First Floor

Hello all!  We hit the Mall of America today.  OH MY!!!!!  That place is humongous!!!  We only hit the bottom floor and Jemma said, "Let's go.  I am exhausted!"  We will never have to go anywhere else again!  Especially as the Ikea is right across the street!  Wooo hoooo!!!  My only complaint is that there is no Pottery Barn in the mall.  Seriously???  How can you NOT be in the Mall of America!  Oh well, there is one close!  What a neat place!

We went back to the house today and I will take you on a tour of the main floor.

 This first shot is of the view when you enter the front door.   Pay no attention to the six year old in the floor!

  

This is the large living area to the right of the front door.  I am thinking about breaking all rules and making this my formal dining room as it is larger.  I don't know.  What are your thoughts? 

 

This is the dining room to the left side.  My dining set would be tight. 

 It would fit, but it would be snug.  I just think this would make a cozy sitting area.  

 

When you come down the foyer, you come into the kitchen on the right! 

 I fell in love with the painted island immediately!  It is a unique shape and I just love it!

 I love the oil rubbed bronze fixtures especially the pendant lights

The white door is the pantry.  It is quite a bit larger than my old one so I am geeked!

 

Another shot of the kitchen with a super cute husband!  I love how there is a regular oven and then the microwave/convection oven is on the top and then second oven is on the bottom.   

 This is my new stove.  I have never cooked on gas,

 and I am praying it is easy clean up when I boil stuff over!!

  This is looking back toward the front door from the kitchen.  The doorway to the right is the mudroom.  

We are going to put a door on it so you can't see it when you are eating dinner!

This is the mudroom.  On the left is a long closet that will be awesome for winter coats, supplies, brooms, mops, vacuums and the works!  I love the boot bench with the shelf above it. 

 It has three divisions.  How perfect is that!!!

Across from the kitchen is the family room.  I am not used to stained wood so that is going to be an adjustment.  Another interesting thing is that all the trim work is painted cream.  It is definitely warm looking but I am so used to the white!  It is all different and will be interesting as I decorate! 

The hall on the left leads to the office and the 3/4 bath.  

Jemma is enjoying a hot chocolate by the fire!  Gotta love a fireplace with a remote switch!

   

All winter long in Charleston, she has asked to have a hot chocolate by a "roaring fire"!  Ha!  We never built a fire in our fireplace in Charleston so the minute we had our new  house she asked for a hot chocolate.  

We obliged!

 The office

The 3/4 bath

A shot of the family room and kitchen area from the hall.  I love my island!  Have I mentioned that??  :-)

Tomorrow we will go to Jemma's new school to see about enrolling her for first grade.  We drove by today and it is a big school.  She was so excited or as she still says, "essited"!  It is right out of our neighborhood and literally a 4 minute drive.  If we get our tails in gear, we could walk to school!

I will be back soon with the top floor!  Have a great night y'all!