Phase 2 of The House Behind The Trees ~ The downstairs #TeelsBuildaHouse

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So we are starting the downstairs ... I HATE to say basement because we had a basement in our old home, where you opened a door and went down stairs separated from anything else. It was a finished basement complete with a bedroom, craft room, family/game room and we spent a lot of time there ~ our oldest son moved down there in jr high and stayed through high school ... until we finished the master suite in the attic then he moved back up to the bedroom floor with his brother and sister.  So here our downstairs is open to the rest of the house, you can see through to the outside from the top of the stairs going down because we have a wall of windows down there as well.  We really didn't plan to have a kiddo down there but since we are having to do a switch-a-roo with rooms (I'll explain later) he is moving home soon and will be downstairs. Anyhoo, our downstairs will house our main family room, our middle sons room, a full bath and kitchenette.  I thought it would be fun ...
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Kitchen Backsplash ~ I finally made up my mind!

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Oh my goodness, after months and months of looking and playing with peel and stick papers I have finally decided on a backsplash tile!  I mean this decision was terrible for me, I truly thought I knew what I wanted then I would buy something similar in a peel and stick wallpaper version to only HATE it when it was up.   So many of the  designs I liked, just didn't look right in our kitchen with the modern traditional feel our house is.   


I kept being drawn to the tiles that were different yet classic and several of the ones I absolutely LOVED were just way out of my price range, imagine that!  But there was one that I just kept gravitating towards,  those with mother of pearl.  I mean what's not to gravitate towards with all the iridescent shimmer and shine!  So I started looking for those types of tiles but still wanted a classic design with simple lines YET still something different ... does that make sense, I mean I know it doesn't, I'm a strange one, after all I wear Matilda Jane ruffles at almost 50! 😁 

So stay tuned as we hopefully will get this tile job completed soon and then all the kitchen trim work painted! Oh the joy of building and doing it yourself! 

Tile is from amazon 

Pot filler is from Amazon




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