When we first looked around the house we live in now, we were so excited by the fact it had a dishwasher, we didn’t realise there was no fridge.
On the day we moved in to our home, three weeks late because of heavy snow, we ended up having to keep the milk outside in the back garden while we waited for a fridge to be delivered.
But it didn’t matter, because we had a shed:
And a beautiful log-burning stove:
The low ceilings in our 16th Century cottage constantly catch out the (self-proclaimed) Northern Love Machine, so that he inevitably bangs his 6 foot 5 inch high head every single day.
But we still love this house.
It’s the place where I put on my wedding dress, ready to meet the NLM at the end of the aisle. It’s the place where I brought my newborn baby back home, cocooned in a nest of baby-bubbled tranquility. It’s the place where I met our future friends and next-door neighbours.
As a former city dweller, I was unsure how I’d adapt to village life. But I soon settled in after finding the local walking spot and the village drinking hole:
We rent our home, as we save for the huge deposit currently needed to secure a mortgage, so we don’t know how long we will live in this house.
This makes me sad, as I love the fact I live in an enclosed spot where the children are constantly in and out of each other’s houses and there’s always a willing friend with a cup of tea next door. I love the fact there’s open countryside only yards away, perfect for adventures once Frog eventually gets off her backside and starts walking. And I love the fact there’s a sleepy train station one minute’s walk from my back door so if I fancy something a bit more lively than the village pub it’s not too far away.
Although we won’t live here forever, this place will always feel like home.
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Mother's Always Right 
Lovely pics. Sounds like a very cosey home in a very pretty village.
It is very cosy – although it can get bloomin’ cold in the winter!
That train station helps get you to me. Hurrah. I also like your home x
That train station has proved very useful in the past!
We are going to keep you here! 🙂 xx
Wouldn’t take much persuasion! x
Ahhhhh ! Sounds like village life agrees with you 🙂
You can’t beat log burners – lit mine the other night for the first time since March !
They’re so cosy aren’t they? Although ours is so huge we end up sweating once it’s been lit for a few hours, it heats up the whole house!
I want your house! We so badly want to live in a village and Dad2babyinsomniacs only two requirements are that it has a shed and a logburner! Plus he’s not very tall so the ceilings wouldn’t be a problem! Want to swap?! x
I highly recommend village life – but make sure you’re near a train station so you can still get to civilsation when you need to! x
Looks beautiful Molly! Stay around here!!! Don’t move. xx
We don’t have any firm plans so we may end up here forever afterall! xx
Do move! up north!
Oh can I move in with you?! It looks lovely.
We don’t have a spare bedroom…but we do have a rather cosy shed! x
Oh it looks perfect! A woodburner really does make a house a home, we have two and I love them!
They’re a lot cheaper than the electric heaters in our house too! x
Love it – wouldn’t it be a dream come true if you could buy that one!
It would – but it would have to magically sprout another bedroom. It’s lovely, but not big enough if we ever have another baby!
Your home sounds and looks utterly idyllic. Despite renting, I hope that you will live in for many many years to come.
Sounds like the location is perfect, you just need the bricks and mortar but then that home you are living in already had so many memories attached to it. They won’t let you buy it? x
We’re not in a position to get a mortgage at the moment unfortunately. We don’t yet have the 25% deposit that most banks are now demanding. Plus it only has 2 bedrooms. Perfect for now but we’ll outgrow it if Frog has any brothers or sisters! x
Your village looks idyllic, we live in a village but it’s not a very pretty one, I hope you get to stay there for a very long time….or move to somewhere equally as nice!
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Here’s hoping! x
ooooh can you buy it – it seems lovely
It is gorgeous – sadly we’re in the same position as thousands of wannabe first time buyers across the country. We don’t have a spare 50k lying around to secure the 25% deposit needed for most mortgages at the moment!
Oh for a log-burning stove! As a fellow renter I know how you feel. There is something about permanence. But then it sounds like you’re really drinking in the here and now.
I think you have to really, or I’d be constantly worried about what was around the corner. Actually, that is exactly what I’m like! You’re right about the sense of permanence thing. There’s something about renting that doesn’t feel completely stable – probably because it’s not entirely up to you if you have to move. If the landlords decide to sell up in the near future we’d be stuffed!
I love living in Los Angeles, but part of me will always regret Li’l D’s distance from the mountains, rivers and general quietude of my childhood home. I’m comforted by the fact we’ll return once or twice a year as long as any of my siblings remains there.
(The next time we visit, I’ll be an auntie!)
Congratulations! Your childhood home sounds beautiful – but I must say I’d love to live in LA!