Amish house

This Amish home has a very rustic, old-timey look. Seymour is a plain settlement where many homes have a distinctive shingle-siding plain look to them. I’ve seen numerous photos of the exteriors of Seymour homes, but I’ve never seen inside one of these plain Amish abodes. Check this out!

One of the rarest religious experiences you can have in America is to join the Plain.

This is an Amish home in the Berne, Indiana community (Adams County). This would be the largest group of the generally conservative "Swiss Amish". Depending on when you read this, the home and farm you see here will soon find itself - or may have already found - a new owner. This is a home

We usually see photos of fully-furnished Amish homes and farmhouses on the market. This one is a little different - the place has been emptied out already. We can see what it would look like for a buyer moving in. While it might be a little less interesting from the perspective of not seeing Amish

Suzanne Woods Fisher took a trip to the Amish community in Buchanan County, Iowa earlier this year. She shares that visit with us today--along with a few surprises she encountered. --- The next time you have an occasion to travel to an off-the-beaten path Amish settlement, carve out a little extra time. Slow down and take a moment to look,

Simple living in modern times.

Amish Farm house Calforinia township Branch County Michigan

So. I am a bit overdue with this. In fact, I have been back to Amish country twice since the original post. Whoops. Anyway, I figure I should on occasion finish what I started… So, on the sec…

Not all Amish live in farmhouses. In some cases they will live in mobile or prefabricated homes. This is not too common, but these are often starter properties for young couples.

Last week's look inside an Amish home drew quite a few comments, here on the website and on our Facebook page. Some of you felt the home was beautiful. One commenter "love[d] the simplicity." Others felt the home looked "a little fancy for Amish". It made me realize we all have different ideas of what an Amish home