This April, it will have been five years since we moved into our home.  We fell in love with this floorplan as soon as we walked in.  The living room is 2 stories tall with a huge bank of windows.  There is a lofted area upstairs which is the perfect area for our kids’ playroom and will later be a good hangout area for them.  The entire space is very open and filled with natural light.

Because this is a builder’s home, we didn’t have a ton of say about the details.  We were able to pick the finish of the light fixtures, cabinet doors and counter tops.  We had the very painstaking (Ha!  No, not really.) choice of light beige or dark beige for our walls.  The same went for the beige tile and the beige carpet.  To say we bought a builder’s beige home is an understatement.  It should really be called a Builder’s Beigeity McBeige home.

Most of the rooms in my home have undergone some sort of transformation.  You’ve seen the Master Bedroom.  The Power Room.  The Playroom.  Zack’s Room.  Emma’s Room.  My Office.  But, what I rarely show you is my living room and entry way.

Why?  Well, here’s why.

It’s kind of tall.  Like so tall that we can’t reach the top of the walls and ceiling with a ladder, so it hasn’t seen a drop of paint.  The existence of that ceiling fan kills me, because the particular finish of the blades is not a wood that exists anywhere in nature (No, we didn’t have a choice on that one.).  And my sofas – which I just loved in 2006 – are not exactly my style any longer.  I could go on and on, but I won’t….

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