Beach Bungalow: Virtual Tour of the Main Living Space

It's a work in progress, but I snapped these few pictures over breakfast a couple days ago.  We were getting ready to have some friends over for ice cream later that day, so we had extra motivation to get things up and keep things straight.  There's a high likelihood that even in its unfinished state, our house will never look as put together as it did newly organized and set for a debut.

Our kitchen/breakfast nook has turned out to be an eclectic mix of contemporary and traditional art - even with my Turkish platter thrown in the mix - paired with the psychadellic yellow, it seems super funky...but I kinda love it (not the color, just the whole vibe...we're hoping to tame it down by asking the owners if we can paint it a neutral color at some point).

the breakfast nook - shield your eyes from the mustard! :)

another angle

looking into the kitchen from the breakfast nook.  the door on the left is the walk-in pantry and the door on the right leads to the laundry room and garage.  again, we're just renting this house, so the paint colors are NOT our first choice.

looking into the kitchen and breakfast nook/kids' play area from the living room.

again into the kitchen

my honey bunny.  Meggie saw me taking pictures of Allie - trying to get a 9 month shot - and asked to have HER picture taken. :)

so then I had to grab her and get in one, too! :)

this is looking from the entry space - you can see the open floor plan with the living room, office nook, and kitchen/breakfast nook in the background.

sorry so dark - this is your view when you step inside.

our entry table, office corner, living room, etc.

another view

the office corner (excuse the computer power cord)

this picture is taken from the little hallway that leads to the master bedroom.  you can see the living room, entry, office corner

living room from the breakfast nook

and my precious little tribe eating breakfast

Meggie Moo later this same day in her new outfit. (the only way we can get her to smile for the camera these days is to bribe her with candy. :) she did this smile for an M&M!)

Alice Virginia on her "palette" - (Hi, Kaitlin and Maeve!!! The same day Maeve turned six months and wore this outfit, AV happened to have it on here - even when we're not together these girls are still "twousins.")

how AV tries to crawl

getting closer

not quite there, but still cute as a bug!

The girls' bedrooms are pretty much done, but it's just difficult to get in there when they're awake and otherwise occupied.  Hopefully, I can update with pics of their rooms soon.

DEFINITELY not our house in Edmond (I'm just so, so, so missing our beautiful, budding trees right now and our huge open windows), but I'm starting to believe that we're going to be happy here, too.

And I'm thankful for the new treasures our beach bungalow has to offer - like a simple, cozy layout, a secluded master bedroom, and kid-friendly back yard.

What do you think?