The New House

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This Friday I thought I would share with you our newest (ALMOST) possession. Our new home. We close on our new house a week from today and I am so excited. I will share these 'ready to move in' pictures. Then, when we get all moved in and I get it set up and 'homey' I will post another S&T of our new home.

(This is our new house from the outside. It looks similar to the house we live in now!

The picture was taken during the house inspection - thus, the ladders.)

(A picture of the front door and the garage. )

(My new kitchen. I plan on painting the walls and the cabinets. I think the walls will be a cream color and the cabinets will be white. This will be a project for next summer.)


(The dining room right off the kitchen. I love how the windows overlook the back yard, so I can keep an eye on the children while they are playing.)

(This is the enclosed porch. We will use this as our mudroom. Rob will build lockers for the kids and they will put their coats and shoes out here when they come into the house.)

(This is a room right off the front room. It will be my piano studio and the music room. I love the hardwood floors and the wood throughout the entire house. I think the grand piano will look great in this room!)

(This is not a good picture of the front room; but I thought I would share it with you anyway. I love the built in cabinet. I plan on putting Rob's old 'Spurgeon' books in there if he will let me. )

(This is the bedroom upstairs that will be the master bedroom.

It is a 13x12 bedroom - so we will have lots of room!)

(This is the upstairs hallway.

We plan on building up the railing along the staircase so we do not have any falls!

This is project number one for our new house!)

(This is the unfinished attic. We will make this into the girl's room.

We plan on starting this project in the fall and having it completed by Christmas.

I think it will make a cute room!)

(This is a picture of the outbuilding in the back yard. This sets just a few feet from the house. We plan on making this into our writing studio. There are two rooms in there and we will make one room into a bedroom - for visiting guests. I think it will be really cute. We are going to call it the Quiet House. We plan on having this be our summer project and letting the kids help and learn as we do it. Rob is planning on letting James re-roof the Quiet House by himself. I am sure that the girls will remember from last fall and be able to help scrape and paint the outside of our little cottage.)

You will have to stay tuned a couple of weeks to get a S&T of our new HOME. A house and a home are two different things. We have lived in some interesting places throughout our married life; but I have tried to make each place that we lived "Home". My mom always said you can make any place you live into a home - you just have to put forth the effort.

I am busy packing up our house and getting ready for the big moving day next week. We will miss this old house. I really think it has been a wonderful wonderful old home for us to dwell in for the last 6 years. Yet, I am really looking forward to making yet another old house into our home. So, next Thursday we will close the doors to this old house, my children's laughter will not be heard within it's walls ever again; but we will cherish the memories of our years here forever! I will start next Friday in a new town and a new house to make our humble abode 'home'. I am looking forward to the laughter, the tears, the prayers and the memories that we will have there.

Trust you are making your house a home; and building memories that will last forever. Thanks so much for stopping by - I am so glad you did.

Blessings,

~Martie