In our 20 year marriage Donny and I have bought and sold 3 houses. As I’ve written before, the Baton Rouge home was my favorite. My second favorite was our house in Bryan, TX. Donny and I were talking about the garden he had planted there and just for fun I googled the house and found the listing when we sold it. I lost so many of the pictures we took there when our home in Baton Rouge flooded. I’m glad that I have these even if they don’t show some of the best parts like the huge cedar closet, the wood paneled bedroom and the back patio.

It was in the historic district. We could walk to the downtown to have ice cream and wander around the antique shops. Heritage Park was around the corner where every 4th of July the neighborhood would gather together and listen to the brass band play patriotic songs while the kids walked in the children’s parade in decorated wagons and bicycles. There were hotdogs and picnics. It was truly magical.

The kitchen had so much storage. There were 2 double pantries and a broom closet. I still have the canisters, pitcher and bowl and the cafe martin art.

I loved the living room color that was already in the house when we bought it. the dining room had wallpaper above the wainscoting that I didn’t really like so I painted it a light olive green.

The top picture is the den and if you could see the other side, that was the kids’ playroom. Our bedroom was on the first floor. There is a cabinet over the white chair that held the TV. We called our bed the mothership because every night we’d all pile into it and watch a movie. Most of the time it was Snow White because Hannah loved it so much. Yes, we did use the fireplace. The kids loved to sit in front of it on cold wintry nights.

The red bathroom was the en suite to our bedroom. It was also the only bathroom downstairs. Hannah had the largest room. I don’t know why they opened up the futon for the pictures, because we always kept it as her seating area. She had such a whimsical space.

The first of the two bathrooms upstairs was mainly used by Bethany who loved her wood paneled room that isn’t shown. I’m pretty sure she has pictures of it somewhere. Jackson had a cute room. The door with the curtain led out onto the balcony and roof deck. We had a keyed deadbolt so that door was rarely used. The red hanging shelf between the door and the window is now painted yellow and holds my spices over the stove. We still have the three tiered shelf. It’s in our hallway.

The top picture was the babies bathroom. It didn’t have a shower, only a tub which was perfect since they were so little. This is the balcony that was right off Jackson’s room.

The balcony led to the roof deck. I wish there were better pictures of the backyard. The patio was such a great space. There were always friends hanging out back there. The house was on 2 lots so there was so much room for the kids to run around and play. It wasn’t fully fenced when we moved in. We put the picket fence up.

This is one of my favorite pictures. I love how the light is streaming through the pickets of the fence.

It really was a great house while we lived there and sometimes I do miss it. Bryan was a great place to live.