August 16, 2009

  • Home Sweet Home….

    I often get people who ask me what my home looks like in Botswana.  Truth is, we have a beautiful home and we are SO blessed.  I love my house….it has a comfort about it that makes me smile each time I enter through the doors. We’ve done some upgrades and work over the years (do you believe it’s been almost 7 years!) and it just feels like home! It’s small, but we try not to let the size limit our ability to entertain and have people over.  Though with my noisy toddler, that’s when I feel our house is small! 

    I thought I would take you on a photo tour (yes, I can’t get enough of this camera!).  Don’t mind the clutter!

    The Witt house from the outside…..it’s sorta like a log cabin.  Reason it’s on gum polls is really for looks, but it does help keep the critters away too. None of the garden or grass was there when we moved in.  Kev’s done a great job of making the outside of our home quite colorful!
     

    Take off your shoes and come on inside!

    View from just inside the door…..living room area.


    View into the kitchen…..none of this was here when we moved in.  For the first 9 months we lived with make shift everything and I washed dishes in the bathroom sink!  What a blessing when our cabenents arrived!  Kev’s newest addition is the recessed lighting as our house was a bit dark, or we’re just getting older and need more light! :)

    View from kitchen into the living room……I love how at about 4pm the light fills the room.  It makes it a bit hot at times, but it’s so pretty!

    View into the bathroom…..This was originally a storage closet and there was only a toilet and sink on the other side.  We knocked into the wall and made them two rooms and installed a shower and tub! 

    View from toilet and sink area…. Piper’s changing area.  It originally was in the bedroom, but once both moved in the changer had to come out to make room.  I wasn’t ready to part with it so we shifted some things around. I actually love having in the bathroom as it makes for easy clean up of cloth diapers and washing of hands!

    Our bedroom……..We set up a small make shift office so that I had some space to work from home, but also that Kev could spread out too.

    Bed……notice “the queen”. :)   Kev built a closet unit to the left.  It was WAY to cluttered to take a photo….sorry! :)

    View coming out of our bedroom……kitchen area.  Where the sink is that used to be the door into the bathroom.  We had to dry wall over it.  You would never know there was a door there if you didn’t know! 

    Entering Andrew and Piper’s room.

    Andrew’s bed/side.  Kev built all the storage just a few weeks before Andrew was born.  Till he came along it was just a spare room with lot of stuff in it.  Normally not so cluttered on the top…. :)  

    Piper’s little spot.  Don’t you just love that shower curtain!? :)  

    Behind it houses my washer and dryer! :)   Not a lot of folding space, but it works well enough! 

    And that’s it folks……small but cozy our home is! :)  

Comments (10)

  • Beautiful home! What a blessing!

  • awww i love it, thanks for the tour!!

    i thoroughly enjoyed it.

  • What a sweet place. Thanks for taking the time to give us a tour. You really have maximized every bit of space you have. Tell Kevin great job on the garden… and everything else.

    Now, if only I could make my way over there somehow so I could take advantage of that wonderful hospitality of yours.

  • @angiewashington - Thanks Angie!  You and your family are welcome any time!!! :)  

  • You guys need a bigger house, as the Witt’s continue to grow!

  • Beautiful!! I have always wondered what missionaries in other countries houses looked like :) .

  • I still think the best part of your house is the couch that you let me sleep on the first time i met y’all.    what a wonderful couch.

  • @beardedbushman - I’ll never forget that either John!  It is a pretty comfy couch isn’t it? :)  

  • I miss that little house! :) Can I come sit on the sofa? I do like the new layout. I am glad you finally tried it. It looks nice and I am sure it helps iwth letting the kiddos move around a bit more. :) I like it. I have that shower curtain sarah. I forgot you had that! I have that same one, but the print is smaller and continuous throughout the entire curtain! :) I will have to take a picture and send it to you. Seriously, its crazy! :) That’s whats up in our bathroom right now. I interchange it with a pretty linen floral one and then the safari one.

  • P.S. I LOVE the fan. I am sure it helps so much with bringing the cool air down from the AC instead of directly where the sofa is at. :)
    Plus, keeps the air movin’. :) Its nice.

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