Tuesday, August 30, 2011

“19 Kids & Counting:” The Duggar Family Home in Arkansas



by HOOKEDONHOUSES on AUGUST 16, 2010

Duggar Family in front of Arkansas house

Every Monday I feature the houses from TV shows and movies. Have you seen the reality series 19 Kids & Counting? It follows the Duggar family, which has become famous for having–you guessed it–19 kids (the show was originally called “17 Kids & Counting”). They’ve had two more babies since this photo was taken in 2007 and, as Michelle Duggar says in the show’s opening, “Yes, I delivered them all myself.”

The Great Room has 2,000 square feet and features an open family room, kitchen, and dining area:

Duggar house-great room

The Kitchen:

Duggar kitchen

I keep staring at this photo, trying to figure out how that little girl 1) got up there on the counter, and 2) isn’t going to fall. Must be a stool down there we can’t see?

Duggar Diner

The dining room table seats 20 and has a beverage center handy (my kids would love if we added one of these to our dining room!):

Duggar dining table-seats 20

The large laundry room has four washers and four dryers. Nearby is a giant closet where all of the clothes for the family are stored. Pretty smart idea considering the amount of laundry they must do. The kids have to go to the main closet to get their clothes each day.

laundry rm-4 washers 4 dryers

Upstairs:

upstairs walkway

The Boys’ Bedroom with 10 beds:

Boys' bedroom-10 beds

The Girls’ Bedroom:

Girls' Bedroom

The Playroom:

Duggary playroom

The family is on the cover of People magazine, in which they say 19 might not be enough, and they’re open to Baby #20:

Michelle and Jim Bob Duggar have always been open about their willingness to have children. But when the devout Baptists and stars of TLC’s 19 Kids and Countingfaced the catastrophic aftereffects of their 19th child’s premature birth, many assumed they might be done.

But now the couple – who only recently brought baby Josie home after being hospitalized for six months as she recovered from a perforated bowel and rare digestive problems – say they are ready to consider a 20th child.

People Cover-Duggar Family

The overhead view as seen on Bing Maps shows how sprawling their property really is (thanks to Kim for the link!):

Duggar house-birdseye viewI don’t watch the show very often, but it fascinates me how organized they are and how they seem to handle so many kids with such calmness and grace. Trust me, if I had 19 children, I would need pharmaceutical assistance in order to smile as much as Michelle does.

You can see the rest of the photos and get more information about the house here: Virtual Fun Zone. (Thanks to Kim for the link!)

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