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House Tour: Our Virginia Beach Home

It's been quiet around here, and a lot of that is due to life with a toddler (you mamas that blog and mom are so impressive!), but a lot of that is also because we have officially moved! Virginia has been our home for 4 years, but as of this month, we are Texas residents once more!

We bought our very first home in Virginia, and while every place we have lived is sentimental for one reason or another, this place is loaded with memories and nostalgia, and we were so sad to leave. We brought our son home to this house. We conquered our first deployment in this house. We just love this house.

Here we are in June 2015 when we bought the house!

I always like to do house tours on the blog after we leave, and thankfully I have a lot of pictures of this house since we just sold it! I wish I had pictures to share when it was a little more decorated, but we took down a lot of pictures/personal decorations before we listed it for sale.

The front of the house is Aggie maroon, which was totally coincidental, but we loved that!

The downstairs was basically all one room with the exception of a small bathroom. It was very open concept and made for a great entertaining space.

Downstairs:

Upstairs:

We really loved the layout of the upstairs because all four bedrooms were upstairs, and the laundry room was upstairs too. Having our bedroom just across the hall from the nursery was very convenient, especially in those early days where I was up 4 times a night!

Nursery:

(The canvas is from Canvas On The Cheap... great prices, great service, great product!)

Guest Bedroom/My Office:

Guest Bathroom:

Parker's Office (we hung our diplomas but other than that, nothing was really done with this room):

Master Bedroom:

Balcony Off Master:

Master Bath:

That's our Virginia home! The memories we made inside these walls will last a lifetime. The time we spent going on walks around the neighborhood, swimming in the neighborhood pool, and hanging out in the cul de sac with our neighbors was our favorite. I don't know if we will ever love a home and neighborhood as much as we did this one, but I sure am grateful we got to live there while we did!

Here we are on our last day of living in this home! Preston and I boarded a plane for Texas immediately after this picture was taken, and Parker and Jenny joined us a few days later!

House Tour: Nursery Closet

I did something really weird. I decorated Preston's closet. Maybe that's not actually that weird, but it does seem silly to decorate a closet when you think about it! We had several sweet decorative items or special keepsakes that were given to us that didn't have a good spot in the nursery, so I decided to make a sweet little whimsical closet space. I actually quite love his little closet!

I shared some of the details of the nursery last week, so today, here is a look inside little man's closet.

The adorable banner was made by my mother in law for my baby shower. It perfectly matches the nursery color scheme we decided on! The mobile was made by my super talented friend for my other baby shower. I love the little airplanes!

Here's a closer look at the mobile. It hangs at the top of the closet and is so fun to see when I open his closet every morning.

I didn't need much shelving space (I am sure that will change as he grows and accumulates more things!), so I used his shelves to hold some fun keepsakes. The piggy bank has his name engraved on the side, and the scrabble tiles are a gift from my mother-in-law. The silver cups are antiques that my Nana gifted us. One was actually given to me for Taylor Grace, and the other is for Preston. Preston's also has a silver spoon in it that was given to us from Parker's squadron. That will be what Preston eats his first bite of food from in a few months!

I was originally planning on doing an airplane-themed nursery, but when Parker and I decided we just wanted 1-2 airplanes in the nursery to keep things simple, these became closet decorations. I love the vintage feel!

This is called a ring of blessings. My mother in law made it for my baby shower, and our friends and family wrote little prayers or wishes on the cards for baby Preston. It is so special, and I can't wait to read it to him one day.

This was a gift as well, and I love that it is personalized for baby Preston.

I made these little clothing dividers on the computer and cut them out (cheap, party of one). They have been great for separating his clothing by size. They were so easy to make on the spot too!

Previous House Tours:

Guest Bathroom Blessings Wall

Fall Tablescape

Home Office Gallery Wall

Home Office Reading Nook

Staircase Landing
Nursery Details

House Tour: Nursery Details

I put a lot of thought into our son's nursery. I had dreamed about this room for so long, and I wanted it to be perfect! Apparently I am very indecisive (very true), because the final product was nothing like I originally envisioned. I completely changed my tune halfway through my pregnancy and am so glad I did. I really love his nursery and could happily spend all day in that sweet room.

I wanted it to be a very calming, soothing space, and I think we achieved that. The only real theme I went for was "sweet". Talk about vague, but I wanted light colors and sweet, personal details throughout. We had the room painted a very very pale baby blue. It doesn't show up baby blue in photos and barely shows up that way in person. It's very muted, but that's exactly what we were going for. We chose white furniture with white, silver, and gray accents. Very simple!

The changing table is one of our favorite features in the nursery. Parker built it when he got back from deployment just in time for Preston to be born. He did such a good job!

The three frames hanging above the changing table were my cheap take on Etsy prints. I designed them in Picmonkey.com, printed them at Walgreens, and spray painted three frames I already had on hand. They read Jeremiah 1:5. John 3:16, and Psalm 139:14.

Parker also built this bookshelf, which I love! It's exactly what I was hoping for and was finished just days before Preston entered this world.

Archie is my stuffed gorilla from my childhood. I begged my parents not to get rid of him because I thought he would make such a fun addition to a nursery one day.

I just love the simple little mobile above his crib. It fits the gray/white color scheme, and the elephants are too cute!

His sweet name is hanging above the crib. I ordered the letters off Etsy and painted them.

I love this little airplane lamp. It is actually the only airplane we have in the nursery, but it's an ode to Parker's passion while still keeping with the simple theme I was going for.

This is another favorite corner of the room. We prayed and prayed for that sweet baby, and the Lord certainly delivered!

This chaise lounge was in my home office before the room turned into a nursery. I didn't really think it fit the nursery and still think it's a little too feminine for a boy's nursery, but it's a great place for Parker to sit and talk to me while I feed Preston, so I love it for that reason. It fits the color scheme of the nursery pretty well, and I've come to like having it in there!

Mobile: Pottery Barn

Name Letters: Etsy

Lamp: Target (discontinued)

Wooden wall hanging: Hobby Lobby

Chaise Lounge: Wayfair

Rug: Costco

Pillow: Stein Mart

Previous House Tours:

Guest Bathroom Blessings Wall

Fall Tablescape

Home Office Gallery Wall

Home Office Reading Nook

Staircase Landing

House Tour: Staircase Landing

It's been a while since I did a house tour, so I thought today was as good of a day as any to start that back up again! Rather than do an entire house tour, I am showcasing a specific corner or area of our home that we have worked on or are excited about. Today is the staircase landing!

This is the view when you get to the top of our staircase:

I used mostly pieces I had lying around the house already (cheapo, party of one), the large mirror being one of them! I love that mirror and was so excited to finally find a place to use it in our new home.

Parker built the table, and I painted it white to match the trim. If I haven't gushed lately about how great it is to have such a handy husband, I'm gushing now. So nice.

Parker (I think it was Parker) came up with a great idea to display the previous year's Christmas cards across the top. It's so fun to thumb through them and always something guests take a minute to look at. I'll replace them each January so we can enjoy them a full year!

The picture on top of the table is one of our engagement pictures (how was that almost six years ago?!), and the paperweight that says "Anchors Aweigh" was gifted to me by a sweet friend. It's fun to have a little ode to the Navy and to this blog displayed.

I asked Parker to add a shelf to the bottom of the table so we could display little knick knacks, and the left side holds all items recycled from other areas of our home. The two outside candles were actually lit at our wedding!

The right side of the bottom shelf holds our framed wedding invitation and a shell we purchased for $5 on our cruise this past May in The Bahamas. Other than a Christmas ornament, this was the only souvenir we came home with!

That's about it! It's simple, but this little space makes me so happy. The great thing about Parker building the table was he could build it to whatever specifications we wanted. We didn't want it to feel crowded, so the table is less than a foot wide. It fits the space perfectly and is still wide enough to store a few of our favorite things.

The picture frames and dark silver decorative stands (what in the world are those things called?) came from Hobby Lobby. Everything else is old or a gift, so I am not sure where it came from!

Previous House Tours:

Guest Bathroom Blessings Wall

Fall Tablescape

Home Office Gallery Wall

Home Office Reading Nook

House Tour: Home Office Reading Nook

In keeping with the theme of showing one piece of our home at a time, today I want to share pictures of my very own little reading nook! When we moved to the new house, I knew I would get my own room for my office. I work from home, so this room truly is an office where I spend most of my time during the work week. I wanted it to be inviting and a place I actually enjoyed looking at.

Since a desk only takes up so much room, I decided to create a reading nook. It's a place to sit if anyone comes into the room but also a place where I can curl up for a few minutes and escape with a good book. When it's been a long day, few things sound better than that!

When I thought about what I wanted my reading nook to look like, I knew I wanted a chaise lounge. I like the look, and I like how they can easily be pushed against a wall so as to not take up too much space. The only problem? The price. Apparently, chaise lounges are expensive! Who knew? I scoured the interwebs for a deal on something cute with next to no luck. If I fell in love with something, it was $1000+. Those prices made my cheap little heart pitter patter a bit faster than normal!

I finally found something on Wayfair.com that I really liked. It was the color I wanted and the look I was going for, and it came in right around $240. Compared to my other options, I thought this was a steal! Free 2-day shipping tipped me over the edge, and I couldn't help but purchase the darn thing. It also has a storage compartment in the bottom, which is a nice added amenity. It has proven to be an excellent buy!

I was feeling all "I am a strong, independent woman" and decided to assemble it myself. I didn't want to burden Parker with it, but I really probably should have. I assembled it all by myself, but the bottom sections don't quite match up where the studs meet. This actually doesn't bother me at all. It's a nice little reminder that I tried my best and should leave the man's work to the man next time. I'm sure I could try to fix it if I really wanted to, but that sounds like way too much effort.

The canvas paintings hanging over the chaise lounge are Homegoods finds. They look so Parisian and chic, which is really not me at all, but I totally love them. I've never been to Paris and you will rarely find me in heels, but these little canvases just make me happy! I bought them when my little sister visited me, so they also remind me of her. They are a bit outside of my decorating comfort zone, and I wouldn't have purchased them had she not given me a little sisterly encouragement, so I love them for that reason too!

The pillows and blanket were bought after the canvas paintings. The colors are so complimentary and exactly what I was looking for! The rest of my office is done in neutrals (mostly whites and grays), so this little reading nook is my pop of color.