During my adult years I have lived in lots of places, moving often without wanting to but with circumstances beyond my control it meant I had no choice.
This is totally different to my Childhood years in which from the age of 4 till my late teens I had the security of our home in Edwinstowe, the house in which my maternal grandparents lived for many years before us, a home in which saw my cousin born, family pets, foster siblings and a single-decker bus (don’t ask that a whole other story) and not to mention too many of my teenage hormonal outbursts to count.
My home these days began its relationship with me on a bitter note, having sold my house for less than its worth in order to flee domestic violence, this house had 3 things going for it:
- Location to my parents
- Space in abundance &
- It was hard to find for anyone wishing to finish the job they had started
Its poor unloved cavity was beyond desolate with a manky kitchen, a mouldy bathroom and interior decor that no person unless on some sort of acid trip would have chosen, although I fear it may have been a long trip since it looked like it had been decorated many moons ago
OK so its taken blood sweat and tears to turn around this house internally, I have gutted every room from top to bottom and stamped our mark on it.
Even with all the work that has been done in the last 4.5 years, living here has been the most settled of my adult life. It has seen me settle and marry, bring home my second child take my career to a new level while working from home and it has seen my daughter grow from a child to a young lady (admittedly sometimes a hormonal one)
It still needs more sweat and undoubtedly more tears but I don’t resent it at all .. shutting the door means I am home.
that’s a lovely post. I am in awe of you doing your house up how you like it. I am about to start on mine, but I’m lucky, mine is a complete blank canvas..every single room is magnolia! I’m glad you are so happy in your home xx
awww thank you Anne, this house will always be a very special place to me, its where I healed 🙂
Its been really hard work but i love it 🙂
x
I’ve written my post for this competition but I may not bother publishing it now – Such a lovely post. I’d love for you to win thatf ront door x
awww thank you Donna, please do enter everyones posts are different and thats what i guess they will want 🙂
You’ve made the house your own in a short space of time Jaime, its beautiful, well almost!!!!!
It would be nice to have a welcoming entry…..
aww thank you Lesley it would be nice to give it a happy smile wouldn’t it 🙂 x
What a lovely post, and it’s clear to see how much home means to you. Good luck Jaime, would love to see you win.
awww thank you so much Kate, to give my house a smile that now matches mine would be fab x
Good luck in the comp Jaime. Wow, the house did need lots of work but I bet it was worth it in the end. Nowt better than a house you can call home x
awww thanks Jo, its been amazing to nearly get it finished and to finally have a hapy space x
I love how you’ve been able to do up in your own way.
Mines still a work in progress 10 years down the road.
It was like my therapy and i did the lions share on my own in the months of work following the incident – it helped me heal xxx
Wow, what a fantastic effort! There’s something special about a home when you’ve put so much physical and emotional effort into it. I feel the same about our current house – not because we’ve done anywhere near as much DIY as you (we really haven’t, I’m crap at DIY) but because it will forever be the house where our family began and grew up. We moved in with no kids seven years ago – now we have three. Needless to say it feels a bit smaller than it used to!
lol kids bring so so much to a house dont they (besides the stuff lol)
I love that from bricks we can love something so much x
WOW you’re definite,y right it could surely only be someone on an acid trip to choose that decor….can we even call it decor when it’s that crazy!?!
I’m sure you’ve done a wonderful job of it and there’s nothing like that lovely safe feeling of “home” wherever that may be!! Xx
Lovely entry and full of heart. Goodluck =) #pocolo
aww thank you Merlinda xx
What a lovely post. I just read your escape from domestic violence post too. How terrifying. Im glad you have found peace in this home x
awww thank you Claire this house will mean more than any other place to me x
Wow you took on a huge project but sounds like it went perfectly! Sounds like all the negative is behind you now too and since your move to this house everything has just gotten better and better. xx
#loveyourhome
thank you Donna, your so right this house needed lots of love and i needed to love something to come out the other side i think we helped each other x
A lovely post Jaime, so wonderful to have created some lovely memories in your family home x #loveyourhome
aww thanks Jen and thanks for hosting a lovely linky 🙂