Welcome to Four Generations One Roof!
I am Jessica, a loving wife, “nuchey’s” mom and stepmom to “A” and “G”.
I also happen to be the ring leader of our blog, Four Generations One Roof (founded September 2011). We are from a small town in New England and the unique thing about us, which many find fascinating (some say crazy), is that we all live together under one roof. In December 2011, we were featured on ABC World News. You can watch us here on video,
The chaos began in 2008 when my husband, son and I moved into my childhood home with my parents. We originally planned to stay for a short time while we looked for a new home but we never left! Shortly after, my grandparents (my dad’s parents) also moved in. Can you imagine living with four generations? If someone told me ten or even five years ago that my family & I would be, I would have said {expletive} NO WAY! Honestly though, we are truly blessed because the memories that we are making are out of the ordinary & I feel very lucky! My son has the best of all worlds! He gets to see his grandparents & great grandparents all the time…..can you say spoiled?
Photo courtesy of Woman’s Day Magazine
Fortunately, we have our own spaces “under one” roof ~ an expansive colonial that we lovingly call “our compound”. It’s the home my parents have owned for the past 30 years. How fabulous are they to allow all of us to move in? When I was growing up, they took in all of my friends and my brothers friends that had issues at home. Some lived with us for years! They are, without a doubt, the most loving and giving people you will ever meet.
As for the projects, building and decorating it’s like “two and a half men….plus a girl”. I’ll take credit for the decorative ideas {although I think I might be able to build a house once my dad is finished with me}, my dad is the builder, gramps is the supervisor and my little man assists in creating chaos! What else would a little boy be doing! You’ll find my mom with the horses {hiding} in the barn, my gram glued to her daytime tv soap opera’s & my husband either at work or playing his drums. He thinks he’s a rockstar at almost 50!
If you find our living arrangement intriguing {or insane}, enjoy reading about other peoples insanity as well as lots of DIY projects, decorating and crafting, you have come to the right place! You can stay updated by subscribing here via email or here for our RSS feed.
You can find all of our articles written about Multigenerational living, how we do it, the drama ect. here. We are in the process of creating a new page dedicated specifically for multigenerational living so in the mean time, check out our archives for multigenerational home/living.
Hopefully we inspire you to DIY and have fun doing it. Who knows, maybe inspire you to live with four generations of family yourself and create your “own compound”!
PS. Be sure to check out my friend at Field Stone Hill. She is actually the MASTER designer and I’m the sidekick 
ha. Be sure to visit and and tell her I said hello!
JESSICA BRUNO
