CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) — After a devastating house fire in Chesapeake, the Harmon family is welcoming themselves home before the new year. Just 14 months ago, they woke up to a nightmare. "It was approximately about 1:30 in the morning, and our oldest child, our daughter... she says she saw an orange blaze outside the window," explained Kimberly Harmon. "She ran to our bedroom to wake us to tell us that the house was on fire. What I saw was the fire being rolled up into a ball and placed on to the house." According to officials, the report of a shed fire came in around 1:30 a.m. in the 3300 block of Woodbaugh Drive, in the Western Branch area of Chesapeake. Previous Coverage: 3 displaced after house fire on Woodbaugh Dr. in Chesapeake When firefighters arrived on scene, they found heavy smoke and flames coming from the home and two sheds in the backyard. All three structures sustained significant damage due to the fire. Within minutes, Kimberly and Travis Harmon said their lives were turned inside out. Family photos and their home of nearly 20 years had turned to ash. At the time, firefighters were still working to learn what had started the fire. "We lost everything that we've ever worked for," said Mrs. Harmon. "It was like, how do you get those things back? I know they are material things, and the gift of life was the best thing that we could ever have, and we were spared. So I thank God for that." They said with Gods help, they knew they could rebuild. Over the course of 14 months, they did. "Long, long, excruciating. Sometimes I felt as if it wasn't going to happen," said Mrs. Harmon. "But I had to keep my faith that it's going to take time. And it's all in God's plan and God's time and it'll get done." On Saturday, it all paid off. The Harmon family was able to open the door to a new chapter, in their new home, right in the mix of the holidays. A new home now stands right where their original one was. The same familiar faces of friends, church members and family were there to support them. Helping make their new house feel like a home, just in time for the new year.