Husband and I have been contemplating a home theater in our unfinished basement.  We got the idea when we went house hunting about 5 years ago.  We never even knew such a thing existed before then, but after seeing them, we knew it was something we wanted.  I’ve looked online and saw some really neat ones (just by googling home theater photos).  They are quite expensive so I don’t know how we’ll ever get to it but we’ll keep saving until we could get one built.

Here’s a couple of photos of the home theaters we saw last week.

Great Room Ceiling Beams

I’ve always been fascinated by the wooden beams inside a home.  Our current home doesn’t have them and I’m sure it wouldn’t look right either, but still, I think they are just amazing.  I’ve seen a couple of homes with these beams and they make the home so beautiful and cozy like a cottage in the mountains somewhere.

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Spring is officially here! Well, actually the first day of spring was on Sunday, the 20th.  Last fall husband planted a bunch of tulips down both sides of the driveway.  Within the last few weeks I’ve checked both sides and didn’t see any sign of the tulips coming through.  I got worried thinking maybe husband planted them too low and too late in the year and they weren’t going to grow.

Yesterday, my 4-year-old and I decided to take a look again.  Of course, I was already discouraged so I didn’t think I’d see anything new but there it was.  A tiny little green life pushed through the cold earth and mulch.  I screamed and ran for the camera while my 4-year-old grabbed for the watering can.

Orchid Photos Using Nikon 55-200mm Lens

I normally take photos using the 18-55mm lens but last week I decided to use the 55-200 lens on the orchids just to see how they would turn out.  Here’s a few:

There are new homes being built in the community just north of where I live.  These homes are small as well and have the hiked up prices just the same.  The square footage run about 1400 sq. ft. up to about 2200 sq. ft.  I personally loved the sizes but husband thinks they’re too small.  I’m not too fond of brown paint in the house but the way these ones were decorated, they didn’t seem so bad.  It was actually comforting and warm.

Entry hallway: I love the simplicity of this hallway.  What really caught my eyes were the candle scones.  I’d like something like that in my home’s hallway.

Great room: This photo was very dark so I had to brighten it up a lot.  I wanted to just show the window, curtains, and decor.  This is similar to how I’d want the large windows in the great room in my home to look like.  I also like the contrast between the beige and brown walls.  Maybe I’ll consider painting the room similarly but with different colors.

Great room 2nd view: This view is of the same room above except I focused to the left more.  It looks really busy but the colors all go together so it’s actually pretty nice.

Master bedroom 1: This was the master bedroom of the first house (of 3 houses I saw).  The walls were painted an olive green which I thought made the room lively.

Master bedroom 2: This bedroom was nice.  It looks warm and cozy.  The walls were painted a charcoal-like color.  Normally, I would not like a dark color like this in the bedroom but somehow this didn’t look so bad.

Master bedroom 3: This bedroom was okay.  I really liked the headboard.

Dining room:  This dining room was tiny but cute.  I like how simple yet elegant the chandelier is.

Wall art:  It’s so important to have wall art in the home.  I have none right now in my home but that’s because I am clueless as to what I should put up.  I love seeing these large framed art in these homes.  I think I take more time looking at the wall art than anything else.  ♥