Thought I'd answer Annie's meme: "Hearth and Home".
What does your dream home look like? Can you describe it inside and out? As long as we are dreaming, I would have 3 houses, not just one. Each would be beautiful but not huge mansions. I'd like a sprawling ranch house in our nearby Santa Rosa Valley where you can have horses. I wouldn't have a horse but our dogs would love having an acre or two to run around. Then I'd have a fancy log cabin in the mountains where it snows... maybe Mammoth, California or in the Colorado Rockies. Finally a beach house... in Maui!
What style of decorating do you lean toward, or are you an eclectic decorator using whatever is on hand? My style is eclectic, I'd say. It's traditional- heavy with touches of modern and rustic. Look at a Pottery Barn catalog and you'll know my style.
What about fireplaces or woodstoves? Have one? Love it or too much work? I hated the fireplace that came with out home. No mantle! What's a fireplace without a mantle? It was so blah so after many years of disliking it, we finally did a total makeover. Here's a before and after:
Before
After
Hi Darylynn, Glad you get to spend time with Jacob. I am looking forward to the new baby and the rest keep me busy too! :) You get that beach house and we will come for a visit. I just did my meme too, just like the old days. Have a great week. Hugs
ReplyDeleteHi Darylynn,
ReplyDeleteYou have to see Last Vegas it will not be nominated but I loved it. Your perfect time at home would be traveling lol when the kids get older hopefully you can do your traveling. The before and after of your fireplace is amazing. It look so good now! Hope you have a great week ahead. Hugs, Dru
I have a wood stove now. There isn't a hearth so I use a bookcase top as my hearth. Here is a new thing I just discovered is a woodstove fan that sits on top of the woodstove and fans out warm air. I want one of those! Have a good week!
ReplyDeleteHello Darylynn. I like the idea of having 3 houses in 3 different but equally charming locations. :) So... when will your traveling around the world start? :D
ReplyDelete*hugs*
It is hard finding time to do anything when you have kids to look after.
ReplyDeleteMy decorating style has gone full circle. When I lived 'at home' with my mum & dad I painted my bedroom white, finished with a floral Laura Ashley border going around the room (it was the 90's!), had frilly white satin Janet Reger duvet cover and pillowcases, sheer white fabric at the window, and, a tiny chandelier!
And now I'm back to that look in almost every room of the house!
Have a fabulous week. What's left of it.
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Hi Darylynn;
ReplyDeleteUnderstandable not being able to blog or visit with having to watch an active little boy all day. Enjoyed your answers to home and hearth meme. I too used to think of spending my retirement traveling but alas it's not possible for me anymore. Have a great week ahead my friend. Hugs