Trading Spaces

It's here! The tour of our new place!! (Warning, there are quite a few pictures!) It's not all the way complete yet, but after weeks of thinking we would get everything done I wanted to, I faced the facts. We are students who work, and one of us flies, so we don't really have time for home improvement. Here are the pictures of what we have so far..... (which is still great, and we love every minute of our life here!)

So first off we have the outside! This is our porch/big sliding door. This is one drab area but next spring it will get a makeover, and we will use the heck out of it! Very excited.

This is our bedroom, pic 1. Those shelves were one dollar! Plus we got ourselves a bed and night tables at Ikea for a steal! It was an exciting day in the Butterfield home. (Well, on my part anyway. I can't really see Troy being too excited about a day at Ikea.....I think he was faking.)

Bedroom, pic 2. These are our closets! (Yes, PLURAL! As in, we each have our own!) This is a big upgrade from our other apartment that had one little closet. Plus, look at all the light we have! We have a lot of big windows, and it is awesome.

This is the hallway, and the door to our second bedroom. This is our organization/calendar hub. Troy was opposed to putting this here, so out in the open but it has turned out to be absolutely awesome! It holds all our mail, and our lives together!

(Random jump to the family room, sorry) This is our TV and close up on the FAMILY we put on the wall.

The far wall of the living room with the sliding door you saw from the outside.

This is our back wall, with the cute decoration we saw on display in Rod Works. (That wreath I made, for about 10 bucks!) It's really cute and will bring orange and turquoise into our living room as the accent colors I want!

This is our dining room area. We love that we actually have a place for our table. We have real dinners like a real family. :] Eventually we will have a vinyl display with all different spices in a red vinyl for the wall next to the silverware canvases. I'm extremely excited about it, and there will be a LOT of pictures. :]

This is one side of the kitchen. I love our kitchen as well. That is our You Are Special Plate on the wall. I was excited about this placement as well. (I was clearly excited to decorate this place, geez)

This is the other side of the kitchen. It is a little smaller than the one we had before, but it is so much better set up that I don't even notice.

Dun Dun Dun. This is the one part of the apartment, that I was NOT excited about. Yes, Lime Green bathroom counter. I still cringe when I walk in there sometimes. But, it's kind of fun. (They did come to measure the counter top in here and the kitchen, so hopefully we will be getting something new soon!)

This is the hallway that leads to the bathroom. That curtain hides a place for a washer/dryer. (Which we don't have yet....and want one, so if you know anyone selling one, let us know!) It was a dark hallway before, and the white curtain really lightened the whole thing up and it's only scary to walk back there at night now! :]

This is the second room/office. It is also Troy's room. He got to put up all his Brazil stuff on the walls that we don't have a place for in this apartment. (Eventually I want to get it framed, and put up in a living room!) He was excited about this.

That is a massive map of his mission.

Those are some really cool paintings he bought in Brazil that I want framed and up in the house. They are AWESOME!

That is our place! We have a lot we want to do, and as we do it I'm sure you will see pictures! Just an update about our life:

We started school, Troy starting his Aviation Technology major. He flies with an instructor 3 times a week, and absolutely loves it. He bought his very own headset and has a legit looking uniform. He is really enjoying the classes and the flying. I learn something new from him every day! He just got a new job at Icon Fitness where he works on a line and puts treadmills together. It's not fun work, and he works a late night shift, but it is a job and still gives him time to fly.

I'm working away at my major, and really enjoying the classes I'm taking. I love learning about the developing kids, and can't wait to start working in the labs, having hands on experience! I work for a family who has a son who is severely mentally disabled, helping the mom get things done around the house, and then making dinner each night. I am really enjoying it and am glad I have a job that has good hours and I still get to see Troy before he heads to his shift.

Stay tuned, I'm sure we will do all kinds of crazy things this semester!!