The making of a Houston dream home: Memorial Villages family even has a Pickleball court
Jennifer, a geologist, worked for a decade in the oil and gas business before shifting to teach middle school math. She’s now a stay-home mom.
One surprise came when Jennifer learned she was pregnant with their fourth child, Hughes, now 1-year-old, the younger brother to Harrison, 9, and Hollis, 7, and daughter Henley, who is 3. That discovery prompted turning one of the boy’s bedrooms into a nursery and making the larger of the kids’ bedrooms into a room for two instead of one.
Two other front-of-house rooms are the dining room and a piano room, where Harrison and Hollis practice music. The piano room, where they put their Christmas tree each year, has aOn the other side of the foyer is the dining room, with putty-colored grasscloth wallpaper, a new built-in buffet and a new contemporary-style chandelier from Visual Comfort.
Their large living room has two seating areas and a round table that serves as a game table, where the family can play cards or games. Another room revolves around the kids and their playtime: former attic/storage space that they finished to serve as a bunk room and play room. Four beds with blue and white bedding are ready for guests, and ceiling wallpaper represents the night sky, with a deep blue background and twinkling stars.The home has two powder bathrooms.
The room with the least amount of change is the downstairs study, where they decided to keep the green wall color and add automated window shades. They also dropped electrical outlets to baseboard height, a move that points out the major rewiring job done throughout the house.
South Africa Latest News, South Africa Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Inside a Houston brain bank, UTHealth researchers investigate mysteries of drug addictionThe UTHealth collection is one of dozens of brain banks worldwide, but not all of them...
Read more »
Texas Supreme Court to rule on firefighter compensation battle with City of HoustonThe Texas Supreme Court will soon hear final arguments in a pair of long-festering labor disputes between the City of Houston and its firefighters on 2018's Proposition B, granting firefighters pay equality.
Read more »
Target’s Holiday Gingerbread House Kits Include Log Cabins, Mini Villages, and MoreCheck out the best gingerbread house kits and cookie decorating kits at Target for 2022. These affordable sets are fun for the whole family. Buy them now!
Read more »
Homeless, but thankful, 1,000 people get annual holiday meal at Father Joe's VillagesHomeless, but thankful, 1,000 people get annual holiday meal at Father Joe's Villages [Breaking]
Read more »
Add Texans CB Derek Stingley to Infamous Houston Hamstring ListWe've seen hundreds of athletes come and go in our time here in Houston. Some have been native Houstonians, some have been from the state of Texas, and many others are from various corners of the country and the globe. Indoctrination into being a TRUE Houston athlete can come in...
Read more »