the new addition

I was waiting until we were ready for House Beautiful before I posted pics.
-you know, potted ferns, perfect lighting, every detail attended to.....

Then I decided to quell the online begging & post pics just the way it is. Gloriously unfinished!
The woodstove needs a stovepipe. Cardboard boxes & piles of tools abound. We don't have a TV cabinet yet. The end tables are borrowed from Ben's bedroom....


But I am so happy with the almost-finished product.

We wasted no time opening our doors to entertain....
As a matter of fact, we unfurled the rug, ushered the couches in ( which I might add, led us to the discovery of a lost itouch and our extra phone...), and plugged in the thrifted lamps MOMENTS before 25 guests arrived on Sunday evening for a church leadership gathering.

We like to run things right up to the wire around here.

It was a perfect meeting: sharing, prayer, food, fellowship, laughter, the best folk in the world, and a time of worship that raised the rafters.

Check this spot for more! The guest room is being assembled over the weekend.
-because we have a guest coming, of course!