A man's (or woman's) home is his/her castle.

Home is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in.
Robert Frost

I really miss Mtv .......

"You can't go home again." Thomas Wolfe

"How you gonna keep 'em down on the farm after they've seen Parie?" Joe Young & Sam Lewis

"The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home." Confucious

"My own private jungle." - LaLennoxa

Ok, this is the last one, I promise ........ but it's worth it!

"Love your neighbor."

Cleanliness is next to Godliness!

"I have an answering machine in my car. It says, I'm home now, but leave me a message and I'll call you when I'm out." ~Steven Wright.

Christi, on behalf of Thos. Baker

There is nothing mightier than an oak tree, until the first good frost and your yard's a foot deep - me

I shall fear no mere man armed with a garden hose... - me *(I regularly face fence spiked rainbirds running to adjust them)

Around here in late fall, the favorite sport is 'catch and release' tumbleweeds (toss them in the street and let them blow elsewhere!) (it would not be home otherwise!)

Sittin' On A Dream:

When renovating - the first thing I did for our first major renovation was to take my daughter's paint set, I painted on the wall in huge BLUE letters: "Oceans of Patience"Everytime I had a stressful moment, I just went and gazed at this to reset my nerves and keep me on track!

Mending Wall by Robert Frost (reference "Good fences make good neighbors" is my favorite poem. That comment taken out of context could be misinterpreted. Nice looking fence though!!! Suggest reading the whole poem, and noting who and under what circumstance such comment is made.

Home is where the cat is. >^..^

Do it right, and you'll do it once - Dad.

Good fences contractor make good fences

We like no fences, but on the lake in and area which is open and with good neighbours we have no need just trees and flowers and lots of hostas which the deer like to feed on. Thank goodness they grow back

"Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Home)" - M.Gaye

"...the chief benefit of the house, I should say: the house shelters day-dreaming, the house protects the dreamer, the house allows one to dream in peace" - Gaston Bachelard

A house is a machine for living in. Le Corbusier

I want a house that has got over all its troubles; I don't want to spend the rest of my life bringing up a young and inexperienced house. Jerome K. Jerome

While this one isn't "home" inspired, it is my favorite saying:
You can't help everyone
But everyone can help someone.

Don't let the door hit you on the way out! ;))))

There's no place like home, you can scratch any place it itches. I grew up hearing this one and find myself saying it. Think about it, it's true, lol!

"When the world wearies and society ceases to satisfy, there is always the garden." - Minnie Aumonier

giniaginia, thought you might like this one: "Show me your garden and I shall tell you what you are" - Alfred Austin
"If you could only see my garden ;)" - me

"Oh, theres no place like home for the holidays
Cause no matter how far away you roam
When you pine for the sunshine of a friendly gaze
For the holidays, you can't beat home, sweet home..."

Perry Como -

I think more than a saying, there's just some actions that hold true for living in a home. For instance, if somebody new moves in next door, bring them a basket of baked good or a fresh floral arrangement or potted plant. Hospitality is key to living in a happy neighborhood.

@Studio M, You nailed it :)

"A house without either a dog or a cat is the house of a scoundrel." Portuguese proverb.

Home is where the heart is.
This one I truly believe. After a lot of transitions and moves in the last 5 years, we've lived in a variety of places. But through it all, the family has always stayed together and for that I'm grateful.

@Kevin Strader: it's actually "Mi casa es tu casa" which translates to "My home is your home", you usually say it to people entering your house or guests staying over to make them feel welcomed.

As for house-related quotes... this two are one of my favorites:

“A house without books is like a room without windows.”
― Horace Mann

“The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Very often a change of self is needed more than a change of scene" - Arthur Christopher Benson

"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every oppertunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty" - Winston Churchill

"Skill to do comes of doing" - Ralph Waldo Emerson


"Ideas are a dime a dozen. People who implement them are priceless" - Mary Kay Ash

"Do what you can, with what your have, where you are" - Theodore Roosevelt



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"A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle." - Benjamin Franklin

"The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The next best time is now." - Chinese Proverb

"Who begins too much accomplishes little." - German Proverb

"There are no short cuts to any place work going." - Beverly SIlls

In my previous home I " installed " 120 running feet of a Rose Wall...In my best growing year I had over 4000 Roses....neighbors loved it!

That sounds lovely, @jensonsa, but seriously, did you count all 4000 roses? :)

Measure three times and cut once.

i HAVE JUST SPENT THE MOST PLEASANT 20 minutes reading through the comments and looking at the pix. TOTALLY LOVED listening to the House related songs. AWESOME!!!
There are so many blessings to count, aren't there?

I moved into a new home and made plans to install a fence. Then I met my neighbors and invested time in building bridges.

Thank you all for your great quotes --- those help me realize that my one small change in plans (attitude) really made my new neighborhood feel like HOME because I grew into the fabric of the neighborhood. Yes, a fence would insure my dog stayed in my own yard. Tho, when she runs free, I hear the local kids call her name and laughter/giggles ensue as everyone plays together. Including me!

That rusted fence reminds me of a local installation here in CA that I saw back in Oakland, CA. It was year 2010, studying under the principles of Pyatok Architects. I would pass by it every weekday morning.

"A house is made of bricks and stone, but a home is made of love alone" Anonymous

Not to be a curmudgeon, but in another Houzz discussion, I expressed my assessment of the Robert Frost quote https://www.houzz.com/magazine/how-to-pick-a-nice-wall-for-your-garden-room-stsetivw-vs~7619714 Here it is: Re crawfish's comment, a reference to a Robert Frost poem: "Good fences make good neighbors." This statement is often used to make the case for fences. I even see it quoted in advertisements for fencing companies. I believe it is 180 degrees from the meaning of the poem's speaker. The speaker/poet joins his neighbor each year to repair a rock wall knocked about by the ground swell of winter's cold. It is the neighbor who repeats the old adage "Good fences make good neighbors" despite the fact that the neighbors are on good terms, there is nothing (cows, vegetation, etc.) for the wall to keep in our out, and the concept of fences is anachronistic in the speaker's present situation. Since the poet is Frost, there are the underlying mythological implications, going back to the Romans who built Hadrian's Wall and one can't help but reflect on The Great Wall of China. Neither were all that successful in keeping people in or out. Twice in the poem, Frost writes ""Something there is that doesn't love a wall." Nature doesn't love a wall and keeps knocking them down while man keeps building them--extrapolate that where you will. Fences/hedges/screens indeed do have purposes--for example, visually separating my backyard to give me and the neighbors some privacy. As crawfish says, they should be constructed with due consideration of their affect on the neighbors. However, I long for the days in my neighborhood when front yard adjoined yard, perhaps with a low hedge between, and I could wave to my neighbors a whole block down the street, after which we might make the short walk to meet halfway for a chat. Since the fences and walls have gone up--but not in my front yard--that sense of community has been lost, along with almost daily contact with the neighbors. (Yes, I was for many years a teacher of literature.)

"E komo mai!" In Hawaiian, this means "come in" "Hele mai a'i" means "come here and eat." When you enter someone's house, these two greetings are often the words of welcome.

feng shui example of fence as WATER element very nice

Aloha mrobert575! Just thought I'd add to your post that the more traditional Hawaiian greeting is "E komo mai. Nou ka hale," meaning "Welcome. My house is yours." (The equivalent of the Spanish greeting, "Mi casa su casa.")

Mahalo nui loa!

Christi, on behalf of Thos. Baker

PLEASE! Mi casa es tú casa!

Christi, I thought about putting that on a sign at my front door, but given the burglaries in the neighborhood......:-)

"Patience is not necessarily a virtue!" - a family favorite

"There's a cup for every saucer."

That was the seller's nephew's response when I told him I liked his aunt's antique house - soon to be my first - just the way it was. I think he was tired of being on call for repairs, house emergencies, etc. It had been in their family since 1865 and was sweet as can be.

The Love Shack...is a little ol' place where...we can get together.... B-52's

From a sign I have in my living room:

"A house is not a home...without a dog."

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