Decorating the Minooka House

Over a week we slowly moved things from our place in Sheridan to Minooka. It was nice and made the move so much easier to do it in pieces. We even had the furniture from Darvin delivered and set up for us, so all we had to do was get our things from Lucas' house and the stuff that was in my parents basement.

On August 31st we packed up our things (there wasn't much) and headed from Lucas' house in Sheridan to our new place in Minooka. The move was VERY easy and quick, since we don't have any furniture! I know the next move won't be so easy.

[Packing]

[Josh borrowed his boss' truck and trailer for the move. We pretty much just needed it for our mattress and a few other boxes.]

[Clothes and my moving buddy]

[I kept seeing the Death Star in my rearview mirror. It was funny... and scary!]

[Josh got me this awesome house key!] 

Over the next couple of weeks we settled into the house and made it our home.

[Josh painting]

[Hanging tapestries]

[Family room - work in progress (if you can't tell from the moving boxes)]

I didn't know which welcome mat to get so I asked Facebook and Instagram. 

Here are the results:

Some of my friends suggested I should get them all and just rotate. I think that's a brilliant idea!

We tried to finish Theo's Star Wars room at Lucas' house, but we were still missing a few things. But we finished it here!

[Guest room]

[Family room] 

[Family room coffee table]

We worked hard and I'm so happy with our home! Here's some of the "finished" (are you ever finished decorating?!) photos:

[Outside - Thanks to my dad and Josh for fixing up our yard. It looks so much better and I LOVE the flowers!]

[Lights along the path]


[Front door - Rug from Turkey, Nazar from Turkey, and a Banksy]

[Front entryway - USA Map with my travel pins, travel books, and artifacts from around the world] 

[Dining Room - baby alpaca tapestry from Peru and papyrus painting from Egypt]

[Dining Room - baby alpaca tapestry from Peru and my world map with travel pins] 

[Dining Room - my world map with travel pins and tapestry from Lake Titicaca]  

[Family Room - Star Wars and Harry Potter coasters]

[Family Room - my Fall (GO LAKERS!) and Halloween decorations] 

[Family Room]

[Family Room - Theo's area]

 [Kitchen - Packers stock are hanging on the wall]

[Kitchen]


[Theo's Star Wars room!]

[Pano]

[How his bed looks when he sleeps]

[Turn the volume up!]

[Jack and Jill Nautical theme bathroom]

 [Guest room]

[Guest room - Archaeology and Anthropology books and artifacts]


[Guest room - plant]

[Half bath - paintings from Europe]

[Master bedroom - We still need to hang a few pictures, but Josh got my jewelry display up! Thanks!]




[Master closet! Love it!]

[All my scarves organized!]

[Mud/Laundry Room]

[Josh's new toys in the garage]

[Basement]

[Storage]

["Office Area" with Josh's knives]

[My gym] 

[TV/Couch area] 

Not only do I LOVE being closer to civilization, but I love our home! I hope we can stay here for a while 🙂