The old farmhouse was built in 1913 and celebrating 100 years this year. My parents have owned the house for 33 years. These photos reflect their belongings and some disorganization because they are in the begining stages of moving 33 years of life so you’ll see boxes, bins and clutter in some rooms. We plan to move into the house soon.\
Original hardwoods throughout the entire house, up and down, including bathrooms. Maple floors.
My Mom used to do stained glass. You’ll see a few windows throughout the house with her artwork.
That little shelf is where the old phone used to be.
You’ll see many antiques throughout the house. My mother is a collector.
You can see the door to the master bedroom on the right. This is typical old farmhouse to have the master right off the kitchen.
The closet was an addition years ago when the previous owners needed a closet, there is no basement under it. It just hangs on the side of the house. It’s very cold.
Notice the window in the bedroom on the left wall. This was a recent addition. They added 7 feet onto the house to install a shower in the lower bathroom. That window used to look outside.
The brick shows where an old wood stove used to sit.
The stained glass door is technically the front of the house. There is a porch attached. It’s uninsulated and lets a lot of cool air into the house, but not so bad that they cant use it.
The sunroom was a slow addition 20 years ago. This is the most popular room in the house – very cozy and warm. There is a little electric fireplace in the corner. This room also serves as a greenhouse in the winter/spring months.
This is the back (front) porch. Check out the wood floors. Main floor washer and dryer.
My mom has a bad knee and the addition of the shower reduced the amount of steps she had to do.
We’ll call this bedroom number 1. It was my little brothers old room. It faces west and overlooks the farm. Notice that lovely carpet and wallpaper.
This was my old room. The only thing that is the same as when I lived here is the paint color and the drapes. Hardwood floors exposed in here. Faces east over the garden.
The door on the right is a walk-in closet door. Cold and uninsulated. Both bedrooms have these closets.
A few years ago my parents removed the baseboard heat and installed geo-thermal. The baseboard heat was heated by a wood burning stove near the house-hot water heat.
I left out pictures of the basement. It is a full basement, except for the back porch, totally unfinished old farmhouse basement.
Our current house is for sale and we will occupy this house as soon as it sells. My folks are being very kind and letting us remodel the house before we move into it.
We live 1 hour from ‘the farm’ and the last 5 weekends have been spent ripping out and remodeling bedroom number 1.