The Classic White House

White houses can be clean and modern, shabby and charming, stately and elegant, or classic and traditional. So here’s a salute to the All-American dream, the pride and joy of a well-loved home. All homes were photographed in Geneva, Illinois, where I spent the first 25 years of my life. Unfortunately, I didn’t grow up in a historic home … but at least I live in one now!

A girl named Bambi used to live in this house.
Growing up, I always wanted to live in Bambi’s house.
I would hang out in that catwalk all day if I lived in Bambi’s house.
Love the trellis crawling up the front of this home, and the little iron gazebo on the left.
This is one of my favorite homes in Geneva, a classic farmhouse.
The front of this house doesn’t face the street – the side with the fireplace faces the street.
A little odd, but still a pretty house.
Cute gate!
And that cute gate comes with a not-so-typical white picket fence.
A beautiful wrought iron fence circling an historic home with floor to ceiling windows on the first level.
A stately, three-story home. Love the matching lamppost! 
A classic front porch, complete with swing and patriotic flag.
This house reminds me of something you’d see by a lake.
I think it’s the evergreen trees that make me feel that way.
Hope you enjoyed the tour of white homes!

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  1. I was just there for Swedish Days and had such a good time walking through town and soaking in all the great old houses. I keep telling my husband that someday I want to live there!

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  3. Fabulous homes on tree lined streets. (I’ve got to replace the 2 trees we had to cut down this year!)

    I think the farmhouse is my favorite. But they are all so beautifully maintained!

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  9. Ooh, I love all of them! Just beautiful. There’s something so stately and classic about a white home. 🙂 Visiting from Between Naps on the Porch. Hope you’ll stop by my blog post too! 🙂

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  11. Oh, I’m taking big big sighs here looking at these lovely white houses! Now I want to take a peep inside.
    be a sweetie,
    Shelia 😉

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  15. Jennifer,
    Beautiful photos of beautiful homes.I am quite envious of you.How I would LOVE to live in an old historic house.Someday I hope I will.Thank you for the tour.
    ((Hugs))
    Anne

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  17. my most treasured and favorite memories are from this area..
    rollerskating over cracked sidewalks past wonderful homes on these streets…
    thank you for sharing –

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  18. Hi Jennifer! Thanks for popping in to see me and your sweet comments. I was asked to be in the circle journal group. I’d never done anything like this before and it is so much fun.
    be a sweetie,
    Shelia 😉

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  22. I just love these house tours! I would have been best friends with Bambi too just to get a chance to hang out in that catwalk! So cool! This was a really fun collection of white houses!

    Lynn

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  27. Jennifer, I love these shots of the houses. Love them!!! I want to live in Bambi’s house too! I love it when you photograph the houses or doors or whatever you focus on when you are walking. They turn out sooooo pretty!! Your town must be beyond lovely.

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  36. I’d love to live in any of these houses, but that first one would be my absolute dream home…lucky Bambi:-)

    Thanks for sharing and this gives me a little nudge towards painting ours all white. I want to, but not sure if I’ll like it.

    xoxo
    Kathleen

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  48. Oh my goodness, I want to live in Bambi’s house too! That thing is gorgeous!! How nice to grow up in a town like that. You live in a Victorian house now? How lucky you are! Gina

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  51. I literally cannot tell you how happy these pictures make me! So gorgeous, there are really no words. I grew up in an older home and they just don’t make them like that anymore.

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