{homes that swoon me...}

Whenever I see homes like these, I'm SwOOnEd for sure... They draw me in and make me want to knock on the door and get to know who ever lives there. They are so welcoming & lend such a feeling of establishment and nostalgia, which I love in a home! An equal part of what makes these homes so appealing is the mature landscape flanking the home like a picture frame to a photo... 

I could see myself living in any of the top three homes, no problem whatsoever!

I'm not lovin' the gingerbread, victorian trim to the porch but the overall makeup of the home minus that and maybe a little thicker columns doesn't disappoint!

 

These are all homes I found from someone who did a historical home tour within the same neighborhood. I would love to live in a neighborhood full of homes like these. Is it just me, or does anyone else crave to incorporate as much from yester-years as they possibly can into their lives today? I know I DO, I yearn for it... sometimes I sort of wish I was born in a different era. I mean, I LOVE and GREATLY APPRECIATE many modern advances & conveniences... but there's just something missing unless you strive on a daily basis to preserve the ways of life that are simple, precious and irreplaceable by ANY-THING else. 

I don't care for the oval window on the top side of this one or the blue siding all that much but I can surely envision it in white with black shutters & a red front door! Gritty-licious I tell ya!!!

{this gritty house...}

~makes my heart skip a beat...

{the only drawback is that it could use a bigger front porch, but all in all... it's setting and exterior has me doing cartwheels!!!}