LOVE LOVE LOVE it!! Great post on the Home.. funny that you posted this now, as I was working on mine this very moment. I enjoyed this thoroughly.

I need to take a vacation just to clean the clutter in my house so I can see what color things really are.  I've lived with my house without any changes for about 11 years now... I'm ready to make some serious changes in color.

Hello Andrea,

Home is where the heart - and soul - is...and your post reflects exactly how we transform a house into a home.

Andrea, I love this post explaining the warmth you have made and are sharing with your family. Hold the date November 9th for our BoardWalk.

Andrea, I felt your house with the writing of your blog.  Loved every bit of it and feel as if I got to be with you & your girls for a moment in your sactuary.  Awesome!

Wow, great thoughts about the home, Andrea. Love your last quote...

"Through pouring our souls into our house, it's become our home, a place that welcomes us warmly every day."

Andrea, years ago, my in-laws moved from their home. I loved that house, but when I went back to it, it was empty, barren and souless. I realized it was the people in it that made it special (even with all of the fun and creative touches). I'm sure yours is much the same. 

Something about old dressers that has a magical essance. :)

 

Love and light,

Laura 

Andrea, my soul is a little eclectic I think, but I am attempting to bring our house back to where it started in some respects.  The last few days I have been returning the front entryway door to what it used to be---a center door with side lights.  In the 60's someone moved the door to one side and put in this giant piece of wavy glass in  place of the side lights---so out of character.  The big problem with making your home totally "home" is that you never want to go anywhere

Andrea- What a lovely post about your home. The ability to do your ow thing is one of the great things about having your own home.

Andrea ~ thank you for sharing your life and home. I liked your analogy of a canvas on which we have the freedom, creativity, and choice to paint.

Andrea - Yes, super job, and super title.  The more homes I go into to help people decorate, the more I realize the diversity of tastes and style.

Thank you for a wonderful post. Renters reading this will certainly feel like buying a home .

Andrea, We can relate!  Very little about our home is the same as when we bought it 20+ years ago!  And you wouldn't suspect from the outside that we've added the touches inside that we have, so someday when it's time for us to be the sellers, we hope the buyers appreciate the years of work involved.

Andrea I totally agree until it comes time to sell. We should be able to enjoy and customize our homes. Isn't that the real reason we purchased it?

I have a metal cup and spoon framed in my kitchen that were the only things saved from a farmhouse fire in our family in the 1800s.

Being a home inspector and noticing details, I see your nickname is Drea.  Cute!

What a lovely, lovely way to describe a home! And without doing stupid stuff to our homes, they should reflect our interests, our personalities.

Class with legs on it...Good post here...

House becomes a home with the people, community surrounding it. Not just the sticks and bricks. Roof over head.

There is a big difference between a house and a home. .

great post Andrea

Great post, Andrea!  And just to quote Benjamin Franklin, "a house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body."

Andrea we really do buy a house from an owner and make it our home, unique just like we are. Thanks for posting to the contest

By the way, that burned farmhouse was not far from where you live now!  The way I figure it, the farm is now a parking lot that surrounds a big office building out Rt 29 before you get to Laurel!

You turned your house into your home that you now love and it shows :) Great post!

So true Andrea! We currently rent and I so missing painting with colors I like and doing landscaping. It was therapy to play in the dirt and watch my flowers grow.

I just bet your home is absolutely beautiful inside (as you are) Andrea :)!  I like vintage too...oddly enough though, I don't have a huge decorating style in my home...maybe some day :)!

The last time we painted our home, we went room by room instead of an overall palate.  Very funny that the last room we painted was our girls bathroom.  When it was finished it looked like a color circus.  Needless to say we needed to take a step back and redo some of the rooms.

Great blog post Andrea, we do get to decorate, paint and play the way we want to when he own our own homes!

That's really what my business of Feng Shui is all about! :) Coloring with all the essence of who we are is the thing!

Andrea, very well said - our homes truly to reflect our souls. There is indeed no place like home!

Beautiful post, Andrea.

Yet, I think, there is more than colors. Sometimes, you enter the beautifully decorated house, but it feels empty and cold. The energy?  The house become a home when the owner gives it some love. 

Andrea, I love the clever title and the theme of your post.  Turning a house into a home is definitely a process!

Personalizing is part of living, being yourself! And then, when it comes time to sell, become "no one!"

and everyone must have that freedom and a place they get to call home.

Good post. Your home definitely needs to feel like home, not a hotel. We are creatures of comfort and find peace and solitude by feeling in harmony with where we live. A home is part of us as much as we are a part of it.

Very nice post.   A home is such an expression of ourselves.  That is why an effective stager helps someone depersonalize before a sale.

A home is a never ending canvas, something to enjoy and savor.

Very well said.

I've been painting the outside of my house for the past 2+ years and am almost finished.  It's finally looking great, what an improvement.

Wonderful post, and so true.  I'm currently tryiing to decide what colors I want to color our "mud room" (which isn't really an official mud room).  I'm having such fun ruling things out, and can't wait to see what I come up with.

Changing colors in your home also changes the mood or attitude, so it's always a good thing to do periodically. 

I like you line about "turning a house into a home". I may hafta 'borrow' it sometime! THANKS!!

Andrea, we agree.  But some of the bold "soul" colors are not everyones favorites.  lol

Homes are where memories are made. It's important to make your home truly your own. Getting to know what colors make your heart smile and that really enliven your sense of well-being, what colors calm you.. Great post, Andrea!

Andrea, what a great post, made me just pause a moment and think..our homes are truly reflection of our souls and what makes us unique.

Andrea, your passion for making a house a home shines through.