The House (technically a condo, but who cares about technically)

I finally found a day that had some sun breaks, the house was clean, Luke was asleep and I wasn't too busy to get the camera out! Here is our wonderful home! It may not seem like much to some, but it is heaven on earth to us! We have been living in apartments since we have been married. These haven't been luxury apartments. They have been places that poor students like us could afford. When we were going to move to the Tualatin area we looked houses/condos/townhouse, but I didn't think anything would pan out. We have looked at TONS of houses the past couple years and even made an offer on one so I was very skeptical about finding something that we could actually afford that wouldn't be a total fixer-upper. God blessed us by leading us to this condo. It is SO perfect and everyday I am so grateful that I get to live here. We really feel so blessed and it was a great time to buy. It is still a buyers market, we got a record low interest rate and with the help of many we were able to close on a short sale in about 60 days!!!! I'm so glad that the buying process is complete and it is ours!!! So, without further adieu here it is!

We live on the top two floors of the unit (I guess I need to add a picture of the outside!) there is a one bedroom condo below us. The main floor is what you see here. The living room, kitchen and a half bath. 

 I think this is my favorite part of the house! The kitchen is big and open and I LOVE it!! I have an island! The funny thing is that it actually has less cupboard space than our Sandstone apartment :) 

 In our opinion we have the best unit because we are the very back corner unit and we look at greenspace and a nice neighborhood behind us. I love all our beautiful trees in Oregon and I love that I get to enjoy them everyday outside my windows. 

There is a little walking trail right outside our door that walks past a pond and through some very nice neighborhoods. We love it and can't wait for spring/summer so we can enjoy it even more. 

As I look at these pictures I believe that some painting may be in the future. It looks a little lifeless. I would also like to do some sort of window treatment in the kitchen to liven things up a bit. Too much brown, black and tan.

These are the stairs that lead to the outside. Yes, I have to carry the groceries, baby, diaper bag up the stairs, but it is good for me! I don't hate it as much as I thought I would. 

 This it where the half bath is and then down the stairs to the left. 

 Half bath on main level. 

Here is the upstairs. I actually took these picures a few weeks ago and I have since added a few things to the playroom and it looks even better now. I am also going to make A Very Hungry Caterpillar valance for the window soon. 

 Here is Lukey's room. Dan is going to paint it a very light blue when Luke and I go to Utah next month. 

Now, I know that this just looks like a boring hallway, but I have never had a hallway before. Isn't it awesome!!  

Here is the full bath upstairs. We chose a monster theme for Lukey!! I am so in love with it. 

 Here is our bedroom. Not too exciting, but it is nice to have a full bathroom in the room and there is plenty of room for all our furniture. 

The only things that didn't get included are the laundry closet, stairs to upper level and the outside. We love our house! If anyone has an great CHEAP decorating ideas I would love to hear them :)