By Jolene Farley
The home of Harlin and Yvonne Rozeboom, Steen, is one of five featured on the Holiday Tour of Homes from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 7.
The tour, whose proceeds go to the Hills-Beaver Creek After Prom fund, also features the Beverly Wassenaar home, Hills, the Chris and Grace Van Wyhe home east of Hills, the Dave and Eunice Roozenboom home, rural Steen, and the Brad and Linda Bosch home, Steen.
The Rozeboom’s country-style house, complete with a large front porch, took 120 days to build and was completed seven years ago.
"Harlin helped build a lot of it," Yvonne said.
The main floor includes a spacious kitchen with custom cabinets and a breakfast nook, a family room with a fireplace, a dining room with period carpeting, an office and the master suite.
"One of the main things I always wanted was a big kitchen," said Yvonne. "It seems like everyone always gathers in the kitchen and we both have big families."
Many beautiful antiques are found throughout the house. A library chest, bought on an auction from Steen Reformed Church, is one of the couple’s favorite pieces. It was reportedly built by a former preacher more than 100 years ago.
The basement features another family room with a fireplace built by Harlin, two bedrooms, a bathroom and a laundry room.
The Rozeboom’s children, Brittney, 16, and Ethan, 12, chose the theme for their downstairs bedrooms and the bath. Minnesota Viking fans on the tour of homes will love Ethan’s purple and gold bedroom.
The family decorates two Christmas trees a year, one upstairs and one downstairs. Brittney and Ethan are in charge of decorating the tree on the lower level.
The siblings also collect Christmas Village pieces. They each add one piece a year to the collection.
The Rozebooms are proud of their landscaping, designed by Harlin. The family enjoys the pool and hot tub in their back yard.
"In the summer we spend all of our time out there," Yvonne said.
She is busy preparing for the tour, painting, wallpapering and deep-cleaning different areas of the home.
"I’m not nervous, it’s just you put all these things off you should have done before," she said.
Tickets and maps for the Holiday Tour of Homes are available at Hills-Beaver Creek High School and Steen Reformed Church on the day of the tour.
Tickets are $7 for ages 10 to adult.
Parents are asked to drop off children younger than 10 at the babysitting service sponsored by the Hills-Beaver Creek Spanish Club. To pre-register children, call Teri Richards at 962-3240.
Junior parents will serve lunch at Steen Reformed Church.
Country Flowers and Crafts will have a holiday open house from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. featuring Premier Jewelry.