Our Simple Home: DD's Closet/ Our Storage Closet

When we remade one bedroom into an office, we had to remove a closet from it to. However, we were able to add that closet space onto DD's closet space since they butted up against each other to make one long closet. The back half we use for storage space and the front half is DD's clothes closet. 

It has been amazing at how stuff we were able to store in the back of the closet. We have several tubs of keepsakes, clothes of DD's from when she was little, toys, and books. On top of those we are to fit our outside chairs cushions, not to mention room for all of our jackets and winter coats. We also have room on top for more keepsakes. There was even room to put in a few crates to create a little pantry storage. 

The front part of the closet is for DD's clothes storage. She also has storage on top for some of her stuff. We also have plastic storage drawers for her clothes that are folded, since we had no room to add a chest of drawers in her room. We also put in stackable wire shelving for her shoes and use crates for more storage and for dirty clothes.

Well, with this post the tour of our little home has come to an end. The most important thing to take away from the tour is that our home is filled with a lot of nice things, but it is the love and care put into the things that make our little house a home.

Loving our simple life lived in our simple little home filled with love, laughter, and faith!   

Our Simple Home: DD's Bedroom

Our daughter's bedroom is the smallest bedroom in our home, but we have managed to pack a lot into it and still look uncluttered. We knew when we moved in that DD would need somewhere to house her every growing book collection. We decided to put in bookshelves along the wall with the window with a window seat. I designed and my daddy graciously built it. 

We had a desk to move into her new room. It was made my daddy for her 9th birthday. It fit perfectly into her new room. The cork board and flower spray were from her old bedroom. They rounded out her desk area. Also sitting beside her desk is her telescope that we use for star dazing. One year when the orbit of Saturn was closet to the earth we were able to see the rings of Saturn with the telescope.

We needed a bed to put in her room because her old bed in our old home was a built in bunk bed which obviously we couldn't move. My DH's father came to the rescue by buying her a beautiful white twin size sleigh bed. To solve the nightstand problem, we stacked a lot of DD's bigger books on top of each other and voila ~ instant nightstand. We took her America Doll wardrobe (built by my daddy) and put it on the other side of her bed for another nightstand.

At the end of her bed is a cedar hope chest built by ~ you guessed it ~ my daddy as a Christmas present one year. It is stuffed full of sweet memories and dreams for the future. It is something she will always treasure. 

Living life simply in our little home and storing away every memory of it!  

Our Simple Home: Guest Bath

Our guest bathroom is beside our office and directly across our little hall from DD's bedroom. DD uses it as her own, but it is the main bathroom used by any visitors. It is a small bathroom but suits our needs just fine. The decor theme for this room is flowers.

As you walk in, the cabinet with the sink is on the right. The toilet is beside of it. The bathtub/shower takes up the whole area on the opposite wall opposite the door. 

On the wall opposite the toilet is a mirror hanging on the wall, with a small shelving cabinet underneath made out of cedar which my daddy made for us this past Christmas. I haven't finished decorating the shelves to my liking but it is a work in process. 

A view from the door.

View of the cabinet with sink from the tub.

A closer look.

A view of the mirror and cedar shelves.

A closer look. Still deciding on how to decorate it.

The guest bath is a small and still in the process of being decorated, but it is a nice little space to take care of business in. LOL! 

Living the simple life and cherishing each second of it!

Our Simple Home: Our Office/Guest Bedroom

The other two bedrooms in our home, along with an extra bathroom, are located on the opposite end of the mobile home from the Master Bedroom. We jokingly refer to it as the Bachelor's Wing. The Bachelor's Wing is compromised of a small hall with 3 rooms leading off of it; the office/guest room, guest bath, and DD's bedroom. 

When we were looking to buy a bigger mobile home, we knew we wanted 3 bedrooms. However to pass inspection for our septic tank, we had to remain one of the bedrooms as an office and remove a closet. (I know that makes no sense but we are dealing with a government agency.) 

Our office is located on the southeast corner of our home. It is flooded with light for most of the day and is the warmest room in the house. It also doubles as DH's bedroom or a guest bedroom if we need it. (DH has a snoring problem. So in order for both of us to sleep at night, we found that is was better for him to sleep on the opposite side of our home from me.)

When you walk in the door, the office desk is in front of you. DH saw the plans for the desk online and built it. It has a lot of storage room behind the computer screen and underneath. It has a nice drawer underneath the computer area and a set of drawers on the right side, one of which a place for hanging folders. He designed the corner shelf and decided to add cork boards to round out the look of the desk area.  

The bed and nightstand is on the right when you enter the room. The nightstand is DH's from his childhood bedroom. The bed is sitting right beside the window. The quilt on the bed was made by my mother and I, when she  was trying to teach me to sew. DH's mother recently refurbished the quilt with a new backing and repaired a few squares. At the foot of the bed hanging on the wall is DH's tv box. He made a wood box to frame the tv and to provide shelving to set some pictures.

The office/guest bedroom is simple just like the rest of our home. However, it makes a nice cozy spot to work on the computer on cold winter days and a nice place for DH to lay his head down at night. 

Living a simple life and enjoying every minute of it!   

Our Simple Home: Master Closet

Our closet is a nice size closet right off our bathroom. There is a place to hang a door but I opted out of putting one up. I liked the open feeling of the bathroom flowing into the closet. Also, having no door is a great incentive for keeping the closet tidy. 

The wall opposite the opening has shelves and hanging racks for clothes. DH's side of the rack is on the left and mine is on the right. (Yes, I take up more space than he does.) The shelf right above the hanging clothes holds some of our shoes. I have my shoes contained in plastic shoe boxes. The very top shelf holds photos boxes and memory boxes. Underneath the hanging clothes are clothes baskets for our dirty laundry. One basket sits on top of some plastic storage shelves which contain some crafting supplies.

To the right of the opening is a wardrobe. It houses plastic storage drawers where most of our folded clothes are held, since we don't have room for a chest of drawers in our bedroom. In the wardrobe is a top shelf where we store bed linens and extra blankets. On top of the wardrobe is seasonal items like towels used for swimming and items used when we go on trips. Beside the wardrobe is a rack to hang my dresses. The closet has enough room that we have a small bench sitting against the wall opposite the wardrobe. It is a perfect spot to lay pj's and clothes we are going to wear again later. 

 

A view of the closet from the bathroom.

Our catchall bench, plastic storage drawers, and clothes basket for dirty laundry.

Shelves for some our shoes and photo/memory boxes.

Items stored on top of the wardrobe.

A well organized and tidy closet is just one of those simple things that make life a little less hectic. Living a simple organized life and enjoying every minute of it!

Our Simple Home: Our Master Bath

I have a love/hate relationship with our Master Bath. I love that we have our own big bathroom. I love that it has two vanities. I love that the bath tub is separate from the shower. I love that I was able to realize my dream of having a sea themed bathroom. However, I hate that it stays cold all winter and I really hate that it takes me over an hour to clean it each week. 

Standing in the bathroom door opening, the bath tub is right in front of you. The shower is to its right and the toilet is to its left. Walking through the door, my vanity is on the right and DH's is on the left. (Oh, I forgot to mention it is really hard to take good pics in the bathroom because it is so light in fixtures, walls, and cabinets. It also has 3 mirrors.) 

The tub.

Glassed in shower.

The toilet area. 

My vanity.

DH's vanity.

I use sea themed items as well as baskets and candles to decorate our bathroom. Both vanities have small sea grass baskets filled with decorative hand towels and wash clothes, seashells, pieces of coral we have found on the beach, and small bottles of lotions and bubble bath. On either side of the door sit big baskets filled with the same kind of items.

Basket beside my vanity.

The basket beside DH's vanity.

Above our bathtub is a shelf I had an idea for and DH designed and built it for me for my birthday one year. I have decorated it with sea themed items as well and hung sea shell pictures above it. It also has a place to hang my towel and washcloth. 

Looking at the shelf from the door.

A closer look at the decorations sitting on top.

The toilet area is separated from the rest of the bathroom by a partial wall. I have hung sea shell pictures above the toilet. A basket sits to the left of it to hold extra toilet paper (and reading material). The right of it is our towel rack that once was a shoe rack that was in my bedroom closet in my parents house built by my daddy. 

The toilet area and towel rack.

Even though it can get cold and takes over an hour to clean, I still love our master bath. It is closed off from the rest of the house making it a great place to relax in a bathtub of hot water. 

Simply loving living in our simple home!   

Our Simple Home: Our Master Bedroom

Our Master Bedroom is part of a Master suite which is made up of a bedroom, bath, and closet. It is located on the same side of the house as the kitchen. The kitchen is actually behind our bedroom. 

The main piece of furniture is a king-size bed made out of white cedar logs. It was made by an Amish furniture maker that lives in an Amish community about an hour away from us. We have had it about 10 years now and absolutely love it. In fact, everyone that has seen it loves it too. 

Looking into our bedroom from the living room. The headboard of our bed.

A view of the foot of the bed from the living room.

A view of the headboard from the foot of the bed.

Walking into our bedroom from the living room, there is a bookshelf sitting catty-cornered in the corner. Its shelves are almost full of books. Our tv and DVD sit on top of it. 

The bookshelf.

Walking around the foot of the bed, there are two big windows, then a small desk sitting in the corner opposite the bookshelves. This desk was made by my daddy as a Christmas present for DH and I. The chair DH bought in a discount sale from the furniture company he works for. 

Our desk and chair.

Beside our bed, we have an end table as our nightstand. It holds our throw blankets and a basket that holds our remotes and is a catchall of those misc items that seem to find their way onto our nightstand. 

The only picture I could find of our nightstand.

A look at the foot of the bed and bookshelf from the bathroom.

A closer look at the book shelf.

A view of the headboard from the bathroom.

Our bedroom isn't very big, but it is cozy and just right for us. It also provides a great, quiet place to rest from the busyness of life. 

Enjoy our every minute of our life lived simply and the simple home we live in!