I’ve got a wonderful Feature Friday for you today. You’ve met my friend, Shirley with Housepitality Designs before. She’s a long time blogger and I featured her previous house years ago. She and her hubby sold that house and embarked on building their new forever home in NC, as Shirley calls it. It’s a spectacular forever home and you’ll enjoy seeing it today!
I’ll let Shirley tell you more about herself and her new home below.
Thank you Rhoda for the honor of presenting our new home to your readers!
It all began when we finally decided to “downsize’ and build our forever home, a one-level, 3 bedroom, 4 bath brick home with a french flair that we call Hickory Cottage. We built in a neighboring golf community not far from our former home. Did we downsize? Well, if you consider downsizing by 200/sf downsizing 🙂
A grand cupola greets you as you drive down the long driveway and there is one above the sunroom for the golfers to enjoy!
She has a room of her own in our new Hickory Cottage. We closed on our former home on the day that our granddaughter was born, so leaving that home was truly bittersweet.
Guest Room
Granddaughter’s room
We are very happy with our very open one level home
(with the exception of the office and gym over the garage)
and enjoying making this forever home a home when those
who enter can say, “yes, Shirley and Tom live here.”
Didn’t you love the tour of Shirley’s magnificent and stunning home? It truly is a masterpiece home and I love how open it is and how it flows from space to space. Shirley has done an amazing job with all the interior design and her furnishings are exquisite. I love the entire home, but one of my favorite spaces is the sunroom. It’s just so stunning with those windows and the furnishings. Such a relaxing space with all that natural light!
Thank you Shirley for letting me share your beautiful new home with all my readers! It was fun to watch it being built and now to see it all finished and you and your family enjoying it.
Hello,
Love your home with all the personal touches. Thank you for sharing!
Bente in the U.K.
Thank you Bente!
WOW! First the front porch is everything! The den and sunroom are perfection! And can I say I love that she used her beautiful mahogany furniture in her bedrooms. I love mine and am never getting rid of it. Too many wonderful custom built touches to name….
What a beautiful and elegant home! Thanks for sharing. 🙂
Absolutely stunning home! She has decorated the way I wish my home would look!
Rhoda, I absolutely love Shirley’s home. The open floor plan is amazing. She has a fabulous eye for design and I love her signature blue and white! I would never leave that gorgeous sunroom. Shirley is a dear friend who is as sweet as she is talented!
Hi Pam…thank you so very much for your incredibly sweet comments!
Rhoda, I thank you so much for featuring my new home, our forever home. So thrilled to be here today!
Have a lovely weekend!
Shirley is a dear friend and I never tire of seeing her exquisite new home!
What a stunning home!
Exquisite details in the construction. Lovingly furnished. The fresh, bright, and updated traditional style is so inviting.
I love her wall color. Would it be possible to get the name of the paint?
Such a gorgeous home.
HI, Lorraine, I’m not sure she will see it here, so go over to her blog or Instagram and ask her there. I’m sure she will be happy to share.
I would love to know the wall color too! I don’t do Instagram so if you find out, would you please share? Thanks!
Thanks so much. It’s Sherwin Williams Natural
Linen
Absolutely gorgeous!
Shirley your home is just beautiful, straight out of the pages of a magazine!
This house is just stunning! My favorite exterior style, and I love all the interior colors and the traditional wood and antiques, and of course the blue & white chinoisserie! Just beautiful1 Thank you for sharing!
What a lovely home! It’s very inviting and must have been a labor of love to work on.
A lovely home in what I now consider to be grand millennial style. Thank you for sharing your home with us, Shirley.
Did the mini chandeliers in the master bathroom come with the house or if you got them, can you recall where? They are exactly what I’ve been looking for – for my remodeled bathroom.
What a beautiful, welcoming home!
Shirley,
I have been a long time follower of your blog and never tire of seeing your beautiful home featured. Everything is just stunning! I have admired your barstools in the new home and would love if you could share where you purchased them.
HI, Teresa, Shirley may not see this message so you can go to her blog and ask her or Instagram too. I’m sure she will be happy to answer.
Absolutely stunning. One of the most beautiful homes I have ever seen.