I've just spent a lovely day there, with my husband and children and my parents, enjoying a lovely roast dinner and relaxing in the conservatory while the boys coloured and played trains with grandad. So I took a few pictures of the house and gardens - would you like to have a look around it with me? OK - but bear with me, I took lots of pictures and am likely to ramble a bit! This is my favourite room, and the place where I spent most of the day. The weather has been wild today - heavy showers interspersed with glorious sunshine, and very windy. But in here it was warm and snug.
I sat and finished knitting my socks, then did a bit more work on my hexagon blanket. The boys got very creative with pens and pencils:
I watched the comings and goings on the birdtable:
There is actually a Great Tit on that feeder, and a shy sparrow making his getaway. Minutes earlier there were 2 pairs of Goldfinches! Beautiful! I also had a good view of part of the garden:
And could still join in the conversation going on in the sitting room (although they were watching football, so not a great deal of conversation was forthcoming!)
That is the room to be in in winter. That woodburner throws out an incredible amount of heat!
And the room is open to the kitchen, where Stanley works. Not only does Stanley cook delicious meals (roast potatoes are his speciality) but he also heats the water and runs the central heating. He is no ordinary aga! No heating on in the house today, but with Stanley cooking the roast dinner, everywhere was warm and snug!
The kitchen may only be small, but it is perfectly formed! There is certainly plenty of space for small boys to help! 
The kitchen is situated between the sitting room and the dining room, and fully open to both rooms, so it really is the hub of the house. You can be working in the kitchen, and still be chatting to those in the sitting room, or the dining room. No need to be shut away from your guests or family! But it is rather small I hear you say. Where are the appliances? The pot and pans and paraphernalia of a working kitchen? I'll show you!
The dishwasher is just round the corner from Stanley, and opposite the dishwasher is this enormous cupboard. What is so special about that you may ask? Sadly, I didn't think to photograph the inside of the cupboard, but if I had, you would see rows and rows of pull out wire baskets. Every pot, pan, cup, saucer and plate you could ever need is in that cupboard. Emptying the dishwasher is an absolute joy!
And see that door, next to the cupboard? That is the pantry. Yeah, OK. But no, not 'OK', this is an amazing house! This is a pantry and a half! Look at all the cupboards - and you can't see the ones behind me! There is the microwave, and there is a floor to ceiling wine rack. But the best bit? Just to the right, there is space on the worksurface for the food mixer, food processor and more! THEY NEVER NEED PUTTING AWAY! They just sit there quietly, ready and waiting to be used. No need to get them out of the cupboard and tidy them away again afterwards. What bliss!
There is yet another small room off the dining room that houses two tall freezers AND a utility room with washer and dryer, sink, boot space, and a downstairs loo and shower room.But that brings us to my second favourite room! This room was added to the house after my parents moved here. It was designed by my very clever step mum, and most of the building done by my dad and brother. Originally it was a cluster of outbuildings behind the garage. There is room for a huge dining table - big enough to seat all the family. And room for that beautiful dresser you see at the back.
This beautiful stained glass window was made by Mum (on the other side is the dishwasher and the enormous cupboards). The ceiling is cathedral style, with wooden beams across, and the whole end wall is windowed so you have a lovely view of the gardens while you eat.
This is the dining room from the outside.
And this was the view we got today. How amazing!
As if all that space were not enough, there is also the front room. This is the quiet room, seperate from the rest of downstairs, and often used as a guest room (by me!) There is an open fire in here, and the piano (with my mugshot on top!)
And there is another lovely view - you can just see the neighbours house on the far left. Did I mention it is in the middle of nowhere?
I'm not going to show you the bedrooms, but rest assured, they are equally as beautiful as the rest of the house. But let me give you a glimpse of the gardens. Yes, that is right, gardens, plural.
This beautiful stained glass window was made by Mum (on the other side is the dishwasher and the enormous cupboards). The ceiling is cathedral style, with wooden beams across, and the whole end wall is windowed so you have a lovely view of the gardens while you eat. This is the dining room from the outside.And this was the view we got today. How amazing!As if all that space were not enough, there is also the front room. This is the quiet room, seperate from the rest of downstairs, and often used as a guest room (by me!) There is an open fire in here, and the piano (with my mugshot on top!)And there is another lovely view - you can just see the neighbours house on the far left. Did I mention it is in the middle of nowhere?I'm not going to show you the bedrooms, but rest assured, they are equally as beautiful as the rest of the house. But let me give you a glimpse of the gardens. Yes, that is right, gardens, plural. There is the front garden - your standard, lawn, drive and flower beds, 
Then there is the garden to the right of the above picture - large drive, large lawn (good for camping on as obscured from the road by a large hedge), 
the vegetable garden,
with drying area and raised strawberry bed in the background.
Going back to the front garden, here is the little archway into the best bit of the garden (so my boys think anyway!).
They will really miss this!
In the summer this area is a real suntrap, it is lovely to sit and soak up the rays whilst the boys play trains around you.
But why sit in the middle of the railway, when there is an inviting little step, up through the railings, and the lavender and thyme
to the beautiful 'hidden' garden. This is a paved area, surrounded by raised sleeper beds - even more of a suntrap than the railway garden!
It looks amazing when everything is in full flower! All purples and blues.
This a gardens of secrets and surprises. See the water feature? It is an insulator from an electricity pylon! Looks very pretty when switched on and the water is trickling down onto the pebbles below. 
And there is the decking behind it - we have come full circle to the outside of the conservatory.
See the little details that make this house and garden so special. These glass lights are reclaimed paving lights, they have rope lights underneath them, so they light up the garden at night. It is so pretty!
I love this house, just as it is, I wouldn't change a thing if I lived here. Ah, except for this bit. This patch is across the road (track) from the house and it is a patch of land between the lane and the dyke. It is just scrubland at the moment. But just imagine how many chickens you could keep on there! Or goats even!
Ah well, I can only dream. Thank you for sharing this with me. I love this house, and what my parents have done to it in the last ten years. I really hope that whoever buys it will lavish the same care and attention on it that they have, and that it won't be changed too much. And in case you get the urge to relocate to Lincolnshire, here is the link to the estate agent details:
Sorry it's such a long link - I don't know how to shorten it!
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