The timing could have been better....

The timing we chose to build our forever home is probably the worst it could have been. It's go time. Its actually starting to feel real. Adam and I have 9000 decisions to make (I think that's the actual number). Store trips, meetings, construction site visits, internet research (looking at endless pictures on houzz.com - ok I do that anyway). Do I have time for this? Nope. But more importantly I don't even have the ability! Can you imagine taking 3 super energetic boys age 5 and under to a lighting store? We are going to have to get really creative to get this all done and it might involve 3 leashes! 

Here are some pictures that have served as inspiration for us for the fun stuff.  The majority of our family's members are little boys. Our house should reflect that! 

I haven't met with the playground designer yet but we have budgeted for an amazing play area. Pirate playscape plus 2 story playhouse with a zip line to connect them. Harrison has had an active role in planning this as you can imagine. He is type A just like his mommy!

Room themes! Gotta have room themes! The themes aren't changing, just upgrading. Henry adores animals (and babies, cake, and bacon). Obviously animals made the most sense for a theme out of those choices! I decided to turn Charlie's castle slide bed (which never really fit in) into the bed below. A hut in the middle of his safari room! It goes perfectly with his giant giraffe and animal paintings and 300 stuffed animals that he squeezes in bed with every night (my angel even tucks them in, kisses them, and gives them a sip of water). It will be an easy change to the bed and our builder/designer is all over it. And yes the slide will remain! 

Now isn't this the most amazing playroom you have ever seen?! It's fun, whimsical, more mature than a baby's playroom and most importantly, its MASCULINE! I am dead set on recreating this room with the exception of the chairs that look like they are growing some alien fungus. The faux fireplace is going to happen and I have already started hitting up antique stores for the perfect one. That carpet will be tough to find as its custom made (same with the tent) but I will find a way to at least stick to that color combo. The ceiling is easy and my builder says its inexpensive (but looks fancy!) And of course we will have the manly wood paneling. The place where the windows are will have Nana doors. These are floor to ceiling slider doors that open the room up to the outside. This room overlooks the pool. The pool will be the most childproofed pool on planet earth but I will talk about that later. There will be oodles of storage in this room and a built in twin bed. 

It's hard to top the playroom but I think the bunkhouse might end up being our favorite room. The bunkhouse is the pool house/guesthouse/former detached garage. It will have 2 sets of custom built in FULL SIZED bunks. Rock and wood everywhere. Fireplace. Indoor/outdoor bar also overlooking the pool. Full bathroom. It will be our cozy little getaway and multipurpose room! I am excited to give guests and even families a lovely place to stay. Now taking reservations! :)

Little Charlie loves cars and his favorite thing to do is line them up. So when I saw this it was a no brainer. I snagged a real working stoplight on a post at an antique store as well as a huge "GO" sign. It looks like a stop sign but green. Perfect for Charlie's personality. 

Harrison's room won't change much. He has a camping theme complete with tent, hammock, pretend campfire, and star projector. I have no pictures to share on the media room but I am equally excited about those plans. Adam and I are dreaming of bringing our little boys to the house they will grow up in!