remember when

Way back when I mentioned we visited a 175 room house, I'm finally going to share some of the pictures. 

Winterthur is located in Wilmington, DE. It houses the world's largest collection of American decorative arts.

What the heck does that mean you ask? Basically it is a collection of American furniture, textiles, dishes...

Henry Francis du Pont,  the former owner of this modest little abode was a hoarder. Luckily, it was all beautiful American made things. As his collection grew, he would just add more wings onto the home. 

Don't think my husband would add on to our house for my ever growing craft supply collection. 

But when you've got money like the du Pont's you can do whatever you feel like.

The home and the grounds are simply stunning. The kids even enjoyed this tour. 

If you are ever in the area, it's definitely worth a visit!

This was part of the Enchanted Forest, a wonderful children's garden.

These are actually speakers behind the beautiful ironwork in the photo above. That was the sound system for around their pool. Pretty fancy! That's not how we roll in the cul-de-sac. I actually had a "boom box" from the 80's out by our pool for a party the other weekend! Old school baby!

A great house for a game of hide & seek, don't you agree!