Congratulations to Amy Hill and Cindy Friday — the two readers who won a “Love The House You’re In” collage — featuring them and their houses — specially created by collage artist laureate Mel Kolstad. Mel’s been doing a Love The House You’re Inn collage-a-month for the blog. ENTRIES NOW CLOSED. But, we thought we’d take it one step further by getting readers involved. On Tuesday night, I used the random number generator at random.org (I to select the two winners. Their numbers came up! (I did not try to “judge” the comments — everyone’s were great — I selected the winners randomly.) Mel has started working with them on their collages. Thanks to everyone who participated. Your comments — AMAZING! We love our houses, that’s for sure!
Here were the rules:
- Leave a comment below, answering the question, “Why do you love the house you’re in?”
- You must sign up for my weekly newsletter.
- Residents of U.S. and Canada only.
Additional details:
- I’ll pick two winners from among the comments with a random number generator at 8 p.m. on April 19. (I will cross-check that they are newsletter subscribers, and if they are not, I will pick again.)
- If you win, you will send up to three high-resolution images to Mel, she will create your collage and mail it to within a month. The collage is mounted on a 4″x4″ wood tile with a notch for hanging – it’s very cool!
- Pam will confirm with you whether you’d like it featured on the blog or not – your choice.
- If this all goes well, I’ll continue the contest every month.
What do you think? Wanna win? Why do you love the house you’re in?
Amy says
I love my mid-century ranch for it’s the rich appeal of the wood floors, plaster coved
ceilings, pink bathroom with clothes chute and huge storage cabinet, endless closet
space, stone fireplace that matches the stone exterior of the house, basement with
endless storage space, the yard with the beautiful mature trees, especially the 60 ft. tall row of blue spruce lining the edge of the backyard, and the breathtaking Japanese magnolia that is now in full bloom outside the dining room window. When house hunting, I think I looked at every house on the market in my town. When I walked into this one, I just knew she was mine! My boyfriend tried to talk me out of it, but her charm and character just spoke to me like no other had, and I just had to have the pink bathroom and the giant gorgeous magnolia outside my window as I sipped my coffee on a spring morn! Glad I listened to myself on this one!
Jean Sanger says
I love our 1955 Cape Cod because it came complete with the original Youngstown Kitchen cabinets. At first we said we would live with them, then we grew to like them, now we celebrate them!
Kara says
I love our 1950 ranch for so many reasons!!! We have only lived here for a few months, and I love that we will be spending many years making it our own while watching our sons grow up here.
Rebecca says
I love our ranch house because not only do we have one fab pink bathroom, but we also have a buttercup yellow bath. The original owner who built the house in 1959 was a Urologist and you can tell that he thought the bathrooms were really important. One of them even has a water fountain in it! Too cool.
Therese says
When I first saw my home I knew it was right for me. My home is a small arts and crafts bungalow that I just found charming. No big mega-homes for me, my cozy home is perfect. Oddly, I was especially drawn to the built in cabinets in my tiny kitchen. I have talked with designers and contractors where I live to try to maximize my kitchen space and they all want me to rip out and “update” my kitchen with what they insist are real wood cabinets. I ask you, how can anything that shiny & fake looking be real wood?! I think of the carpenter who built my kitchen cabinets almost 100 years ago using skill, attention to detail and a work ethic often unseen today. I feel a connection – and an obligation – to my home to be true to it’s beauty and it’s future so it continues to not only hold it’s own among the sprawl and growth, but be the home that people say “How quaint and charming, why don’t we build them like that anymore?”
Mary Humphrey says
I LOVE THE HOUSE I LIVE IN! I have loved it since 1940 when I first lived here as a three year old. I grew up here. I married here. I moved back after my Mother passed away. (She made me promise not to sell her house.) So, here I am. It is a wonderful house with wonderful memories past and memories in the making. I have made my granddaughter promise not to sell my house. The tradition lives on.
Kathleen says
I am really trying to love the house I’m in. It’s a new home (mostly because the historic ones in my rural town rarely get on the market… but I check all the time!), but I am retro-fying the inside. From my boomerang table, to retro vinyl floor in the kitchen (the guy at the design center thought we were kidding!), to my glorious mid century teak dining room, I’m working with what I have and trying to make a home that is pretty on the inside.
Carolyn says
I love our house because it’s different- it’s from 1968 and was basically a blank slate when we moved in. I love that nothing in our house looks like it’s from a catalog and although it presents its own unique challenges, it fits our needs perfectly and is in an excellent location.
BETH says
i LOVE MY HOUSE BECAUSE IT REPRESENTS THE NEW ME…AFTER A PAINFUL DIVORCE, MY DAUGHTERS AND I UP AND MOVED FROM A LARGE MCMANSION, WHICH NEVER FELT LIKE HOME, TO A SWEET, LITTLE “DOLLHOUSE” ON A BEAUTIFUL POND. WE FEEL PEACE AND SERENITY HERE AS WE WATCH THE SWANS GLIDE OUTSIDE OUR WINDOWS. WE CAN WALK OUR THREE DOGS TO THE BEACH OR MARINA, LIKE I’VE ALWAYS DREAMED OF. I CAN HONESTLY SAY, THIS HOUSE MAKES ME SO HAPPY – IT IS SIMPLE AND BEACHY, HOMEY AND COZY, CLEAN AND MOST OF ALL – NO MORE LIVING IN A BIG HOUSE THAT I FELT LONELY IN. I LOVE MY HOUSE BECAUSE IT IS …HOME.
nancy says
I love the house I am in! We are about the same age. We both remember the great times of the 50’s & appreciate where we are now. Both of us are just glad to be here! We can always use a little work but our foundations are strong & we just love to have all the family together & under our roof. That is what a house is all about- a wonderful home for the family.