Come on in...

Welcome to our house...

Since I started my blog I have intended on

inviting you in for a look see,

but for some reason just haven't gotten to it...

So, today's the day!

I'll warn you now, it's not all that exciting.

So, run now if you like...

or continue on if you dare & you're like me...

someone who kind of likes to snoop...

I mean see other peoples houses.

I'll give you a little back story on our house...

Our house is named the "Woodworth House"

after the family who first owned the home.

It was built in 1933 by a father as a wedding gift

to his daughter, who married Dr. Woodworth.

I have often said you can feel the love

that this house was built with...

and here we are many years later

trying to re-store this home with equal love.

We will be in our house 5 years the end of December.

It was definitely love at first sight,

when we looked at the house!

We were lucky to have a friend who told us about

her friend who was interested in selling,

so we were able to buy the house

before it ever went up for sale!

We really feel this is our

"forever house"...

the place we will raise our kids,

and hopefully live to see our grand kids,

and their kids too!

First, I'll take you through the living room...

Now, I'll take you upstairs

to see the girls domain!

The girls share a room for sleeping,

and have another room for playing!

our family wall....

the stairway...

Next, I'll take you downstairs to

the master bath & bedroom.

We re-did this bathroom a little over

a year ago... it is now one of my favorite

places in my house!

This is why...

my bath,

my heaven!

Ahhhhhhh.

the place we lay our heads down to sleep...

this is most definitely my sanctuary!

this is the last thing I see before I sleep,

and the first thing I see when I wake...

it says,

to hear the laughter of a child,

to wake up next to the love of your life,

to know that God has placed

these angels on earth for you...

YOU ARE BLESSED

It reminds me when I forget,

and refreshes me when I am tired,

it keeps me grounded every day.

Now, to the dining room.

This is where we eat 95% of our meals.

It is very important to me to sit at a

table as a family and share food!

I am a dish-a-holic!

That and old linens...

I have officially run out of room for any more,

it doesn't slow me down too much!

I am lucky enough to have

my great grandmother's dining room set!

I don't love my chandeliers.

They are original to the house so I have

left them up... but it is inconsideration

to take them down (save them safely)

and put something up that doesn't look

quite so... well.... scary!

Here's my little kitchen.

It's small, but does it's job.

Someday it will get a face lift too!

We did a few things before we moved in to

make it more us... but someday it will

be exactly what we want!

This is our mud porch...

off the side of the house

This is where we come and go from,

most of the time!

Down the hall way & down to the

basement last, but not least...

Here is our most current project,

it has been in project mode for a long

time. I wish I had before pictures, you would

see why! It was a dungeon.

A dirty, dark, yucky place.
It had a huge old furnace that ate up

98% of the basement, a dark room from

the 60's and every project that had

been started and not completed since 1933.

It took 8 truck loads to the dump,

and a garage sell to clean all the junk out!

We will have a full bath,

family room, and large

utility/crafting space

when it's all complete.

We are incredibly lucky to have my dad

that is an incredible craftsmen

and furniture builder/restorer!!!

He built this in the bathroom for storage,

and to hide all of the main plumbing for the house!

This is what has taken the longest,

a brand new stair way, closet, and built in

bookcase. Almost all from recycled lumber

either from this house or other historic tear downs.

This will be our family room, it's set

up for sleepover guests right now...

We've come a long way in 4 and a half years.

Got a ways farther to go, but,

it's most definatly Home!



Hope you had fun snooping,

I mean looking at our home! (grin)

Another day I'll take you to the garden!