Carolina New construction home tour

Hello everyone! I’m so excited to be here at Debbiedoo’s today!

My husband and I built our home in central North Carolina last year and in the 14 months since we moved in we have slowly but surely been taking it from builder grade blah to our perfect space.

Let’s get started!

When we built our home and were lucky enough to be able to choose many of the colors and finishes of the house. I actually had a much more neutral exterior picked out when we started the building process but imagine my surprise when we came to check on the progress one weekend and I saw that the house they were building in the lot next door was my exact colors!

I figured I needed to go bold to set our house apart (the house next door is the same model and frontage too!) so I picked out this lovely blue-gray siding and bright red front door (Sherwin Williams Pompeii Red) and I love the end result so much!

Let’s step on inside, y’all…

The Mudroom

One thing I love about our home is that we have a very generous mud room off the garage door. With three little boys under seven we have a lot of “stuff” and it’s the perfect place for keeping things organized. I made a no-sew bench cushion for the built in bench and made numbered baskets for the cubbies to hold everyone’s shoes.

The Sitting Room

The first actual room see walking in the house is our sitting room. It used to be our formal dining room but it was never used so we recently transformed into a sitting room/bar area. The boys call this the “grown up room.” It’s a place where my husband and I can sit and have a cup of coffee and listen to music on the weekends while the boys watch tv in the living room. The room itself isn’t quite finished yet, we’re still working on decor for the walls and accessorizing it but it’s coming along!

The Living Room

The living room is open to the kitchen and it is a comfortable space, with lots of neutrals and small pops of colors. We recently made over a thrifted buffet to turn into a media stand so that I could move the tv from over the mantle. I love being able to decorate my mantle now without working around the television!

The Kitchen

Directly behind our monstrous sectional is the kitchen, which might just be my favorite room. We had a lot of leeway to customize the space so we picked dark cabinetry with no handles/pulls, a white subway tile backsplash, and a lighter granite.

The home plans had an island with a raised breakfast bar but the builder allowed me to have a larger one level slab installed instead which I love because it gives me more room to bake all the goodies I post here on the blog! We also had the entire island moved out towards the living room about a foot and a half to make the kitchen larger and take better advantage of the open floor plan.

Breakfast Nook

We have an eat in area in the kitchen that looks out over the backyard. This is the part of the house that was flooded when my youngest decided to flush an entire roll of toilet paper down the toilet last November!

My Office

Upstairs I have my office, which used to be my middle son’s room until he decided to bunk with his older brother. This room is my happy place-a place decorated just for me (that I’m sitting in right now typing this!) I painted some IKEA curtains with gray stripes, gave a desk a regency makeover, and lots of other DIY projects.

The Nursery

My youngest son’s room is Montessori inspired and very colorful. We recently moved his floor bed higher as he is old enough to climb up but I don’t have pictures of that yet…I’m thinking I’ll need to build him a little bed now for his “big” bed! (I’ll add that to my never-ending list of things to do!)

Master Bedroom

The master bedroom is another area that seems to be a constant evolution. I’m craving a change in here but haven’t quite narrowed down what I want yet. Last year I painted the entire room Benjamin Moore Alaskan Husky and then did a tone on tone stenciled focal wall. We also build our own headboard way back when this was a tiny baby blog.

The Backyard

Probably my favorite part of the house, at least for the past few months, has been our backyard. We put in a pool last summer and have spent a lot of time getting our yard and patio in order this year.

What was brush and scrub and trees is now tamed and we love spending time out there. We built our own Pottery Barn inspired dining table, painted and updated thrifted chairs, and did lots of DIY pillow covers to create a comfortable and colorful space.