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We built this house in 1999. It is definitely “home”. We have chosen furniture and accessories that we love no matter the style or else they were handed down, so they may be vintage, antique, mid- century or new-ish. I had the different rooms painted in colors the family liked instead of all one color all over the house. I’ve had so many people tell me that our house is so calm and we feel part of that is the soft sky blue we had the living and kitchen areas painted. 

We have favorite recipes, especially for holidays. It isn’t Christmas if we don’t have a certain cake that I make because my mother-in-law always did. My daughter wants homemade chicken and dumplings for her birthday every year. I use my grandmother’s recipe for them. My daughter is reminded of her childhood with these dumplings and I am reminded of mine, of the days when I used to watch my grandmother make dumplings and she would let me help her. Everyone seems to have a particular favorite recipe that brings feelings of home. 

I see some homes that were beautifully decorated by professionals and loved by their owners but I have never wanted that. I prefer living with the mixed up styles that make our home. Also- My yard won’t win any awards but I’m doing it my way. 

I love my home <3. I’m a busy working mom and wife but I take great comfort in caring for our apartment and cooking meals here. It feels like a giant exhale when I come home, unwind from the work day, put on my pajamas and slippers, and putter around the place. I like making dinner (well, most nights). We usually have a simple salad, potato, and a piece of chicken, baked fish, or omelette. But every Friday, I relish having pizza and a movie night in our living room. Sometimes we walk a block away and grab an ice cream cone for dessert. Our daughter can walk to her middle school. I also love watching her from the balcony window returning at the end of the school day. I feel excited that we will pay off our home in the next 18 months too. My husband and I have worked hard for almost 15 years to make that happen. No matter what is happening in the world, we created our own haven. 

That was a very beautiful post. :)

Hi all, thank you for this post Grandma Donna. All your posts are very welcome but this one resonates with me particularly.  My husband and I have become "almost-empty-nesters" recently, and the house has a sense of emptiness without the young people coming and going. 

It's invaluable and timely to be reminded of the basics to make a house a home, so I can re-fashion our place into a home for this new phase of life.

One space in our home that I love now and which works well is this corner in the front entry. You can put your things down for a moment and sit comfortably to take your shoes off. There are places for shoes,  hats, coats and keys within easy reach of the chair. I like to keep a vase of fresh flowers on another cabinet nearby but the flowers there presently need replacing! :)

We built my home in 1981, we were so young and some may say dumb but we knew what we wanted and buckled down and did the work. 2 very young girls and lived in a self-contained camper while building. 

I love my home and it is most definitely my cozy safe haven.  I am so content to be at home, I sometimes dread having to go grocery shopping or errands, would rather be home. I love it when people come and say how cozy and homey it is. Sometimes they say everything is so interesting, I have lots of plants, rocks, fossils, feathers and natural stuff for my grands to look at and learn from.

I guess my signature dishes would be deviled eggs, baked beans and cheesecake.  I get a bit tired of making the baked beans but they always request them.

Have been super busy getting my "to-do" list for outside and garden done, I have  some things left to do but I am doing what I can when I can without wearing myself out. I am trying to work intentionally and enjoy or at least relax in the process. One thing at a time and not multi-tasking.

Today was picking up sticks and I painted the front porch/deck.... pistachio green floor, teal blue uprights and eggplant rails...It's happy and I love color.