bathroom. My Uncle TJ remodeled it right before the house went on the market

The hall bathroom. Jay remodeled this one. (I forgot to take a pic of the downstairs on he also remodeled)

Originally Heidi's room, this changed into my dad's den, and then my mom's office/craft room

The view from the den

My mom loved being able to look at the hills while sitting at the desk

Going back downstairs

The backyard (with my mom doing some fine pick-up)

The corner of the backyard

This tree used to be a lot bigger, but we had to cut it down a bit due to a huge ant nest and the tree getting sick. Thankfully it grew back healthy and the ants aren't as bad on or around it anymore.