Home is where your heart is...........

It beckons. It calls. It woos. It charms.

                   It is sanctuary. It is safety. It is comfort.

                                                               It is home.

I have always been a home body. I love to travel, don't get me wrong, but for me? Travel IS exciting, but there is nothing like the feeling of coming back from your travels to a place of your own.........a place you call home.

I can live anywhere. I have lived in large houses. I have lived in small houses. I have lived in fineness and I have lived in a hovel. Through it all, whatever it looks like on the outside, wherever it is situated, home calls to me, through the family I have there and my collection of time worn objects and books. Things that provide comfort and continuity. THESE are what make a home for me. For me, home truly is where my heart is...................

I move in a few short months, (if everything goes as planned), and it won't be a mansion and it won't be a hovel, but it will be home. Since the advent of Pinerest, of which I am absolutely a devotee, if not a fanatic, I have saved and pinned numerous photos of things that to me, encompass a retreat for the senses. So I am sharing a few of my Pinterest pinned dreams for this new home with you. Just because............

Entryways are always so important! So don't forget to plan a lovely beginning to your home.

(I love the tile in this entry.......especially since I have 3 HUGE dogs! Easy to clean!)

 

I want light and air..........I don't want to ever be in the dark!

And lovely wood floors that feel so warm!

white~white~white! Fresh and clean!

 

It the details that give a home it's charm..............

 

The ambiance and aroma of your signature scent............. 

Am I the only one in the world who says excuse me when I step around or over my dogs???

 

The familiarity of my friends called 'old books'...............

and the warmth of a fireplace whether filled with candles

 

or a blazing yule log.................

 

I want a place to cook..........

 

a place to serve................

filled with hospitality in soothing patterns, textures and southern cooking..........

bright and sparkly and white..............

 

A place you where you can come in from doing THIS..............

or this.........

 and this.........

or this...........

 

And when you are finished you can get clean......

relaxing with a long soak in the tub....

 

so you can kick back in a comfy sofa.....

and put your feet on the coffee table without worrying if you will 'mess' something up!

 

So at the end of a long day of work and play...............

 

you can swing on the back porch and  relax

 

Before you curl up and drift off to sleep!

 

Most of all my prayer is...........