Where Is Gunther?

This post is similar to the books, "Where is Waldo?" in that you can try to find Gunther in the pictures. That's just a little side gig to entertain you. The real purpose for this post is to give you a somewhat virtual tour of our new house! Please excuse the mess(es)!! And I am very open to any ideas you have for painting, decorating, etc. We still have some things to unpack and organize, as you will soon see!

The Galley Kitchen

Don't you like my dish drainer? I was originally thinking I wanted to get a collapsible dish drainer so I could put it away between uses. I realized
today that I already have a disappearing drainer - the bottom dishwasher rack! It worked splendidly and was a great improvement from my method of leaning things against the wall and stack from there!

Isn't the refrigerator the size of an elephant? I so terribly wanted to sell it and get a better fitting fridge, but Jason wouldn't let me. I'll probably appreciate it someday. The color of the kitchen is currently a light blue. I already have a good vision on what I'd like to do with this space, but it is a costly vision. So it may be a long while before it's realized.

 I really really wanted to turn that blank wall into a pantry. There is a bedroom closet on the other side of the wall. Unfortunately, after doing some measuring today, I realized that the closet only goes from the far left wall to about 12" past the counter top. So no pantry centered in the wall. I am now thinking of other ways to turn the closet into more counter/cupboard space for the kitchen. And thoughts on this would be lovely, even thoughts of, "that's a really bad idea, you should leave it as is."

The dining room.

The color in the corner changes from the light blue to a gray, or sometimes it looks light purple.

The merge into the living room.

And the living room! I think we like our current layout of this room. Just need to decide if we're going to paint, get rid of the blingy, silver, sparkly curtain, and maybe update the furniture someday. (When we moved, we learned that this couch is about 16 years old.)

The fireplace! I love the gas fireplace and it can be nice and warm. The color behind the fireplace is a mystery. It works with the slate tile, but it seems a little purple-ish to us.

This is supposed to be the office. This is an area that needs a lot of work in unpacking and organizing. I would like to get a new and better desk for Jason.

I think the wall color is a green. The black curtains are going to go away, I hope.

These characters are all hand painted. They're pretty cool, but not our style right now.

I'm not sure why, but this guy made me think of Jul!

This will hopefully be a guest room. It is currently nothing and housing our vanity and unpacked boxes.

The colors in this room are pretty much two different blues. Periwinkle comes to mind for the lighter color. The darker color boarders on a purple/blue.

The guest bathroom and Gunther's water bowl room. This one's not to bad. I really don't like the soap dispenser thing and want to take it down. Jason thought it was really cool. The wooden toilet seat will get replaced, and maybe someday a different vanity top.

A little bit of schizophrenic bathroom fixtures here - brushed nickel and gold/white.

Our bedroom which is currently purple and white. Again, don't mind the mess. I was doing laundry and rearranging some things.

Someday we're both going to have a night stand.

We have a nice walk-in closet with shelves. So I'm working on moving this dresser to another bedroom so we will only have one.

Jason absolutely loves that we have ceiling fans. And I really like this one.

This is the real schizophrenic bathroom. They covered all the fixture colors in this one.

I'm not sure why there is pink carpet in the bathroom closet. It's pretty low on my list of things to update though.

The brushed nickel corner caddy pole is my first addition to the house. It's way better than having everything sitting in the corners and on the edge of the tub. (TJ Maxx, by the way.)

I'm just not a fan of the white and gold, especially amongst the chrome, oil rubbed bronze, and brushed nickel. I think the first update to this room will be a towel rack and hand-towel holder. It lacks both.

 It's kind of a funny shaped end of the hall.

And that, my friends, concludes the tour for now. And while you might not find Gunther in every photo, he might be in more than you suspect! There are more to come...