Changes

We have made some changes in the Klassen house. When we first saw our house during our house search, we immediately fell in love with it. What we love most is that it has 3 full bathrooms! It also has 2 master bedrooms, because when the previous owners finished the basement, they added a second master with a larger bathroom including a jet tub, which is perfect for soaking and relaxing! Ever since we moved in 3 years ago, we have been using the upstairs master bedroom as our room. Kevin has been wanting to move into the master bedroom downstairs for awhile, so I finally gave in and told him we could do it. We were holding off because of the temperature drop from upstairs to downstairs. We have finally figured out how to regulate the temperature so there isn't such a drastic change anymore. This means we have finally made the bedroom move. We also think we will be using a lot more of our house now. Before, we would rarely spend time downstairs because it was always so cold, but with our bedroom moved, I think we will make more use of the space we have. Yesterday, we made the move and did some major rearranging in our house. We are rearranging our basement tonight and hopefully it will finally feel more homey. If you haven't seen our basement, it is a long and narrow room with odd wall shapes. Our stairs curve as you walk down them so the wall on the other side of the stairs in the basement sticks out with weird angles. It's so hard to find an arrangement we like, but we are determined to make this new arrangement work. When we are done, I will post pictures to see what you think. And please DO tell us what you think.


So, we turned our former master bedroom upstairs into an assortment of things. It is our office space, first and foremost, and we love that we have everything we need upstairs. Now we don't have to use our kitchen counter or table to pay bills! We had our office downstairs but rarely went downstairs to use it. It was kind of an inconvenience for us. We will definitely be using it more now! This room also doubles as my craft room. I think I will be more likely to do my scrapbooking and other crafts more often than when all of these things were downstairs. This room is also a guest bedroom. We bought a new mattress a couple of weeks ago and put our old mattress on the floor. Even though, it's just a mattress on the floor, it's great to have an extra queen "bed" for guests. We covered it with stuffed animals and pillows for our niece and nephew when they are here. This room will also be their toy room. I'm hoping we won't be stepping on toys spread around the living room when they're here now. Here are some pictures so you can get a visual. 

 I love that the painting goes nicely with our wall color. This painting courtesy of Kevin's brother Phil, and our sister-in-law, Cassie. 

This desk fits nicely in this corner. This desk courtesy of Laura's brother, Chad and our sister-in-law, Ali.

Our new master bedrooms is looking nice. We just need to hang some pictures on the wall to make it complete. This room is a little bit bigger and the carpet is so plush. The walk-in closet is bigger than our old closet too. Here are some pictures.

 The wall behind our bed is so bare. I have a picture waiting to be hung!

The Michigan Flag on the floor is going to be hung up outside. Kevin just found it last night and laid it on the floor so he wouldn't forget to hang it.

Well, after some begging from Kevin for quite some time, I finally gave in and we made the move. It's been one day but I am enjoying it so far. Basement family room pictures will be posted tonight.