House paparazzi: Heather Run

Here's a tour of a house that we almost bought a little over a year ago before we realized that we just really wanted to build our own.  We liked this house so much because of its craftsman styling, but in the end, we realized that it was not going to meet our long term needs and we would eventually have to move, which we were trying to stay put for atleast a few years!

I love all the millwork in this house.  Very simple and understated.

Nice wood stairs, which you don't see too often in new homes anymore and the stone accent wall was beautiful.

The kitchen.  It was a little smaller than we prefer, so it was one of the things that we did not like about it, but it's beautiful still and has nice appliances.

View from the kitchen into the living room.

One of the master bath sinks

Love these wood beams in the kitchen.

another view of the stairs in the living room.

the upstairs bathroom.  Bright and sunny.

This is a desk area at the top of the stairs.  I ended up borrowing this idea for our office in our new house.

The media room.  Not crazy about the color of the doors/cabinetry, but love the bar area.

View of living room from stairs...and my oldest little nugget (the only one at that time).

House paparazzi

(Note:  Every so often, I will have a "House Paparazzi" post.  These will cover houses that I find and visit and have a certain liking for---usually parade homes or new model homes.)

Ever since we've been together, my husband and I have always loved houses and looking at houses.  We love to stop by an open house when we see one as we drive down a street.  Before we had kids, we used to visit my parents in Dallas and then take a day to visit open homes and model homes.  Sometimes (shhh..don't tell anyone) we would find new houses for sale that were not technically "open", but find an open door or window and go look inside.  Hey, it's not breaking and entering. We just walked around and had a look-see.  Anyway, we love looking at houses and we still try to visit new homes when we can, but it's harder with children in tow.  Here's some pics of a parade home in Austin that we visited last summer.  I was really inspired by this house and used some of that inspiration when designing the interior of our new house.


I love the red windows and the metal roof (but metal roofs are bad for cell phone reception)

Forgive the slight blurriness (camera issues--or operator error) but I loved the light fixtures in the kitchen- very modern, but classic.

The cabinets were shaker style, but I thought having them all wood toned made the kitchen a little dark for my taste. 

L.O.V.E. the transom window above the half bath.  Really wished I could have done this in my house, but I wasn't working with an unlimited budget.  Also loved the frosted glass door, but not sure that would feel very private for those using the bathroom. 

Beautiful stair railing. 

Loved this use of a dark gray glass subway tile in one of the secondary bathrooms.  Almost did this in our house for my boys' bathroom, but decided on less glass tile--so as to be more budget friendly.