Tour of Homes

Julia at Hooked on Houses is hosting a Tour of Homes. I always love to go on tours of homes when they are available locally. Click on this icon to see a list of all the homes featured. I'm looking forward to seeing the homes on this cyber tour!


On the tour, I'll show you the outside of our home and an addition we made after moving here. The cottage style house is about 13 years old. We sold our other home when the area we were living in went commercial, and a campground trailer park was put in right in front of us! We found this house when it first went on the market. It has been a 'fixer' upper...we have had to do lots to it! But I liked the style and the view from the porch from the beginning. As they say...location, location, location! And the house is in a great location!


The front porch is almost the length of the house . Here is a closer view of one side of the porch.
I made this picture while sitting in one of the rockers. We are across from the largest of seven lakes. The house sits at an angle on the one acre lot.

Before I show you the addition made to the back, I want you to see a before picture. Look right past the cute little redhead and you will see what was behind the house. When we bought it, there were 2 sets of French doors that lead out to the most hideous red deck you can imagine! Before we even signed the papers, I knew that we would have to do something about the deck! I wish I had a better picture of it so you could see how ugly it really was!


We decided to add a screened porch. After getting several estimates, we found a contractor that we liked and decided to go ahead with the project. This is one view of the screened porch added to the back of the house.
Try to overlook the huge elephant ears (a gardening mistake LOL) and you can see how the contractor tied the porch in by adding a roof line that matched the one already there. I really enjoyed working with this contractor. He understood what we wanted from the beginning.

The porch addition actually has two parts...a screened part and a part not screened in. This picture shows that part.
I like the curb appeal of this house, and have enjoyed living near a lake. There are lots of little things I would change about the house, but if we had it to do over, we would buy this house again....mostly because of the location and views!

The inside of the house has been a real challenge...I'll show that another time when I have a chance to get together the before and after pictures! Thanks for stopping by.

Neigborhood tour with an unliscensed driver!

Yesterday the phone rang early, and it was Kelli. She asked me to keep Connor...he had not felt well the night before, and didn't feel up to going to play sch00l.

I always try to think up something we can do to make his visit fun...there aren't any neighborhood children to play with, and I hate for him to get bored.

So, I asked his help in taking pictures to create this post. We went on a neighborhood tour on the golf cart. Of course Connor wanted to drive! I agreed as long as he let me keep my hands on the wheel too!

Here he is...ready to go....I rode too...just had to get off to take this pic!

Here is a cute little house facing one of the small lakes. We live in a neighborhood with seven lakes. These neighbors always keep their yard so nice and neat. I love the way the front of the home faces the lake.

Here is a home with a wrap around front porch. It is up for sale, and has been for awhile. Connor and I peeked in the windows...very pretty!


We stopped the golf cart between two of the lakes, and took this picture of the little fish swimming...didn't turn out too well! But there were lots of little fish 4 or 5 inches long near the bank.

Here's a picture of the water rushing over the spillway. We have had so much rain this year. Last year there was not any water flowing over the spillway, and the lakes were down quite a bit.

Here's another house on a small lake. This home probably has the best view of all the homes. It is on one of the small lakes, but looks out over the main lake. They don't have to worry about another home blocking their view since there isn't a lot there.
Here is a fishing pier on the main lake. We didn't see anyone fishing ....guess it was too hot!Here is one of the few vacant lots in the area. The owners are not interested in selling it. It would make a wonderful building lot.Here's one of my favorite houses. I love the sage green porch, garage doors, and dormer windows.Here is a home under construction close by. We will be so glad when they're done. Some times the trucks block the road, and act like they don't want to move when we have to go past!

Here is the back view of the same house. They did quite a bit to the lot to get it ready to build on. I've always loved this covered deck that looks out over the main lake.
We call this home the Barbie Doll House. My walking buddies and I went through it several times while it was under construction. It is a three story floor plan. The house is more 'beachy' than most in the area.
And finally, here we are back home...across from the main lake with a wonderful unobstructed view! I think Connor enjoyed our little outing. I was a little nervous though! I kept telling him to stay on the right side of the road, keep your eyes on the road...and lots of other 'backseat' driving remarks!
Don't know where we'll go next, but I'll have to come up with something else for us to have fun doing.
Thanks for stopping by today, and hope you have a great day :)