Welcome to our humble home! My name is Carla and I have been married to my high school sweetheart, Daryl for 38 years this May. We moved into our home 6 years ago, when we decided to downsize from an old two story home. Our home is a small and simple ranch. We have enjoyed making some changes to it to suit our style. We are not done yet, though! Our next project will be removing the wallpaper in the kitchen and painting the walls and cabinets. We have always done the work ourselves, so most projects are ongoing for sometimes long periods of time.
We have two sons, two daughters-in-law and two adorable grandsons. They all live close by, so we see our grandsons often. They are the sunshine of our lives! Daryl is retired from the Army, so we spent the first 20 years of our married life away from home. We lived in North Carolina, Texas, Kansas and Germany. When he retired in 1993, we moved back to our hometown in Illinois.
We have always loved collecting antiques and operated a couple of different antique shops in the past and have rented spaces in antique malls. We still love to buy and sell and have a huge yard sale every Fall, during our county's color drive. We love to browse antique shops, attend auctions and garage sales. I love the thrill of the hunt! I have a full time job at a bank, but am looking forward to retiring in a few years. I also enjoy crafting when I have time and plan to do more of that when I do get to retire. I hope you enjoy our home tour. Thank you for visiting!
Thanks to The Primitive Pantry and Kathy for the honor of being the April featured home.