My Sewing Room

I have 14 people coming to stay at my house next week. I have a house to clean and a reunion to plan, there are lots of things for me to be doing. Instead of doing any of those things, yesterday, I chose to spend time puttering around my clean sewing room. It isn't nearly what I want it to be yet. I am making do with what we have and scrounging any type of shelving where ever I can. I almost have a place for everything. Still, there are some charming corners. So I found homes for some items, finished listening to Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance,
finished a 7 month old calender project and made reusable snack bags.
I didn't make these to save the planet or anything, I made them because they were darling and I hate wasting, and while sometimes a Ziplock bag is the only thing that will work, they are often wasteful. But most of all, I made them because I could.

The Tour of our Yet to be Named Home pt. 1

Come in the front door. Today, we will tour the common rooms on the first floor!
To the left is the dining room, see the cupboards through the doors?
Close up! The Library (to the right of the front door) corner window with folding shutters
Whitewashed Roman tiles on the other wall. you can see that there folding doors on 2 walls, one leads to the entryway, the other to the living room.
I like to think that this room is where young men will ask for Nutmeg's hand in marriage, while we listen at the doors.
The doors that lead out to the side porch.
More windows
The staircase with storage cupboard beneath.
The wood burning fireplace (I can hear the crackling now) with a real and DEEP mantle!!! Nutmeg is about to leap into the air - action shot!
The downstairs and vintage bath
BathtubLittle tiled shower.Mirror with wall sconces and cute little faucet.The Kitchen from the hallway. There is a window to look out of while doing dishes because the schmancy dishwasher that passed inspection doesn't work.There are pocket doors that close the messy kitchen off from visitors!
I just love all of the rounded shelves.Vintage (we think) towel holder
The gorgeous windows in the breakfast area. I kinda love the yellow fire hydrant.
Two cupboard doors, the side door and the stairs to the basement
But wait! One of the cupboard doors is a spice rack but as Moose observed it was probably once a fold out ironing board.
"Fold out ironing board" might be the sexiest words in the English language.

Our Home!

You have been very patient, and today there will be pictures of the exterior of our new home. Shall we go counter clockwise from the driveway?
The Arbor and picket fence where I will plant 3 lilac bushes and upon which my boys will be able to channel Tom Sawyer this summer.
The front door which is in the back. You see, this house was built in 1950 and the subdivision was built in the 1990's which is when the front became the back and the back became the front. It is fun that the front of the house is hidden.
The front and side porch.
The side porch from the back yard (I was standing beneath the rabid raccoon when I took this photo. I am a dedicated blogger.)Here you can see how the back became the front. I love how the backyard looks so gracious and inviting from the street.
The back yard from the porch including the swings which have been swung to bits this week.
The back porch and the back of the garage. Note the little black doors. Take a closer look.
This is one of my favorite parts of the house. See my dinner bell?

What color would you say the house is? It is not "mint green" is is the color of my vintage sewing machine and some jadeite dishes. It is the exact color of the shell of the Araucana chicken egg that I cracked yesterday. What color is that? I LOVE the color, by the way.

This is no ordinary house and it needs a name.

Mrs Miniver had "Starlings," Anne Shirley had "Green Gables," Mrs. deWinter had "Manderly," Scarlett O'Hara Hamilton Kennedy Butler had "Tara," the horrible Catherine Earnshaw had "Wuthering Heights" and I always loved "Howard's End." Don't forget Pemberly, Thornfield, Norland, The Hermitage and Top Withins.

So where does Samurai Mom live?

I like the way that "Starlings" sounds but I do not like starlings they are horrible birds. I like "something House" because it isn't a cottage and it isn't a manor, I like "Blessings" but people say that so much I am afraid it won't be recognized as a name. I like to think that finding this house was Serendipitous, and it was but I know that the Lord led us here so it wasn't really serendipity was it? So I think that "Serendipity House" is not appropriate.

People say I was born to live in this house and it's true, I was. Tomorrow, we will peek inside.