Log Home Tour part 4: The Living Room

Sanctuary:  a place offering protection and safety.  A shelter, a place of comfort in times of trouble.  As in plants and animals:  "An area (habitat) set aside for the preservation and care of it's inhabitants to maintain functioning natural systems; to act as refuges, protected areas...often the only hope we have of stopping external threats to the species." -Wikipedia

Welcome to the Providence Lodge Home Tour!

Today I invite you inside to our sanctuary, the Living Room.

To the right of the entry, the Living room takes up the whole north side of the lodge.

The space is 18x28.

Log columns support girders on both the first and second floors.

Here we have a forked top, and yes, the children to climb up and perch in it. 

 I think a bobcat or raccoon mount would be nice...and safer than a child-monkey.

With the couches flanking the fireplace, this is the warmest seating area.
  A perfect place for afternoon tea on a cold or rainy day, visiting, and snuggling.

At the other end of the couches are a few chairs for rocking the small ones, 

and under the stairs, the doll house play area, and the ever popular swing.

And here is a closer look.

Under the round tale is a littles hide out complete with rug, pillows and various stuffed animal friends.

To the right of the fireplace,

 this cushy window seat is the favorite napping location, 

for family and cats.

To the left of the fireplace,
Grandma's sewing table makes a nice side table ...

and it is filled with tiny treasures just the size for tiny hands to play with.

The Living Room is our refuge from a society

that desires to make our boys effeminate and our girls unfeminine;

a world culture that threatens family health.

 The Living Room is the essential and pivotal point of maintaining a functional,

 God fearing, loyal and loving family life.

How so? You may ask.

Coffee in hand, 

here in is the place we start the day with snuggles and laps full of sleepy heads,

curled up in front of the fire (all but three months of the year).

               

Here is the room that offers the most comfort...
the best warmth from the fire,

 the big cushy furniture,

 the place where we rock the babies to sleep,

 where the littles (and Grandpa too) take their naps, 

and those who are ill are cared for.

This too is the place the children do a great amount of reading during the school day.

Where the mama listens to a young child read his first words.

 Where the toddler asks for book after book to be read. 

Where children color and play under a watchful eye..or just near a loved one.

  This is the room where we cuddle together at night and read aloud.

Many an evening will find every child absorbed in drawing or coloring while listening to a story.

 This is the place we seek when we find ourselves chilled,
 tired,
 or wanting company. 

 Here we gather to talk through troubles
and tell of our adventures.

Here is the emotional and physical comfort one finds in a family. 

The Living Room, 

our sanctuary.