A Mother's Heart

My Castle

Some other ladies on Homestead Blogger have given photo tours through their "castles".  Unfortunately I can't give an actual photographic tour through my home right now, but I would like to say a little about it.

I think our homes say so much about us, don't they?  And not just how we keep it, but the actual home, the use of space, and the decorating (or lack of!!)

I love my home.  I can't say it enough!  This is my husband and my first home, and we have lived here just over 2 years.  We bought it when we moved here, to my wonderful hometown.  It was actually the very first of many houses we looked at.  At first, I dismissed it because I thought it was too close to a busy road.  You can hear it, but not see it.  However, after touring many other homes, we returned to the first.  How glad I am that we did! 

It is an older home, about 50 years old.  It is red (I love it, my husband is not so crazy about it!) and ranch style, with a full basement.  My husband works from home, and his office is down there.  We joke and call it his dungeon, and we call the bugs his "friends"!  But all in all, the basement is not that bad.  Someday, we would hope to replace the paneling, and put down some carpet.  You know how those home improvement projects go!!

Upstairs is my little kingdom.  Three bedrooms and one bathroom.  We recently remodeled the bathroom, and replaced some very questionable, leaking pipes!!  We have no idea what some of the previous owners were thinking!  But let's just say, I LOVE my bathroom.  Being an obsessed cleaner, I love that everything is all brand new, and I revel in keeping it spotless.  Now, understand that my little ones are 2 and 5 months, so I have no trouble keeping them out of things, and we are all still in diapers!  I think I will have to loosen up the standards as little ones grow.

The large bedroom is my husband's and mine, and we decided to paint before we moved in.  The result is, shall we say, adventurous!  I think we went a little too dark!  It is burgandy and a dark yellow.  I forsee a new paint job sometime in the future.  The guest room (and also where baby sleeps for now) is sage green, and the tiny room is Adam's, and is BRIGHT yellow.  Needless to say, we are not the best at picking out colors!  We eventually want the boys together, but Ryan still gets up in the night, so we are waiting until he sleeps through.

Our living room, dining room and kitchen are very open, which I love.  We recently painted the dining and kitchen a soft yellow, and replace an UGLY wagon wheel chandelier over the dining table!  Such joy it brought me!

But the best part of our home is the outside.  Our house is situated on 3 lots.  I feel like we have 4 yards - front, 2 side and 1 back.  My garden (YAY!) is on one side, and we built a volleyball court on the other side.  We also have a little deck, which holds another joy of mine, my grill.  I love to grill! Presently, we have lots of leaves to rake, but that is fun, because Adam loves to be outside and help. He's got to pull his weight, right? Ha ha!

All in all, we love our home, and keep saying we never want to move.  Did I also mention that our house is only 7 minutes from my parents?  Also a plus!!!

Have a great day,

Leslie

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4:26, 11/9/2007 .. Posted by Kitty

Your home sounds wonderful. I too live in an older home and I too love it............Kitty