These photos were taken on the first of December. There is still inside unpacking, decorating, arranging to do but it is now their home! When I took these pictures, both of them were at work and there was a crockpot bubbling away and a newly made loaf of bread on the counter. We gave Matt a bread machine like ours for his birthday in November, and he has made maybe half a dozen loaves since they moved in. Margaret told a dear story of a bunch of guys who stopped by and they all stood around the island eating fresh bread. Don't you love it? We gave Margaret a red KitchenAid for Margaret's Day, and already a cake has been made. Ah, the lovely domestic life. It fills my heart with the deepest happiness.
What you see when you first walk through the front door
Happy Lexi and Piglet in their new home
Margaret and Matthew's closet off the bedroom - isn't it great?!
I love the built in shelves in the master bath, such a nice touch.
Upstairs - the loft
These are Margaret's childhood beds in the guest room
Her massage room
The cellar
If you look really closely through the trees, you can see our house
With the camera zoom
Waiting for a summer day
The landscaping can't happen till spring, and wow is it ever muddy!
Isn't this a great welcome mat? Matt's brother gave it to them.
The joy of seeing their lights each evening is simply indescribable. We are so very happy for them, and for us!
HI Nan: Thanks for sharing these photographs. It has been a nice little treat for me, to have been a silent witness to the building of this lovely home. I know Matt and Margaret will be very happy there. I also know how very happy you will be to have your daughter so close.
ReplyDeleteWhat a happy post! I've followed this whole process right from the beginning, enjoying every minute of it. What a lovely thing to have the house finished and to be moved in just before the holidays. And what a lovely thing to be able to glimpse their lights in the evening! I'm so happy for them and for you, too.
ReplyDeleteHow absolutely wonderful and perfect!! You all will have so much fun! Talk about a dream come true!
ReplyDeleteI loved seeing the photographs. My daughter and her family will be moving to their new home (also in a wooded area) in January. Your photos fueled my excitement for them! Annie
ReplyDeleteHow very, VERY exciting! And I can only imagine the thrill of seeing the lights through the trees! What a wonderful Christmas gift for ALL of you!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous!
ReplyDeleteSo happy for you, Nan. You are fortunate to have family close by.
ReplyDeleteThis will be a very special Christmas for you all, I'm sure.:)
What a beautiful home. I'm so happy for all of you.
ReplyDeleteI just love this!
ReplyDeleteSo happy they got to move in before Christmas and to start the new year in their new home.
Lovely, just lovely.
ReplyDeleteMy sister has that red KitchenAid mixer, so I know how lovely that is too!
A beautiful home. I can just imagine how happy and proud to have them as neighbors.
ReplyDeleteMoving is never fun, but there is great joy in being in a new home, and settling into a new nest. How lucky you all are to be near each other.
ReplyDeleteIt is so nice to see both the progress and completion. May they enjoy years of happiness. Lucky you to have them next door.
ReplyDeleteThis is so awesome...I love how the fridge already has stuff all over it!! Love the house...it's beautiful!!
ReplyDeleteHome Sweet Home indeed!
ReplyDeleteSo happy with you for M&M...great home!
'I'll be home for Christmas'....and it's for real:)
Congrats!
Joanne
I'm so happy for them, Nan! The house is lovely and already looks like they are settled in. Congratulations to both of them and I know you guys are happy they are out there with you.
ReplyDeleteAll the difference seeing the spaces with bits and pieces about! It's come out beautifully :)
ReplyDeleteMay they have many many blessed and happy years under that roof.
Your whole "Making of a Home" series is great, and I am glad you had the possibility to show us what it looks like now, being a real, warm, breathing, inhabited home! I LOVE the red shower curtain, and I think the loft would be my favourite place in the house, if it was my house :-)
ReplyDeleteAgain, thank you for writing this series - it is the first time for me that I follow the progress of the making of a home from literally zero.
Delightful! Congrats to both families for having such wonderful neighbors, and may the new roof shelter many happy events in the years to come.
ReplyDeleteSo beautiful in every way, Nan! I just can't help glowing with happiness for you. I'm getting all sentimental now. Happy holidays to all and best wishes in your wonderful lives!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations to Margaret and Matt, and to you and Tom for making it all possible! It all looks absolutely perfect.
ReplyDeleteThat's so lovely, Nan - the house looks really cosy!
ReplyDeleteOh, how I thank each of you for your kind, dear notes. They mean so much to me. I am very grateful for your interest and enthusiasm.
ReplyDeleteNan, I am back online after a problem. Love the pictures and smile at the fact that your loved ones are so close. So happy for you :) What a wonderful Christmas present.
ReplyDeleteNan,
ReplyDeleteThis has been a lovely story from beginning to end. And though the story is good on its own, I have enjoyed most of all seeing it unfold and told through your loving eyes and voice.
I celebrate your joy at seeing those lights down the hill.
Janell
Oh that is wonderful Nan! Thanks to you (and to Margaret and Matt) for allowing us to share the beautiful finished home after we saw it progress. I love that you took pictures along the way. They will be such a treasure for them to look back on.
ReplyDeleteLoved the glimpse of your own home through the trees./
How very blessed you are to have them so close! Their home is simply beautiful!
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful happening, thank you so much for sharing the whole thing with us. I'm so glad you didn't give up blogging Nan.
ReplyDeleteCarole
Your daughter and son-in-laws house is wonderful! How nice to have them so close!
ReplyDeleteThis post and all the photos brought tears to my eyes. I am so happy for all of you, my dearest friend. xoxo
ReplyDeleteOh Nan! It's just all so lovely and I'm delighted for Margaret, Matt, you and Tom! What a beautiful Christmas they will have together.
ReplyDeleteThank you for showing this process from beginning to end - it has been such a delight to witness and share in your joy!
Thank you so much for your caring, your joy in this building process. It warms my heart more than I can say.
ReplyDeleteLovely, lovely home - and the people who inhabit both of them. Wishing you all the best of everything...
ReplyDeleteAnd tell Tom I envy that tractor... :)
- Jeff
So, so kind, Jeff. I wish you lived closer. I think you and Tom would be great friends, and you could use the tractor whenever you wanted. :<)
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