My Home as The Most Beautiful Place for Me

The perfect place and the most beautiful place in this world is my home; I also called “my small world”. In 2013 my family and I moved to the United States and we lived in an apartment for 2 years and a half and we buy the house that we live in right now. I love everything about my beautiful house, from its size, location, design and the color of the house. There is no place like my home in another world. My home is the most beautiful house and attracts the envious eyes of our neighbor. My home is a place, where I feel comfortable. My home is a place, that built with family love. However, for me, home is something more than special than that.

My house may not look impressive for other people, but it is special for me, as I love every small thing of detail in it. My house has a dark brown roof, and beige walls, as well as red wooden windows that also have with the white blind for a window that can be wide opened on sunny days. My exterior of my house is with all red brick and the yard is landscaped with beautiful and shrubs. I really love the window in the living room as it faces the stress where large old pine trees grow. The house has only three bedrooms, one living room, one kitchen, and two full bathrooms. My sister and myself shared a room, while a room has been given to my brother. The third room which is the largest room in the house is used by our parents. In my house, there is a door that leads from the kitchen to the small backyard, so my family has an opportunity to have dinner outside and making a BBQ when the weather is fine. In the backyard of my house, we have a playground which is my favorite place in my house because most of the time I sit on swings and read or do my work when the weather is nice.

My house is surrounded by the green lawn that my brother cuts and my father water regularly. My mother, in turn, is fond of gardening, so we have many gardenias, roses, and jasmine on around our house. In spring and summer, they smell very good, deliciously and attract envious eyes of our neighbors who do not understand why their own flowers look so mediocre compared to ours. The territory of our house is also surrounded by a fence, which mainly has a decorative purpose. We also have fruit tree growing in the backyard, which is beside our playground. My home isn’t just a place where I sleep and eat; it’s a gathering place for my friends and family. I can be myself, and I don’t have to worry about what other people think about me. It’s a place where I don’t have to hide my emotions because everyone who’s ever there is those who care about me. I believe that a home is a place, where I can be as silly as I want and not be embarrassed about anything.

Entering through the front door is a living room. My living room consists of our family pictures, an award of certificates and a substantial love seat, a black dark-colored couch, and a 52-inch flat screen TV. This is the place, where my family and to like to take a load off after a long day. If I have to describe my house theme it would be fall mainly because of its tasteful decoration and calming color scheme. All of the colors make it that way. On the wall in my living room hang the pictures that I draw and the calendar which including beautiful paintings. However, the rooms do not look empty. We have may high-quality, comfortable pieces of furniture like the large dark black leather couch in the living room, a soft white carpet in my bedroom, or an amazing wooden table in the kitchen that I love the most. All things fit each other well, which shows that my mother took pains to work on the design.

Moreover, my mother and I love houseplants, so there are plenty of them in all the rooms. We have large and small ones, with long and short leaves, with flowers and without them. Surprisingly, our house does not look like jungles, as my father constructed beautiful wooden shelves and hangers to arrange everything nicely. I love days when the sun is shining into the window, and the leaves begin glowing with this deep green color. It feels like the house is part of the outside world, only more peaceful and comfortable. I can say that my parents know how to create a special atmosphere in the house.

I don’t just love my home because it’s a great place to relax and be myself, but because my family lives there too. I love my family, and it’s wonderful to have a place to be with them, because honestly, I’m not home very often. No matter how many homes I have in my life, I know that the feeling I have at home will never change, because of my family. I believe a home isn’t made up of just architectural designs and some bricks thrown together, but of people who live there and care about one another. My home is a happy home. We the children love our parents and they in turn do all they can to make our life cheerful, enjoyable and least burdensome. We care for each other and do our very best to make our home a happy and a sweet home.

Every house has its own beauty and a story of its own that has to be told and shared. My home places, where I found myself, a place with colorful and full with beautiful design and my home is a place, that full with love, truths, believe each other and helping each other. My belief is a simple one, a home is not just an abode built to live in; in fact, that is just a definition of a house. Home is a place where one not only feels comfortable, but a place they look forward to opportunely live in every day. A home is built not by bricks or wood, but with the bond of family. It’s sometimes easy to take home for granted, and I typically treat it as a pit-stop, but I know it serves a much greater purpose. It is a place that holds my memories, a place where I lay my head, but more importantly, a place where I feel myself. No matter where I go in the future, I know that I can always come home. After all, home is where the heart is. 

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