On this edition of MTV Cribs..

We tour the home of Smart Ass Sara, leader of lamb whores and goat sluts.

OK, so some of you have heard me bitch about the state of my house and while I do have quite a bit that is um.."in progress" I do have a lot of stuff that is pretty decent. So welcome to my home. Some of it. (Obviously, I'm not going to detail every square inch of my house, but this is basically it. Unless you really want to see the laundry room and back porch again. In that case, go here and here, respectively)

As soon as you walk into our front door- this is what you see. We have a small porch that is hot as shit in the summer and cold as fuck in the winter. The hot as shit isn't so bad really since I like heat, but the cold as fuck part is no good. In fact, since Matt did a marathon session of putting new Sheetrock (after taking down the old shit that was Sheetrock with paneling glued to it) in one night (much to the amazement of my friend Jennie and I who were scrapbooking) this is what we have. Light yellow/sage with cobalt blue accent. It's nice. Except for the fact all of the Sheetrock is cracked in every corner because of faulty installation. That's a whole OTHER post. But my porch is small and it's like a mud room I guess.

Please take off your shoes. I actually don't like vacuuming every day so thanks. Except if your shoes are really dirty, please leave them on. That way we can ruin the carpet and convince Matt we need new. Because this shit is awful.

OK- so here's the living room. It's what you see first thing as you walk in. To the right of that archway, there is a door (it's in the living room actually) and that goes to my bedroom. Where magic is currently not happening. You'll notice Lenny by the toys. He's cool. So you can't see it, but to your right is a wall and it has a black shelf with toy bins and a huge cool black and white photo of trees. And the basketball hoop is outside now. FYI.

And when you look to the left- the other part of my living room. See that big blank wall, Jamie?? I need something! I haven't picked out a green wall color for one living room wall yet, but I bought two pillows! That counts, right?? I'm one step closer! OK- so I have to tell you about the chairs. We bought the chairs and the couch almost 3 years ago. The couch was $300 on sale. The chairs that I just HAD to have? $500. A piece. And then I broke one. I'm serious. Matt was PISSED. It has something to do with Robert Pattinson. Read that HERE.

We'll go up the stairs in a bit, but let me take you to my kitchen. (I'm sorry..I'll do fridge/freezer shots tomorrow. I'm a bit tired this evening.) My red wall!! I love it. I have always wanted a red wall and I read somewhere that red makes you hungry, and although I don't need help in that department, I was hoping my kids would pick up on it. So far, only Jackson has. But ignore the green trim window/door because that's going to be bye-bye. Someday. *sigh*

Um, the other half of my ugly ass kitchen. SOMEDAY all this green shit will be replaced with what you see next to the fridge. And the cupboards will shut. It will be GLORIOUS.
OK, so connected to my kitchen is the dining room. Fun fact- the dining room and my bedroom were added on two years ago. It's almost doubled out square feet and I love it. OK, so this is what you see when you come in. The table in the corner of the room is an extension of my scrapbook closet which is in a current state of disaster because of my productive weekend. (more on that tomorrow)

But when you stand on the OTHER side of the room, this is what you see as you look towards the kitchen. More red. That picture that you see only half of to the left? Was $60 at Target like 4 years ago. I bought it, stored it in a closet. Matt had no idea how much I paid but I KNEW it would be perfect for in my someday dining room. And it is. So again, I was right. But that pass through on the wall? Used to be the window that looked out into the yard. But I love this because on the other side is the sink and it is super handy when we do big dinners and such. The hutch is a rescue project. It was pretty dilapidated but Matt fixed it while I painted it.

OK, so let's see my room before we go upstairs. I've posted on this before, but here you go. This room is still in progress. It's huge actually- you can't really tell with all of the shit around. Fun fact- I don't like making my bed. I just pretty much leave my pillows where they are because once I get them in perfect position I like to leave them way. :) The cedar chest was my high school graduation gift. It basically stores my sheets/blankets/etc for the bed. You'll notice we have no carpet. Because we need more money. Matt..um...miscalculated the actual cost of the addition. Which means no proper flooring. It's cold as you can imagine since we have no basement- only a crawlspace. Oh- have I mention I have no working heat in here? Or in the dining room?

Since no magic is happening in the above picture, I suppose magic happens here. On the computer. Which is obviously where I am RIGHT NOW. And then my fuckmill. And the tv I can't figure out how to work. I obviously need some stuff on the walls here. Actually- I'd like a new desk but yeah. Not happening soon.
So let's go upstairs. So yeah- the stairs. It's a high ceiling so it's going to stay white. I've got pictures of the kids and then the 5x7's from our wedding on the walls.

OH! At the top of the stairs you see this. It's actually two cheapy shelves we bought at Target and they fit perfectly in this weird space. It holds all of the kids' books (bottom) and small blankets and some games (top). So handy since nothing else we've ever found will fit in this bizarre sized space. Above the shelves is the attic area. Which Matt says is a mess. I'll take his word for it.

To the right is Olivia's room which used to be our room before we put the addition on. We painted it pink for her because that's what she wanted. Her room is HUGE. But this is what you see from the doorway.
Jackson's room is to the left of the stairs. This is the same as it was for Olivia. I love the blue/green and natural wood. The rocking chair is next to the window that in the summer, looks out to the huge lilac bush in our backyard. I have spent MANY hours in that chair. More on that soon, too. This room is small. I took this picture from the doorway. So um, yeah. It's small.
Pretty much every self portrait shot of me is done in my bathroom, so I don't feel like I need to really document this. But we renovated this when Olivia was 6 months old. It never used to look like this. In fact, it's not even close. I don't have before pictures but trust me- it was awful. But this is super small too.

The thing that gets the MOST compliments in my house aside from my dining room, the black and white 16x20 photo of Matt and I on our wedding day or the ghettoness of my laundry room is this sign in my bathroom.

So there you go. THAT is my house. Most of it. Actually- these are all of the rooms except for the laundry room and back porch but those have been thoroughly discussed in previous posts (see above for links).

But with all of that.....I need to decorate more. Have any ideas? Seen anything super fun and funky that you think would be awesome now that you know what colors I'm working with? Let me know!