Front angle, I can't get far away enough to get a full front picture.

My foyer is large enough for me to have an 8x10 rug. I would go with something similar instead of runners. Beautiful home!

judiegal, gorgeous home! I agree with kmcg, I would go with two large rugs, one in the front part and one in the back part. Challenge will be not interfering with the inlays in the wood. Maybe you can "check out" a few from a rug store to see what works. Enjoy your home!

judiegal - I am so sorry that I am just seeing this thread. I was doing a search on my name (to see if I missed anything) and found this.

Gosh...your home is beautiful and so large!!!

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wow, wow and more wow's! your home is gorgeous!!!!!!
fit for a king..I mean queen.. :)
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Thank you,it's been a long, long, labor of love. We have been working on it for years, DH is a builder so it's been a part time project. The bricks were laid in the winter (new england)under tarps with heaters blasting. DH is from Italy so everything is brick, limestone and every other really hard material. lol.

More pictures, please! Also, may I ask how many finished square feet you have and are you now living in the house?

Yes the house is BIG, I've been intimidated to admit how big and to show pics. There has been some big house bashing around here lately and I'm sort of embarrassed. This has been a dream for us. We moved in 1/3 finished because we were tired of living in a mobile home while building it. I had 2 pregnancies in that mobile home. My DH did almost all the work. The house is now 80% done inside. I have lived through lots of construction, with 6 DD's .

This is the back of the house.

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OMGoodness!

The house is even larger than I imagined.
Sounds like you need it with six daughters! Do they each have their own bathroom, I hope? LOL I cannot believe that you lived in a mobile home with that many children.

Please show more of the interior. I am fascinated at all of your DH's hard work.

PS - I have not seen any "large home bashing threads" on this board. It's a shame! Don't be afraid to show off what you and your DH have worked so hard on. :)

Love-your-big home!!!! Lol
It is wonderful. It is wonderful. There, I said it twice...
Your DH is talented beyond being "just a builder".
His vision was a dream come true.
And then to top it all off, you have 6 daughters !
You know that saying don't you, yourson is your son until he takes a wife, your daughter is your daughter the rest of your life.
Now aren't you glad your house is big !!! Lol

newhb plenty of bathrooms, 2 laundry's, and a fridge in the kitchen, pantry and garage.
We have a canning are in the garage for our tomato harvest.
Lots of detail in the floor work
love my lilhome - We put in an apartment for my DD#2 and her DH and DGS
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love my lilhome - We put in an apartment for my DD#2 and her DH and DGS
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View of MB and View from MB
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Once again...WOW!!!

Tell me about your tomatoes?

We always have a huge vegetable garden out in back. You would never expect it considering you really wouldn't call that a farmhouse. We grow lots of different vegetables but concentrate on a tomato that my dh'S uncle brought over here from Italy in the 40's. It is a ROMA type that we make sauce with. A few years ago we actually set up a little stand at the end of our driveway and my little DD's and I would pick and sell. We had many people coming for our tomatoes. We did that for a few summers. All the lifting did a number on my back so now we have cut down from 1400 tomato plants to a measly 300 lol. It's a lot of work but alot of fun.
Here is a photo of one row.
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Judiegal, every angle of your home is just stunning! You can tell it's been a labor of love, your husband has done an amazing job!

you should be embarrassed posting these photo's of your beautiful home.. and talented husband. Makes us all jealous not to have a DH so talented! LOL..

No seriously, raising 6 DD, you deserve a castle ! You're home is absolutely stunning, and what an amazing talent your DH has! I can't imagine living in a mobile home with a family of 8 while building. We built a house in 2006 and 3 of us lived 6 months is our RV. Needless to say - I never want to go in that RV again!

more, more pictures please!!

What an amazing house!
What an amazing garden!
What an amazing husband!
What an amazing life!

Add amazing wife to that description. Doesn't look like she sits back and relaxes. LOL Raising six children (and one grandchild) and canning tomatoes is no small feat!

Do you mind my asking what part of the U.S. you live in? In my area, you would not be allowed to sell produce from the end of the driveway. :) I love Roma tomatoes and those baskets make me want to bite into one...NOW!

Do you have any more house pictures? I am especially interested in kitchen photos.

Judiegal, I'm actually envious of your tomatoes! ;) I have four pitiful tomato plants...that is an amazing garden and harvest.

Your home is very pretty, too. Would you mind sharing the name of that brick-red color in your foyer? It's a wonderful color!

The foyer color is "Spicy Cayenne" a Behr paint.
And thanks for the compliments.

Thank you so much, judiegal! :)

Living in that house must be like being on vacation every day! Absolutely beautiful!

Holy Cow!!!! Goregous home, need more interior pics!!

This is a long family room we divided into 2 areas, one sitting area in front of the fireplace. The other end is 2 couches and a chair for the t.v. viewing. The drapes for this room are sitting in the closet waiting for me to figure out how to hang them. There are some funny corners I have to work with. You see at the end where the window buts up to the wall.
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