home tour-family room

this is the current family room. originally (1978) the front of this picture was the kitchen (and they left a little sink) and over by the fireplace was the family room. in the early 80s, they added the kitchen (pocket door to your right in this picture) and the sunroom (through the back sliding doors). you should be able to click on the pictures to enlarge. this view is coming in from the laundry room (dining room to the left).

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another view, from the other side of the room. if you walk in the front door, and pass the entrance to the front living/dining room, this is the next room on your right. it runs parallel behind the front room, and that door straight back (to robin's left) is the laundry room, which has a pocket door (both doors into the kitchen are pocket doors too. i do love pocket doors!) you can just barely see the sliding doors on the left, and the old kitchen window, which now looks out into the sunroom.

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yes, we're crazy to have white furniture. but since we're renting and can't paint, and this space was so dark since it doesn't have any windows to the direct outdoors, the white furniture (cheap, slipcovered from ikea--and they wash so nicely!) brightens it up a bit, and i love it. now if we can only keep one un-named male black lab dog off it....
the chair and peg rack are one of my favorite little corners. i got the chair at a flea market for $5. it's old, very sturdy and is just full of stories it's not able to tell. i love a chair with history. on the pegrack are a special event apron (from pleasant view schoolhouse), an old baby smock of robin's (which will show up on a brand new family member soon...) and my old blanky! the very small bags are from long time friends/missionaries carl and pam brought to us as a prayer reminder for the people of papua, new guinea. (and all people groups without a bible in their language as they work for wycliffe bible translators).