I mentioned previously that with things settling down the DW and I were back to making plans and talking about projects around the house. It’s no secret the DW and I are planning on doing a lot of work to the house over the up-coming years. But for every project I get to mark off […]
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Daydreaming…
Posted by The Dirt Road Home in Wednesday, December 5th 2012 under: Home
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A Tour Hosted By LuLu
Posted by The Dirt Road Home in Friday, July 20th 2012 under: Family, Home
No one leave their comment yetNo Flash Back Friday this week, but you will still get a little glimpse of the house. LuLu grabbed the camera last weekend and started snapping away. I hadn’t realized how many photos she had taken until later when I had to clean over 200 pictures from the camera. One thing is for sure, she’s […]
Jul
Flashback Friday: Potato Boy’s Room
Posted by The Dirt Road Home in Friday, July 13th 2012 under: Home
No one leave their comment yetA couple weeks ago, I shared pictures of what the second floor of the house looked like last year at closing. These pictures were listed as bedroom 1: Potato Boy ended up claiming this room. It’s hard to tell from the photos, but the carpet in this room was a pretty dicey – it was […]
Jul
Flashback Friday: Sissy’s Room
Posted by The Dirt Road Home in Friday, July 6th 2012 under: Home Tags: Remodel, Sissy
No one leave their comment yetA couple weeks ago, I shared pictures of what the second floor of the house looked like at closing. These pictures were listed as bedroom 2: Sissy ended up picking this room to be hers. It was actually her second choice. Her first choice was the attic. The attic is a full, walk-up attic with […]
Jun
Flashback Friday: The House At Closing
Posted by The Dirt Road Home in Friday, June 22nd 2012 under: Home
No one leave their comment yetIt’s almost a year since we closed on the house. The DW and I were looking at some of the pictures last night we took during one of the walk-throughs prior to the closing. We originally took the photos, along with measurements of all the rooms, to help with planning what we’d need prior to […]
Jun
The Covered Porch
Posted by The Dirt Road Home in Friday, June 1st 2012 under: Home
No one leave their comment yetA huge selling point for my wife when we were looking at the house was the covered porch. The wooden swing is a great spot to sit in the shade to read a book or watch the sun set through the timber to the west. The kiddos love to sit and wait for company or […]
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