Recognize this place??? If you can believe it....it's our old house! Brian and I had the great pleasure of visiting some friends who bought our house on the Knob last night. It was such an amazing night. Rest assured the sweetest little family has moved in and has promised us all that they will carry on the tradition of love and quality family memory making on in it's walls. Chris, Natilie and little 11 mo old Katie moved in in November and have done wonders with our old homestead. I only got a few polite shots of the main living area for you guys to see. Hopefully we'll get another chance to back and show you the rest another time. They did hardwoods through out the whole house. A wide plank rustic wood that adds such a country feel it's beautiful!
They are a precious couple from England and the neighbors have welcomed the new, very OBVIOUS city folk to the community. She said Teddy literally laughed out loud when they pulled up in their Lexus! She's a doctor at RMH and he builds houses. They laughingly refered to the neighbors as..."noticing everything" and "are they all related?!?!?". :) Teddy and Melissa have been great to them helping with all kinds of chores and giving them the inside scoop on how to survive life on the Knob. Teddy insisted Chris get a gun for the other neighbors that will inevitably enjoy the new family and it's scraps. They didn't have much to say about the Kelly's. "Are they friendly?, there the only one's we haven't heard from?". :) They haven't done anything to the outside yet since they've only been there in the winter. They have great plans for the outside. You will all be pleased though, I showed them some of the pictures mom had pulled for them to see, they were in awe of how beautiful the place used to be. They asked for copies of the pics to use as inspiration of how they eventually want to get the place looking like. Chris made the comment, "It's like the place was great once and we're trying to get it back to it's potential!" Natilie LOVED mom's decorating in the photos. She was sooo complimentary.
She made the comment, "that's how I want it, country...just more modern country now". Their nursery for little Katie is Sue's old room. It was decorated so cute! They had a video monitor in there since they were so far away from her. They said they almost didn't buy it cause it's so far away. Abigail had an erie comfort in there. I promise she ran around like she somehow knew that she could be at home there. She went room to room and she never does that in other people's homes!! My room was a chocolate colored office. Amy's room was the guest room. Both our bathrooms were exactly the same. Even down to mom's old rose knobs on the cabinet. The basement looked the same, new carpet. She showed me the raw side and it looked exactly like us. She was so embarrased. Full to the brim of stuff! They had no idea what to do w/ the apple room! :) His plans were for a 'man cave' down there and already had a hockey table in there. I told her she had to get some big pillows and stuff them behind the water heater for katie to make a fort back under the stairs like we did. Mom and Dad's room looked great. Simple, they haven't bought real furniture for it yet but they have big plans for a big bed. Their bathroom was totally redone. A nice enclosed shower and new white tile. They are going to put in a big jacuzzi tube eventually. It was too dark to see the deck of that room by the time we got to that end of the 'tour' but they said there's still a hot tub outside too. They were VERY impressed at all daddy's construction out there!!!
The landscaping was butchered!! Whoever lived there last took it all out. They moved a fence up to the laundry room door for their 2 dogs. But their plan was to pretty much replicate the way we had it, down to our 'lovely white fence' as they called it. They may just move it in ' a bit' to make it more managable. Natilie is a big horseman and plans to build a riding ring where the garden was. They love the barn and only want to freshen it up some. I warned Chris about the snakes and dad's experience with one in his face one day. :) Chris said he absolutely would have screamed like a girl as well!!! I insisted they get a couple cats. And Chris agreed to do it if Natilie agrees to a mountian weapon to shoot off the local wildlife when it comes too close. :) I told them if they ever acheive 21 then John and Mary would love them for it! They were amazed and the wind. It hit my face like a welcome and familar cold slap as we got out of the car last night. I promise you it almost made me cry to hear it whistle in the tree tops!! Chris was so amazed he went and bought a weather meter to read it's gusts. He said so far it's read up to 95 miles an hour! I told him to invest in strong bolts for the screen doors. :) Natilie was so impressed and in awe of mom's porch pictures. They both ooohed and awed at the photos . They both pointed and said in unison, "SEEEE that's what we want!!!!!" Down to the swing on the end so Chris can keep an eye on Katie and her dates one day. (I tipped him off on the real reason Dad put in the octagon window!) Well I hope you guys enjoyed hearing all about the new life and love springing up in our old place. It's in good hands now rest assured!! I'll keep yall posted on how it comes along. We had a ball with the Britts and hopefully will be able to visit again. Isn't it funny how God works!??!
