Well folks...

it's official, all papers are signed and other than the appraisal our HOUSE IS SOLD! While we are very excited we are also (at least I am, Gary is too much of a man to admit it yet) starting to get a little teary-eyed. I am not ready to say my goodbyes yet and so I won't but I do want to post some pictures of our finial project and masterpiece. Today you get the upstairs and Friday I'll post the downstairs and outside. Our sweet little home.

This is the little girls room. Yes, there is only one bed, Ellie's mattress is underneath the bed and used only for sleeping or "playing jumping." We used a gray on the walls and I thought that I would not like it but I absolutely LOVE it. I can change colors around and every color that fits my mood of the moment works with the wall. It is not too dark and not too light. I am using this color again.

Do you not just love these Butterflies! I got them from Pottery Barn a long time ago, knowing one day I would use them. I love the feeling of them flying through the room. I have great plans to upgrade this room in our next house.

Okay, this picture is really dark but Ansley is in love with this mirror and wanted to make sure it made the cut. She says she feels like princess when she looks in it. I hope she will one day realize that she looks and is a princess even without the mirror.

She picked out this mosquito net at Ikea (I'm sure they call it something more attractive) and I added the flowers and ribbon on top to jazz it up a little. I also added ribbon to the edges so I could tie it to hooks on the wall. I plan to add flowers all the way around it and use it for a reading spot in our next place. Would that not be great to have the big Rollie Pollie seats under it and tons of books spread out on the floor! Can't wait.

This is her dresser which I would love to paint and play with but I only have so much time and Gary put a natural finish on it when I asked him to way back when we first got it. Plans change babe, sorry.

This is their bedroom. The paint is the same as in our master and it is a keeper too! I love how soft and romantic it is, and yet if I take the girly curtain and soap dish out and put up the light blue curtain and brown accent it still works. Have you noticed that I like to change things up...often.

This is the view of our master as you walk through the door. That is or towel closet and I got that wall clock for $10 at a garage sale! Yahoo!

Here is our bed and my favorite place to read in the window nook. That Rocking chair was my Grandmothers, who Died when I was a teenager. I have rocked all my children in it and hope it never leaves our family.

Okay, this is the other wall and our dresser. It was the changing table that Gary bought me when Ansley was so chunky that she broke the garage sale find we had for her. He thought this would be a bit sturdier. We thought we were done having more kids so I stole it when I staged the house. I changed the knobs and gave it a whitewash which I am going to darken up with a cream when I find the time. I love it and will never give it back. Guess, I need to find a new changing table for the future Carroll kids.

Our bathroom, nothing special but it works and is a favorite place of mine to relax.

And that it folks, outside of the laundry closet, is our upstairs. I should try and find pictures of Jon & Krista's take on the masters just for comparisons, on stages of life and loves. I have to admit that our house, now that we are leaving, is exactly all that I ever hoped it could be. I think it is so calming and peaceful and beautiful. It will be hard to leave now that we have to.