Our new home

Danny and I moved into our new place on February 1. Even though we are renting, we painted the entire place because the previous paint job left something to be desired. Downstairs was at least 4 different colors and the colors upstairs were just ugly. We are very happy with how the colors turned out!

We pretty much spent the entire month of February decorating. We didn't have to buy any furniture, but we needed a lot of stuff for the walls since our place in Chicago was MUCH smaller.

Our new place is a 2-bedroom townhome in the Victorian Village neighborhood of Columbus. We have a backyard that Oxford loves and a two car garage. We also have a half-finished basement which will be a playroom for Connor, with storage on the other half. We live about 3 blocks from an area with a bunch of bars and restaurants, 4 blocks from a huge park and also a dog park. Danny works about a mile away, so he walks to/from work which is great because we only need one car.

Here are some pictures (they don't do the place justice, especially since the lighting isn't great and I'm not a fabulous photographer, but it gives you the general idea):

The backyard - once it stops snowing for good, the landlord will do some landscaping. I'll try to remember to post pictures when it's done. Regardless, Oxford loves just having a place where he can go and sit outside. 

Downstairs bathroom

The kitchen isn't fancy, but there is a ton of counter space which is great for cooking and entertaining!

Living room

Our bedroom

Upstairs bathroom

There are definitely some updates we'd make to this place if we bought it, but we're very happy with it for a 2-year-rental. Hopefully that gives an idea of what the place looks like before it is taken over by baby stuff in a few weeks! Nursery pictures to come this week or weekend! I just have a few finishing touches to put on it and then we will be all set.