Extreme Makeover....Starnes Edition

Haven't blogged in awhile. How come? I have been one BUSY BEE!

I'm not sure what exactly got me started. Maybe this new baby coming, but it seems a little early for "nesting" already. Whatever the case....I have been in major musical chairs mode with the house the past few days.

This isn't our house. We only plan on living here one more year but for the time being, I have decided to try my darnedest to make this house a little bit more FUNCTIONAL for our family. When we go to buy again......I can assure you I am going to be ONE extremely PICKY gal!!!

First off, the kitchen eating area has been WAY too small for our family. We haven't been able to have a sit down dinner as a family for so long. I decided to make a drastic change. We moved the family room downstairs and turned the family room into a dining area. Now my big table can be out all the time and we can all SEE EACH OTHER when we eat. And surprisingly enough....I have quite enjoyed having no TV upstairs. It is so much more peaceful when I am in the kitchen. We moved the computer upstairs also so I can monitor what is going on a little bit easier. The front room is still upstairs so we do still have a place to sit and hang out upstairs.

We're really like the family room being downstairs....it's so much more comfortable and it's nice having all 3 couches together.

Next we moved Landon into Dallin and Parker's old "sports" room:

(He LOVES it!)

 Then we moved Dallin and Parker downstairs into the basement. We got them some new bunkbeds and they are absolutely in heaven. Boys and bunkbeds....they just go together! We still need to find some things to hang on the wall.

 So now Landon's old room will sit and wait a few more weeks until we see if we leave the wall BLUE or paint it PINK!

Nate moved his bike room into my old craft room. I really didn't need all that room for craft projects anyway.

So, now to the old bike room. This is the current project in action. It is a total and complete DISASTER area! Tomorrow I am painting that nasty green wall and getting everything all set up. New guest room coming soon! See, we still have room for visitors! AKA.....come and visit us!

Pictures to come in the next day or so!

And yes....that is a large scary shark hovering in the corner. It's pretty much a $100 balloon. It was my mom's Christmas present to Dallin. It swims around using a remote control and absolutely

 TERRIFIES our cat.

(Which I secretly find VERY amusing)