BEDA- #1 2 families in 1 home

Hello everyone- it’s been a long time! I’m not going to discuss details but the last 10 months or so have been a hard, unusual and sad  time for my entire family and that is why I have not read or wrote blogs much. 

The latest change is our daughter and son in law sold their home and have started building a new one.  But, it won’t be finished for maybe 10 months.  Family home rentals are hard to find and they want to save money for new home stuff so………their family of 5 has put much of their stuff in storage and moved in with us.  

Our home has an almost perfect layout for 2 families.  

It has a large master bedroom on one end.  We moved in 2 recliners and the laptop/printer into our master so we can retreat in there if needed (but so far, we are mostly in our room just to sleep. 

We have a big walk-in master closet and lots of extra stuff is stored in there during this process.  

The other 3 bedrooms are on the opposite end of this home.  I spent several weeks downsizing in these rooms- some stuff was donated and a little bit was put in storage.  

Before our daughter’s family moved in, The craft room looked like this……

Most all the sewing and craft things are in this end of the room.  That tall piece on the right is 2 pieces that stacked perfectly! I’m short and can’t see in the top drawer but that’s what stools are for.  

They are vintage Ethan Allen and I’m a big fan of how solid they are and how their finish holds up.  

A slim bed for a slim granddaughter on the other side of this room- 

This closet is still pretty full but 1/4 of it on the bottom right was emptied for  this granddaughter 

The 2 grandsons are sharing this room - there is a small walkin closet and dressers on the other end 

The parents are in the “guest room”

I didn’t change much in the living areas except I added a craft corner to the living room 

Zero changes in the dining room and thankfully our table is plenty big enough for all 7 of us 

In the breakfast room,  I did store away all the decorations on the hutch as I knew they were bringing food and it’s on there now.  They also brought a freezer full of locally grown beef and a full fridge which is in my husband’s shop ( I’ve bought a few groceries since they’ve been here but not nearly as many as you might think) 

And we are all hoping to garden so we have some seeds started (this photo is several weeks old and the plants have grown a good bit) 

So far,  things are going just fine and I think we all are enjoying seeing each other often.  

Yes, I am cooking more but I like cooking.  I’m doing more laundry but I don’t mind that either.  I’m thankful for appliances, utilities and cleaning products which make laundry so easy compared to past generations and many people in other countries.  

Our daughter and son in law both are employed, their children are in school and they are all busy with school, ball, dance, church activities, scouts —- so they live in our home but they are gone more than they are here.  

They also brought their dog, Winnie.  I was most worried about how the 2 dogs would get along but they are doing great! 

They are almost the same age and weight. .  They play hard outside and then mostly sleep when they are inside 

Ducky and Winnie - yes, our grass is brown.  It’s been a cold, dry winter but the grass will start growing soon and should be green then.  

BEDA means blog every day in April.  

I’m going to try! 

❤️ Rhonda 
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