Archive note: The original photo tour is no longer available. The guest blogger removed her blog and its content from the web; the account below preserves the written details that remain here. For available photo tours, visit the home tour gallery.
Guest account by Liz of The Tuscan Home, describing her Pacific Northwest home at the time of the original feature.
Our home has 3,685 square feet, four bedrooms, four bathrooms, a basement, and a bonus room. When I shared this tour, my husband and I lived here with our four daughters, then ages 12, 11, 10, and 8. We had bought the house the previous May.
Tuscan colors and iron details in the kitchen
I love Tuscan-style decorating and had been gradually adding earthy colors. Our kitchen was small but cozy. I placed decorative iron gates at the kitchen window to make it a focal point.
The dining room's Blooming Ladder
The summer before the tour, I hung an old ladder above the dining table so I could decorate it through the seasons. For spring, I used curly willow branches and yellow, green, and red flowers. I called it our Blooming Ladder: sitting beneath it felt like eating under a canopy of flowers.
A yellow spring wreath hung from the curtain rod on burlap ribbon, tying in with the flowers on the ladder. The dining area was casual and comfortable.
An office, a bedroom in progress, and a foyer message
The home office was where I blogged and read other decorating blogs. Our primary bedroom was still a work in progress when I shared it. Above the front door, vinyl lettering read Make each day…Your Masterpiece, a reminder to make the best of the day.
How we accidentally ended up with two theaters
My husband ordered a theater system with audio, video, speakers, and surround sound. Afterward, he looked on Craigslist for less expensive options and found someone moving who was selling an entire system at a price we did not want to pass up.
We bought that system, assuming we could cancel the order placed a few hours earlier. We could not. With two systems and an empty basement, we put one in the upstairs bonus room and the other downstairs.
Our family enjoys music and movies together, and the girls used the upstairs bonus room to spend time with friends and play video games. In the basement, we also had space for checkers and other games. A separate television handled everyday viewing so we did not use the projector bulbs for everything.
A basement room for decorating supplies
I called the decor storage room my basement shop. When I wanted to change something around the house, I went there to find pieces to reuse.
I had previously kept the decorations in stackable bins, which made searching difficult. Adding shelves made the pieces easier to see and gave everything a place.
The original tour also included Kailey and Karley's room, but no further written room details remain in this account.
Original guest contribution: Liz, The Tuscan Home.
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