Living room

I love having a formal living room.  Comfy seating surrounded by books and music. This room is quite possibly my favorite.  It is relaxing and peaceful.  If I'm not cooking, this space is where you will most likely find me.  Since it is where we all enjoy being, it happens to be the one that we invest the most time in keeping clean.  Which works out well for me if anyone happens to drop by unexpected. Of course being in the country that hasn't happened, but feel free to change that situation for me!

Meet the room that brings calm to my life in the midst of raising four children:

My seven dollar junk jaunt find.  It rocks, swivels, and reclines.  I sit here in the early mornings watching the sun come up snuggled under that quilt that my grandma made me. And if the littles haven't detected my presence I might even get to read a bit from the Word of God.  In the evenings if I'm lucky I can turn it to the window behind it and watch the sunset.

The eight foot tall bookcase we made together this fall.  Amazingly enough this isn't all the books we own, and that's after giving half of our collection to the library prior to the move.  This is the couch that we read on together under some of the favorite pictures that we've taken through the years.

This is the observation spot.  The large window looks out over our front porch.  From here we can watch the chickens antics, the combine roam the fields, and storms as they blow through.

This is probably the kids' favorite part of the room.  A mirror to dance to, and a table that caters to their imaginative play.

It might be a small room but it packs in a big punch to our daily lives!