Mollie's Home Tour: Entry

Thanks to the ever-fabulous and equally adorable Jessie of Jessie Alexis Photography, we've got some awesome images to share of the home we just finished. This is the house that we built based off the plans I literally dreamed of one night last year. Then we listed our house for sale, sold it in 5 days and spent the next 9 months searching for the perfect lot, making the plans a reality and building this thing from the ground up. Spencer of Elite Homes UT, who built our first house was of course our go-to-guy to make this happen. My husband did a lot of the work this time around to help save some money. He did tile installation, some of the finish carpentry, windows, etc. It was a long journey. My husband even got shingles from all the stress-- yes, usually elderly people get shingles but sometimes younger ones can under extreme stress. Needless to say, our Christmas break was spent with Mr. O being sick on the couch in crazy pain with an awful shingles rash all over his face, neck and head. Luckily he has amazing siblings and parents who rallied together to get a whole lot of work done on the house so we wouldn't fall too far behind schedule. It was a major blessing!So after a long crazy ride, let's get this tour started! Today I'm sharing the entry way, which was one of the main areas I saw laid out in my dream. Above is the sketch I made after the dream and below are a few images of how it turned out. I wanted the stairs to have a cut out underneath them to walk under, the fireplace framed through the walkway, a reading nook bench under the stairs, glass french doors into the office/sitting room with a transom above, the metal circles chandelier and a horizontal wooden railing. I'm still looking for the perfect light to go in the reading nook & the house isn't totally put together how I want it to be in terms of decor, but that always takes a little time. In the meantime here's how it looks so far...Sources:Farmhouse Aqua Pocket Watch Clock (round one)Circles of Farmhouse Gold ChandelierRugs: HomeGoods