Friday, July 28, 2006

Today is the greatly-anticipated HOME TOUR and you have just arrived at the home of The Happy Homemaker!! Please take your time and enjoy. When you're finished, come back up here and go on over to BooMama's place to find more homes to tour!! Thanks BooMama!!

Welcome to our back porch (where all our closest friends enter our home)!
This is how my office looked one day for about 5 minutes.
This is the view from my blogging space. That tree on the left was planted in memory of my mother-in-law. The tree on the right is a brown turkey fig.

This is the boys' plaything. I put the lattice up around the bottom of the fort and made a really cool sandbox in there complete with benches and a latching door. Thought it would keep the cats out. Nobody ever latched the door...

This is the stair case and one of my favorite scrapbook pages.

The boys' bedroom, which is my favorite room in the house when it is clean.


This was "the white bathroom" before the boys decided to hang from the L-shaped shower curtain rod and the plumber took out the sink to find a leak in the wall and the new sink broke when it fell into the tub and broke into a thousand pieces. But, that's a whole 'nother story.

This is my colorful bathroom, though you can't see all the colors so very well here. I tried to adjust the brightness and got this strange effect. Anyway, you'll notice the previous owners installed two sinks. It really confuses our guests for some reason.

The living room. If you were really here, I'd offer you a cola and we'd sit down in here to chat. Thanks for dropping by!

35 Comments:

Blogger Lori said...

What a great home--please tell me it's not snowing where you are now...

10:52 AM, July 28, 2006  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

what a lovely home. I love the boys fort in the garden. Thanks for showing all your pictures. Blessings.

11:01 AM, July 28, 2006  
Blogger Lindsay said...

GREAT pics! I love the kiddos room!!!!

11:56 AM, July 28, 2006  
Blogger Rebekah said...

What a wonderful home! Seems like a nice cozy place to be. Thanks for sharing with us!

12:32 PM, July 28, 2006  
Blogger Mall Worker said...

You have a lovely home! Thanks for sharing!

12:36 PM, July 28, 2006  
Blogger Judy said...

Beautiful!

1:17 PM, July 28, 2006  
Blogger Mama Duck said...

Awww, I love the boys bedroom and the stair shot, my little guy loves stairs!!

1:24 PM, July 28, 2006  
Blogger LZ Blogger said...

Just stopped by on the HOME tour! Loved the staircase shot. Really cute! ~ jb///

1:43 PM, July 28, 2006  
Blogger Katrina @ Callapidder Days said...

Beautiful home! And I love the boys' bedroom - it has so much character! Thanks for the tour.

2:09 PM, July 28, 2006  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

beautiful home! i love my girls' room too--when it's clean! enjoyed the visit.

3:08 PM, July 28, 2006  
Blogger Joelle said...

What a wonderful house! The boys' room seems so serene, no wonder it's your favorite. Just beautiful.

Thanks for the comment on my blog earlier. I appreciate the advice. ;)

5:25 PM, July 28, 2006  
Blogger Susie said...

You have such a flair for decorating!
Thanks for inviting us!

5:30 PM, July 28, 2006  
Blogger Chilihead2 said...

Your house if faahhbulous, dahling. Very pretty! Thanks for sharing all those pictures!

BTW, if you want to trackback with Blogger, you need to use Haloscan.

6:45 PM, July 28, 2006  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

What a cute house..Love the kids rooms

8:22 PM, July 28, 2006  
Blogger Sandra said...

Gorgeous and the kids room is wonderful, wish my son's room looked like that LOL

8:53 PM, July 28, 2006  
Blogger Blogger profile name said...

You have a lovely home. I love the boys' room.

9:49 PM, July 28, 2006  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

What a nice cozy home. Love the boys room and the living room!

9:53 PM, July 28, 2006  
Blogger Kelli said...

I really enjoyed seeing your home in all the different seasons...very creative!! I love your front porch and woodstove! The windowseat in the boys' bedroom is wonderful! Thank you for letting us take a peek into your beautiful home!
Kelli

10:07 PM, July 28, 2006  
Blogger Carole Burant said...

Thanks so much for the glimpse of your home...it's beautiful and very warm & inviting!! Love your French doors!!

11:14 PM, July 28, 2006  
Blogger Unknown said...

Love the blogging view. All our friends come up the back steps, too!

7:04 AM, July 29, 2006  
Blogger terrible speller said...

I agree, I love the boys room, WELL DONE!

12:09 PM, July 29, 2006  
Blogger terrible speller said...

I agree, I love the boys room, WELL DONE!

12:10 PM, July 29, 2006  
Blogger It's me, T.J. said...

Wow Jan...

How beautiful.

You put a lot of work into your family and home.

What a great job you are doing.

God Bless.

later...

2:05 PM, July 29, 2006  
Blogger PastormacsAnn said...

How do you ever get any blogging done with that view?

Love the boys' room - great color and decorating.

Thanks for the tour of your wonderful home.

4:18 PM, July 29, 2006  
Blogger PastormacsAnn said...

How do you ever get any blogging done with that view?

Love the boys' room - great color and decorating.

Thanks for the tour of your wonderful home.

4:19 PM, July 29, 2006  
Blogger sonia a. mascaro said...

You have a lovely family and a beautiful home! Thanks for sharing!

5:29 PM, July 29, 2006  
Blogger Jenny said...

What a cozy and beautiful home! Thanks for sharing!!

9:41 PM, July 29, 2006  
Blogger Susanne said...

The view out your blogging window is beautiful with the green trees and the boys room is a little guy's dream.

11:06 PM, July 29, 2006  
Blogger Barb said...

I love the winter shot of your front porch. And the kids' rooms are so cute. Looks like a well-loved home to me. Thanks for sharing it.

1:42 PM, July 30, 2006  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Thanks for the tour! I had a great visit!!

Your scrapbook picture is too cute!
Blessings! :o)

2:26 PM, July 30, 2006  
Blogger Heather said...

WE DID THE SAME THING on our sandbox! Use a bungee cord for a spring. Works great and they are easily replaceable. LOVE LOVE LOVE you boys room!

5:11 PM, July 30, 2006  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Love the boy's room :) Thanks so much for the tour!

10:04 PM, July 30, 2006  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Numbering your stairs is such a wonderful idea. I'd do that, but I don't think the carpet would take it well. Thanks so much for the great ideas

2:23 PM, July 31, 2006  
Blogger Mrs. Shannon M. Herren said...

I think a decent view from the computer is a requirement!! I like the ceiling angles in the boys room. Thanks for the tour.

2:12 PM, August 01, 2006  
Blogger Paula said...

Thanks for sharing your cozy home!

1:36 PM, August 10, 2006  

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