Our first house did not have a foyer.  Typical to older homes, you walked right into the living room. When we bought our next house, I was thrilled it had a foyer.  It's a nice open space with plenty of natural light.  It is the first room guests see when they come in the front door, and many times a day we pass through the foyer to get to our staircase.  When we renovated our home, the foyer got updated as well.  I have slowly added a few things to the area, but was having trouble finding a rug that would work.  The space needed a 6'x9' rug.  A 5'x8' rug would be a hair too small and an 8'x10' rug would be too large.

I am so excited to have a lot of new readers, so I thought I would take you all on a little tour of our home.  So far, I have shown you most of the rooms in our house, but I'm holding out on showing you our third floor (playroom and guest room) because I still need to finish up some projects up there.  It won't be long.

Let's get going.  I'll start with the front of the house.  Be sure to check out the before pictures here.

Come on into the foyer.  Before pictures here. 


Off the foyer is the new and improved powder room. Before pictures here.


To the right of the foyer is the casual living room. This room has come a long way. Check out the before pictures here. 




Just off the living room is the office/den.  This room has become one of our favorite hang out spots.  See before pictures here.


These built-ins were already here, we just revamped them a bit.


Through the foyer, in the heart of the home, is the kitchen and dining room.  These two rooms got complete makeovers. See before pictures here.  







More before pictures here. 


Off the kitchen is the mudroom and pantry.  This room was previously a sun porch on the end of the house.


Having this space helps keep our family organized.


The pantry is a huge help with storage.


Just off the kitchen/dining room is the gathering place, our family room.  Before pictures here. 




The fireplace got a facelift as well.





We spend a lot of time in this room, specifically gathered around this table, playing games, coloring, eating popcorn and building legos.



Now, let's head upstairs.

This is the master bedroom.  Before pictures here.


Down a little hall in the master bedroom is the master bathroom which was previously a small bedroom.  Before pictures here.





My daughter's room is across the hall.  It was formerly the master bedroom.  Before pictures here.






A small, but full bathroom is located off her bedroom. Before pictures here.


My boys' room is just down the hall.  It has quite a story behind it.  You can read all about it here.




Hope you enjoyed the tour.  I am linking up to Poppies at Play Parade of Homes Party today.  Go on over and check out all the lovely homes.

Also, check back Monday night for my very first giveaway! I'll have all the details for you then.