Yesterday Luke, Max and I went to 2 more Parade of Homes sites in Fitchburg and Oregon. I was starting to feel a little over all the home viewing but today was a whole new story! I'm in LOVE... with a home. I honestly think that Temple Construction built their parade home for me!
First we visited 3 homes in Fitchburg and I found a house that I, at that time, considered my favorite out of all of them. Here are some of the reasons why...
I want a bowl sink in my guest bathroom
These built-in shelves were in the entryway of the master bedroom
This is the tub I want!
These are built in shelves in the shower. Great to hold all of my shampoo!
Fireplace in the living room. The actual fireplace has blue stones in it.
This decoration was in the staircase in 2 places, Luke especially liked these.
Now onto the main attraction! After Fitchburg we decided to quickly run over to Oregon and see the BIG ONES! Here is the Temple Construction home. I must preface this by saying there is NO WAY I could afford the next home but that doesn't keep me from dreaming. Just walking in the front door took my breath away.
Dining room. Do I have to tell you how much I love the light fixture?!
Double staircase leading downstairs
Wall next to the double staircase that also separated the dining room from the living room area
The coolest bathroom fixture EVER! The sink is pretty awesome too
Seriously, what an ingenious idea to put a dining room fixture in the bathroom. Who would have thought?! This was made out of multi-colored crystals
I wish this showed the light fixture better. It was really cool textured balls hanging from the ceiling. The tray ceiling was pretty cool too. This was right outside the master bedroom in the hallway.
This is a wall sconce in the bedroom! SO AWESOME!!!!!
I NEED THIS!
Master bedroom. Love the built-ins
The wallpaper accented behind the mirror was cool, this was in the master bedroom bathroom
Perfect mirror for a master bedroom.
Light fixture hanging over a really cute seating area in a section of the two part living room. Little crystals are hanging in the middle.
My screen porch + a fireplace and view of the golf course.
Inlet in the bar area. Sparkly tile back splash.
I loved the bathroom sconces but they don't show up with my iPhone, what else is neat is the tile behind the mirror.
Seating area in the basement. Such a neat idea to do the built-in seating near the basement bar. Also, love the light... typical.
Basement bar and fireplace.
Exterior. I wish I would have taken a photo of the front door. It's unexplainable.
Both Luke and I LOVED this home. If you can't tell I love sparkly things {hence my blog name} and this place had plenty of that! It also had a TV in every room. Seriously, it had a 47" flat screen in the kitchen. That's one reason I think Luke liked the home but he also loved the two sided stair case. If only... I can dream :)
For my loyal followers, I'm sorry for my week long absence. I was struck last weekend with a nasty sore throat that turned into a full blown cold by the time Monday rolled around. I've attempted to simply survive this week and now am back! The last three nights, due to my barking dog cough, Luke has resided on the couch. I miss him but don't miss him hitting me with a pillow every time I cough. Now I can hack up a lung without injury!
Here are a few things on my mind this Saturday morning.
This I would not consider a rhinestone as it was pretty sucky and I'm still having mental conflict about it. I found out that a friend accidentally spread an untrue and hurt full rumor about my family. By the time Luke and I found out the telephone game had gone through at least 8 people and had even reached his grandfather and entire extended family! Yesterday I confirmed that it was this friend who started it all but I have yet to call and speak to her about it. Personally I would rather just pretend it never happened and simply stop talking to this person because I'm a wuss but Luke is so upset and wants to make sure that she doesn't continue to tell other random people something that's untrue. Can we just say that I'm dreading this phone call. To go along with this I have chosen a song that I've been loving lately. I think the part about "I won't let you close enough to hurt me" really hits home to how I'm feeling about this.
On a more positive note Luke and I went to a few more Parade Homes this week. We may consider building a home next summer and so are looking for ideas just in case. Every time we walk through a home I point out all the things that I WANT! Luke told me yesterday to put together a list so that we can remember once the time comes to start on the plans.
Here is my NEW HOME must haves would like to haves:
1. A front porch where I can sit on an Adirondack chair and drink wine iced tea while watching the kids ride their bikes in the street.
2. A screen porch where I can sit with friends and drink wine iced tea or read a book without bugs attacking me. {Who knows if I will even have time to enjoy these spaces but just in case, I WANT them}
3. Back yard big enough to fit a swing set and other toys for the kids
4. Framed mirrors in the bathrooms
5. Island in the kitchen, granite counter tops, stainless steel appliances
6. Open floor plan, fireplace in the living room
7. Guest room/craft room {this one I'm pushing for!}
8. Lockers in the mud room
9. Cool lighting! Like below!
Can you see this in my front entryway?
Or how about this for my entryway?
Above my dining room table?
All of the light fixtures above are from Overstock.com
Stay tuned for the conclusion of my friend confrontation and also a fun Father's Day bbq that we are attending tomorrow.
Luke and I went to the Parade of homes this weekend in Waunakee and Bristol. We try to make it every year as we like to see what fun stuff the rich people do to their homes. It's nice to dream isn't it. Typically we go to Blackhawk and the homes are unreal. This year the homes were a little less extravagant but still VERY nice. I took a few pics of things that I liked just in case we decide to build our own home in the future.
Liked the side fireplaces
The built-ins and the white trim is nice
Fire pit and waterfall
This fireplace was directly when you walked in and it was two stories high, this home had 3 fireplaces this one, one in the living room and one in the three season porch
I liked the front porch of this one
Really cool bathroom mirror
I WILL buy this light fixture for my entryway some day
