Our Little Home

Our little home. We are so grateful to the Lord for this place here on Ellis Ave. It is such a cozy little retreat for us, and hopefully will be a blessing to others in the days to come.

Our street going west towards Mt. Pleasant Road. It's about a mile from the Windmill, so it's a perfect distance for walking. James jogs to work often at 3:30 a.m. and returns home for his break around 9, and then we often walk back together in the afternoon...or if I am behind schedule, I walk by myself... :)

Across the street from us...our little mailbox where we get any mail that comes our way. :) I am so glad that we don't have any houses directly across the street; makes it seem a bit more country like for me. :)

Going east on our street - towards the country.

Our kitchen view, with the lovely curtains Chloe made us. Right next to the stove we have our portable dishwasher from Shane and Shelly, which is wonderful as well for extra counterspace.

The sink, where I do my dishes - and where James often helps me. :) You know me and my doing dish habits.... :) I am so glad I have a fridge right there, to hide any dirty dishes when others drop by... :) The coffee maker is from Brendan.

The other side of the kitchen - my Vita Mix, and Kitchen Aid. And my egg timer from Charissa-last years Christmas gift. :)

The view from the kitchen into the 'dining room', and the front door, and into the living room. I am so blessed to have Grandpa and Grandma Jost's china cupboard - it fit just beautifully!

Our living room, and our kind of Charlie Brown Christmas tree. :)

Our piano from Mom and Dad H. and above our couch (which you will notice by the way, I have been blessed with matching couches!!) is our beautiful wedding picture from Anne-Marie. A reminder to us and others, of God's faithfuless and love, in providing lilacs for our wedding. Such a special treasure.

Our tree, chair, and the stairway going upstairs, and downstairs to our back entry, as well as leading to the basesment.

Our office. Which is where I am sitting in right now, in that black chair writing out this little tour for you. :) It is two desks together which works great, so James has one side of it for his studying, and I have the other for scrapbooking or other perhaps creative endeavors I may do.

Going into our office...I think it's so neat that this room turned out kind of purple - our landlord picked it. :)

A view from up the stairs - not really that interesting....the door on the right is the office door.

From up on top of the stairs to down the stairs - our window, and tieback that Chloe made :), and our lovely tapestry from James and Heather. A beautiful reminder of the fruits of the spirit that we should be instilled in our lives.

Going upstairs - our hallway: the door into the yellow room is the guest room, the door to the left is the only bathroom, and the door to the right is our bedroom.

Our bedroom - with the curtains mom helped me to get, and the ties made by Chloe. Going into our bathroom. Mom H. was the one who gave me the idea of having cranberry accents in here, which I loved! Our landlord put a skylight right above the tub, which is fun, and provides a lot more light, which I am grateful for.

The curtains also made by Chloe. :)

The rest of the bathroom. There still is a lot more accents, decorations, and pictures to put up - I still have to go through a bunch of things in the basement, but for now, its working great. :)

Our guest room. The quilt on the bed was our wedding gift from the Collin family - a treasure to keep always! (and in my favorite colors!)

The other side...remember my hydrangeas? And our sailboat from Josh and Erin...

So there you have it, a pictorial tour of our little home. Hope that many of you can actually can come visit sometime. :)