We had a wonderful week visiting with family up in Buffalo NY. The kids had a blast digging into their Easter baskets and participating in two egg hunts in 35 degree weather!
Grandma and the kids and I discovering all the fun things in the Easter baskets
Oh. My. Word. It was so cold!!!!
So now, it's good to be back home, but that also means back to reality! Time to get back in check with making our house and our community, home for us!
My sister-in-law, Holly, helped to give me some major motivation on decorating a house and more importantly, about making your house a home. About five years ago, she and her husband and their family moved into the home her grandparents had lived in and had built more than 75 years ago.
Holly and I this past week
Over the past few years, they have literally put their amazing touch on every room in the house- even adding an additional living space of two extra bedrooms, a family room and third bathroom to the once dreary, stone walled, 5 foot tall cellar!
My niece, Mackenzie jumps the new basement stairs during an Easter performance in their new basement last week
Holly spent what I presume to be dozens of hours painting all of the walls in shades of warm paint colors and has added just the right amount of decorative and personal touches to each room to make them feel as though a heart beats in each one. Their hard work paid off handsomely, and their house is now the comfortable haven they dreamed of, having transformed it from their house, to their home.
Some of our family gathered together outside of their beautiful home- one that just radiates warmth and life...
Happy Monday everyone, I hope your week begins with as motivation as mine is!
1 comment:
The pictures are beautiful! It looks like you had a great Easter. And have fun decorating your home. I can't wait to see what you do.
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