House painting

This is what I've been painting and it's finally finished.

A painting of our house.

And it's already framed and hanging in the living room.

I wanted to show you some other paintings of houses I've done.

This is a house in Wilmington, NC that I fell in love with one day when we were driving around the area. It had a beautiful wrap-around porch and I loved the moss hanging from the trees.

This is a house we lived in on Orange Street in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. It was a big 3-story house with so much character ~ stained glass and leaded glass windows, open staircase and beautiful woodwork. There was also a grape arbor in the back and two walnut trees.

This was a row of houses across the street from us.

I actually counted the number of times we've moved since we've been married and came up with 16 times! (I wish I would have painted each one!) Each new house was an exciting endeavor as it sparked my creativity for decorating. I loved picking out new wall colors and rugs and window treatments and incorporating what we had and making it work in our new surroundings. I loved creating something beautiful out of something old and, in some cases, ugly. I've torn down ceilings, ripped up carpet, scraped off wall paper, painted rooms, scrubbed from top to bottom ~ and made each house into "our home".

We're happy at our little cottage house now, but I must say, I'm up for the challenge of redoing another one!