tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35198673874797993432024-03-13T00:35:30.007-04:00Copper~n~Things Diary of an old house.
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16580216068890540482noreply@blogger.comBlogger284125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3519867387479799343.post-68221967023410590742017-01-29T19:04:00.000-05:002017-01-30T19:14:29.862-05:00Kitchen Renovation Winding Down<br />
Its been sometime since I last posted anything. Last year turned out to be very busy for me. First my youngest had surgery the end of April and while I was taking care of her I learned I would be bringing my Mother back to my house to take care of her for the next seven months. She passed Thanksgiving eve after giving the dementia a good fight. I can't begin to tell anyone about the Angels that work for Hospice! Without their support and guidance, I'm not sure I could have made it. But then we have to remember, nothing will be put on us that we cannot handle.<br />
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Not much of anything was accomplished in my kitchen last year. Mom couldn't stand loud noise, so ripping out the old counters and cabinets was out of the question. So all I could do was gather everything and wait for the renovation to start again. At least I could go to the garage and look at things and let my imagination run wild.<br />
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Every time I had the chance, I searched and gathered my ideals for my farmhouse kitchen while staying true to the history of the house. I think I came up with most of the elements. Here we go!<br />
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So now when you enter my little kitchen and it is little, from my old salvaged hotel kitchen door...</div>
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We really tried to follow the blueprint of the room as we found traces of it during demolition of the other renovations. Remember this was a sleeping porch when the house was built, the kitchen was detached from the house. We rebuilt the wall going into the hall, placed the doors in there original location to the butlers pantry and hall. All the bead board is original to the house, we used what we found in the attic. We did leave a few of the 40 or 50's renovation additions like the scallop edge over the sink, then mimicked it again over the open cabinet by the stove.</div>
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I wanted this space to look as if newer layers had been added to older construction, so I painted and distressed one row of cabinets. This gave a little rustic feel with all the white bead board cabinets. I like the contrast of the painted distressed, the clean white and the brick. </div>
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Old houses did not have granite and I do try to be as much of a purest as I can. This house I feel safe in saying had wooden counters (what few counters if any it may have had) since the kitchen was detached. So we used oak for the counter tops. Again I did not want the usual counter so we ran the wood vertical rather than horizontal. This section has a cutting board built into it, since it is next to the sink, great working area. </div>
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A little rope molding to the edge.</div>
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One of my favorite plates, yes I know you have seen it before but I'm big on using what I have.</div>
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My little salt pig gets a workout everyday.</div>
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And yes I still use my roosters and chickens!</div>
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A new/old cast iron sink in white. Much smaller than the stainless one that was here. The other sink had three bowls, this one has two but they are much deeper than the other one. Plus it was FREE, and who doesn't like free when you clean it up and it looks brand new. I'm sure glad that other lady didn't like it.</div>
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Just for fun, the sink cabinets got a cast iron gate latch and black wooden knobs.</div>
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And the floor still has it black worn stain on it</div>
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And I don't think any farmhouse would be complete without a big ole farm table that looks as though it's been used way to much. Then how about adding an old church bench. </div>
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And last but not least a little midnight snack spot. A built in breadbox and cutting board that mimics the range hood.</div>
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We still have work to do, new fronts on the drawers, maybe a new faucet for the sink and I want to do a tin ceiling. But a little rest and play time for now, because it takes allot of work and time to get from this...</div>
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So I hope to see you soon. </div>
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Life is getting back to normal around here, so I hope my creative juices start flowing again and I start participating in parties every week.</div>
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Until next time..</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16580216068890540482noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3519867387479799343.post-11574731024386675932016-04-09T20:14:00.000-04:002016-04-09T20:14:17.114-04:00Never Say You Can't<div style="text-align: center;">
How often do we cry and whine saying we are to tired or its just to hard to do something?</div>
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Well here is a little inspiration for those times!</div>
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Both of my girls ran the race last weekend and although I have the up most respect for anyone who does this race, theses guys were definitely inspiration for me do all those things I keep putting off. </div>
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One of them being to walk the bridge next year and just getting more exercise!</div>
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So much work, but oh so worth it!</div>
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I found this last fall and had to bring it home!</div>
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Every time we got a little breeze I could smell the wisteria in our back yard, so naturally I had to bring some in for the kitchen.</div>
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Two little fertilized eggs, just waiting for a Mother</div>
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She's a silkie and her name is Penelope!</div>
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These are not her eggs, a wonder friend donated them to the cause after she went broody.</div>
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And after twenty one days, I found this cute little thing hiding under her.</div>
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OK, I know I'm cute!</div>
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When the my kids were younger and the grandchildren were smaller I decorated the whole house for Easter. Now that the grandchildren are older and we are empty nesters, I've gotten a little lazy, so I do a couple little areas in the house with some of my favorites. To be honest, I've given lots of Easter decorations to the girls or donated to charity. But here are a few of my favorites.</div>
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My old wooden high chair.</div>
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The smaller silver spoon to the left belonged to a dear friend who has since passed and is over one hundred years old. The other silver spoons as well as the little dish are just collections I've picked up here and there. I also have a little fancy tea towel and the cup belonged to daughter number 2. She would sit and drink her coffee with her Dad and me in her little wicker rocking chair I still have on the porch,<br />
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Not much happening here, the weather has gotten a little colder and the pollen is vicious! All the regular irritations that go along with allergies and pollen itchy eyes, sneezing, you know all the fun stuff.</div>
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We did manage to get one project finished last week, putting a window back in the house that was taken out many years ago. So now the attic has saw the light of day again. I feel safe in saying the window had been gone for about 50 plus years and I really think it makes a big impact on the look of the house.</div>
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We inherited a large stack of windows a few weeks ago. One was suppose to be the door to a primitive cabinet for Daughter # 2. The contractor (husband) decided the windows were a little large and would make the cabinet to heavy for her to manage. So I had a smaller window that worked perfect for her project, but what to do with all those old windows. Now he would have gladly taken them to the recycling center and never given it a second thought but not the <strike>hoarder</strike>, I mean the frugal one, (me). </div>
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My Dad grew up during the depression and I can always remember him saving everything. Small pieces of lumber, metal, even old broken glass that he would save, use for picture frames, etc. Now he was very meticulous about storage, EVERYTHING was in order and had its place. I haven't gotten that organized yet but I'm working on it.</div>
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I normally don't make allot of changes inside the house for every Holiday, but I do tend to play with my porches. I suppose the reason is that, we spend so much time outdoors. I spent the better part of last week painting the ceiling on the porch, then gave the wicker furniture a good cleaning and a fresh coat of paint. With the large overhang on the porch, the furniture rarely gets wet, more moisture from the humility than anything. I've started to bring out my plants from indoors and the greenhouse, hope to get my banana trees out today, they really make a big impact.</div>
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Lots of activity or should I say hard work here this week. You know living in the South we have to ward off those ole Haints. So after about twelve hours, (give or take), our front porch will ward off those pesky spirits and I will always see blue sky when I look up at the porch.</div>
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Last week I showed you my old door turned wash stand. As I'm sure you could see its sits on our back porch. Over the weekend I was able to give it a nice coat of white paint, get rid of that battleship gray and start to clean things up a bit. Now the house really has its share of porches. The front porch wraps around three sides of the house and the back porch used to go all the way across the back of the house. The previous owners, took half of the back porch and made it into a bathroom which was a great ideal, now the house has two full bathroom. So now onto my hiding place, morning coffee, and afternoon nap or just relaxing spot.</div>
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My recycled barn door, turned I guess, we can call it a wash stand.</div>
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We know there were screen doors on both the front and back doors and they were used as air conditioning for the time. On very hot and humid nights both the front and back main doors were opened, blankets placed on the floor and the children were allowed to sleep in the center hall.</div>
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The battle ship gray floor has been painted over for a more pleasant white floor.</div>
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Last but not least, the front door. Not only does it provide a great breeze but also protection for the beveled glass in the door.</div>
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One more kitchen project finished. It took us a year to find a period correct door to put on the barn door track. </div>
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We chose to use the barn door track just for the contrast. Most of the interior doors are either french doors or five panel doors. This entry to the kitchen is just off the back door and most likely used by household help or for deliveries in the past.</div>
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From the markings found on the door, this is one of its many makeovers. From the markings it looks as though it may have been a pocket door in a former life. It was eighty four inches long when we found it. That's a long door! And it's heart pine, very heavy. It had a very cheerful green milk paint on it but since the other doors in the hall were all white I painted it to match.</div>
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The kitchen side remained, shall we say pure.</div>
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The window above the door is an original window from the dormer on the front of the house and the bead board is from the original center hall ceiling, which was to damaged to be used as a ceiling material. We climbed into the attic and cut out the usable pieces the bead board. Now can you imagine what we looked like when we came down? Remember this house had coal fireplaces and all that coal from all those years had settled. Can we say just throw those clothes away.</div>
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We still have lots of trim work to do, baseboards to make, you know they don't make ten inch baseboard any longer. After that I hope to get started on counter tops. then maybe finished in the kitchen and on to the next project which is library shelves.</div>
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So stay warm and and enjoy your day!</div>
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In the last couple of years I have started to use more black and white in my house. It just seems to work well with the house. My little butlers pantry has stayed black and white since we rebuilt it, with a few additions. One being the bi-fold doors that were on a walk in closet we took out. They got a little black paint, some distressing, my contractor (that would be husband) mounted them to the wall. Then I added a couple pieces of black and white polka dot ribbon and some old sconces, white candles, and I like it. Then we had the screen door that came off the back door, once again my contractor came through cut the door down, a little chalk paint, and I like it!</div>
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Now this is one of my favorite times in this little room, night time. I can just imagine how many meals went through this little room to the family dining room, and the chatter you could hear through the swinging door.</div>
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I think I have it now, when I walk in I just feel happy.</div>
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All the bedding and red accessories where in the master bedroom, so one day I just took everything out and stared working in this little space. </div>
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This was the girls room when the house was built, it's the middle bedroom. All the bedrooms were walk through, meaning you could go from one bedroom to another through attached doors.</div>
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I bought this popcorn bowl years ago thought it would be cute for our usual snack. To be honest it was just to heavy to carry around not to mention a storage problem. I really don't think I paid over a $1.00 for it, so no big deal other than it was taking up room.</div>
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Say hello to the new girls to the flock.</div>
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As late as 1920, children were not allowed to eat at the dining room table!</div>
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The children of this house ate at benches positioned along the wall after the adults were served.</div>
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Yes it's just old, not a fancy French or English antique. Just a table that's the workhorse of my kitchen, a thrift store find from years ago. When I found it it was covered in newspaper, so maybe the workhorse of some other lady's kitchen. I can just imagine the cook of this house working on a similar table. No fancy chairs, just pull up a stool and relax.</div>
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Lots of room to spread out. Eggs from my chickens, pecans from the yard, my Great Grandmothers oil lamp.</div>
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This room was originally the receiving hall of the house. Guest would arrive at the front door and wait here until they were escorted into the parlor. Now Mary had a large portrait of her Father on an easel sitting in this room, I can just imagine he was probably in his Confederate uniform (maybe, maybe not, his clothing was not described in the journal), and I would also imagine she had a couple chairs here as well.</div>
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I use this room a little differently, It's my little sitting room, sun room and music room. My plants love all the natural light they get not to mention the warmth of the room. The beveled glass in the windows does a great job of warming the space.</div>
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A pewter tea/coffee set always comes in handy. A couple vintage hats. All the furniture in the room is family pieces, auction or second hand pieces I picked up along the way with the exception of the grandfather clock which I bought new but is now well over twenty years old.</div>
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My children portraits hang in here, the china cabinet holds a couple sets of dinnerware that are covered in beautiful floral patterns.</div>
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The Christmas tree for the family was always set up in the parlor, the doors stayed closed until Christmas morning and the children were allowed to see the tree as well as receive their gifts. Wonder how that would work with our children and grandchildren today? I say not so well!</div>
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All the mahogany paneling and woodwork are still natural and will not be painted as long as I own the house. Now I'm not one to usually paint my furniture, but I did paint the little french table and chairs as well as the settee arms and legs. I just liked the contrast against the dark wood.</div>
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I love that I can close the french doors as needed. We were fortunate enough to find a salvage yard that had a couple of screen doors we could use on the house, weather permitting, I open the doors and the fresh air flows through the house, and I love to hear them slam. Reminds me of my childhood and simpler times.</div>
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So now it's time to sit a bit and watch the world go by!</div>
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You may or may not know this is the way our kitchen and center hall looked when we moved into this house. To the left is where we rebuilt the pantry, you can see where the food storage pantry is and the swinging door to the dining room. Down the hall beside the desk is another door going into the dining room, I always wondered why there was another door. One reason may have been for cross ventilation, the air conditioning of the day but another interesting fact and one that may make you a little uncomfortable they are also called funeral doors. I will give you more information on that custom in a future post.</div>
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Now for the kitchen, I suppose this was a grand remodel in the 60's and then in the 90's the previous owner did a little more, counter tops, flooring and appliances. Before they placed it on the market they had the cabinets painted white. Livable, but way to white for me as well as being to open. I guess I'm the odd man out I like my kitchen to be warm, inviting and cozy and I like working in the kitchen alone because I am a messy cook. </div>
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I also believe I am a bit of a purest. I believe old houses are are to be respected and that means being true to the original floor plan. I know we need to make them fit into our modern world to meet our craving for modern conveniences and I think that is doable. We may buy an old house but we are only caretakers until the next caretaker comes along.</div>
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Now I hope Mary is looking down on the attempt we are making to restore her house back to it's natural state as best we can. We rebuilt the butlers pantry or dish pantry and replaced the wall between the center hall and kitchen that was taken down we think sometime in the early 60's. After finding a deposit slip from the local bank behind a cabinet, we think the kitchen wall was taken out about 1962 when the cabinets were put in. </div>
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After speaking to a local resident I learned that this house did not have a indoor kitchen. Typical of houses in the South in the 1920's the kitchen was detached. My understanding you left the dining room through the pantry across the porch then into the kitchen. Later the porch was turned into the kitchen. </div>
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As we work on this room, I am trying for all the modern conveniences, bells and whistles of today while paying tribute to the past. As we started, I was given two choices for this large refrigerator by my contractor, (that would be husband)! The refrigerator was located on the other side of the room really in the middle of the floor so my choice was to have it recessed into the food pantry or loose cabinets on this side. You see which choice won. You see the little black knob sticking out beside the stove that is a spice cabinet. Picture quality is poor, this is a very hard house to photograph.</div>
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Lots of open cabinet space for baking and cooking supplies. I really like being able to put my hands on things when I'm baking and cooking without having to rummage through cabinets with doors and lots of drawers. The plus is, I have to keep them organized, and that is a very good thing for me! You can see a portion of the wall we put back using materials from the original bead board ceiling. More of that later. The microwave also got a home, up and off of the counter, counter space is very valuable in this kitchen. We were lucky that there was an extra outlet you see old house don't have allot of electrical outlets, so unless you are willing to do a complete gut and new wiring you work with what you have.</div>
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One of my favorite additions.... My stove hood! Believe it of not it took longer to build this than to put the wall back. If you notice the little wooden knob, this hood lifts up revealing the cabinet which gives me more usable space. After two modifications putting it up, it works perfectly. You can see a small portion of a free standing stove. We did take out the counter top stove and you guessed cut out more cabinets for the stove. This is a temporary electric range, I will be putting a gas range in we are still working on new counter tops and of course a plumber to hook up the gas line. After we removed the cabinets, it was very obvious where two older stoves had been, one being a wood cook stove.</div>
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So stay tuned and I will show you what took the place of the refrigerator on the other side of the room. I know this isn't a kitchen for everyone, by no means a modern farmhouse kitchen, a little to rustic for most but I think in everything we are doing we are being true to the house. I get nothing but great feedback from members of the community who visit to see what we are doing to bring the old girl back. Everyone gravitates to this kitchen,( even though there is still lots of work to be done) to have that cup of coffee and maybe a little desert sitting at my old farmhouse table. Now I ask you isn't that what we want all our friends and family to feel when they visit, its cozy, and inviting and they feel at home.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16580216068890540482noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3519867387479799343.post-11813517969171674042016-01-10T19:22:00.001-05:002016-01-10T19:22:25.373-05:00Not a Blog For EveryoneIt's been a long while since I have posted anything on my little plain simple blog. It's plain and simple because that is what I like. Now I know my post are not going to interest everyone, might even seem boring to most?<br />
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What is this blog to me? Fun! A chance to look back at my life over the past several years and how it's changed. We moved back to South Carolina from the mountains of West Virginia, from a ranch house to a ninety six year old farmhouse with chickens and vegetable garden and lets not forget beautiful weather most of the time. You won't find a different beautifully decorated mantel every week (I'm lucky to have one every six months). I so admire those of you who make so many changes every week in your homes but I know it's really not my strong point.<br />
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I say on my header " Diary Of An Old House" and since I have spent quiet a bit of time researching the house the past couple of years, I thought it was time to really start putting this history of this house in black and white. </div>
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After spending a day at the County Courthouse going through ninety six years of deeds, I narrowed the house appearing on the lot in January 1 of 1920. I have spoken to several people in town and no one seems to know who built the house or when it was built. I have been told by one member of the community it was moved here. I have also spent several hours in the Historical Society, and they seem to think it might be the case, due to the building materials used. Where the house came from I may never know although I will keep trying to find out. I have been lucky enough to get a few old photographs of the house which I will post as well as a couple photos of Mary and John, we think the original builder of the house. <br />
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Now in my mind 1920 was an up and coming time, you know automobiles, flappers, women given the right to vote, etc.! While at the Historical Society I was lucky enough to find a journal written by Mary and John's Granddaughter remembering her time in this house. I have to say I was amazed at the rules, customs whatever you want to call them the family still practiced. Mary grew up in a planter family and it seems those rules were still in place in this house. I must say, I feel very blessed to live in a house where two people saw so many changes, lived. Both Mary and John's Fathers were lost in in the war, John's Father in 1863 and Mary's in 1864. So here we go on the, "Diary Of An Old House", follow along and I will tell you about some of the rules or customs in up coming post.<br />
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This is one of the only early photos I have been able to get my hands on so far, but I just know there are older ones out there. This was taken in the early 70's and you can see the original brick pillars still showing. Porch looks like it might need a little work, but it always does, even now! There were two other houses beside this house facing Main Street or Charleston Hwy. Each house had a plot of land for a garden, and a barn for a cow and chickens. Our barn was turned into a two car garage but you can still see the remnants of the barn structure. Sadly this is the only house still standing on this block, the others have all been torn down.</div>
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I hope to be able to replace the windows in the dormer one day, there was a total of three. We think the middle window may have been stained glass I do know the two side windows were small three over three, we rescued them from the attic and used them in the kitchen remodel. They were so deteriorated and fragile they would not stand up to the weather. </div>
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John was a very successful business man, he was a Insurance Recorder in Charleston in 1900 and in 1910 Mayor of this town. He and Mary owned three business in town a grocery store, meat market, and dry goods store which Mary ran. </div>
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I hope you join me tomorrow for a sneak peak at the kitchen, lots of changes have happened there!</div>
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Love that chair, wish I could find it in the attic!</div>
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Blessings,</div>
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Partying today at<a href="http://betweennapsontheporch.net/"> Between Naps On The Porch for Metamorphosis Monday</a></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16580216068890540482noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3519867387479799343.post-6904444262323518842014-09-22T14:12:00.000-04:002014-09-22T19:34:07.481-04:00My 2014 Fall Porch<div align="center">
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I've had a very busy summer and been MIA for awhile. Between house guest from the end of May through August, yard work, both the flower and vegetable gardens as well as canning, there has been no time for blogging. Work has just started again on the house, but I did take a little time to decorate the porch for fall. This is a rather large porch, taking up the front of the house, then wraps around both sides of the house. I tried to create different areas, or little rooms depending on what your mood might be for sitting on the porch. I created a little eating area for four, lounging, conversation, a two person or maybe a cup of coffee in the morning area ( we have used it for desert, and quiet conversation) and then you can just go to either side and sit alone and swing. So here we go, I hope you enjoy.<br />
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So as night starts to fall, again "Welcome To Our Porch".<br />
Thanks for stopping by,<br />
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Partying with: <a href="http://www.housepitalitydesigns.com/2014/09/22/2014-fall-front-porch-and-a-fall-porch-link-party/#more-7252">Hospitality Design</a><br />
<a href="http://www.stonegableblog.com/fall-on-the-back-porch/"> Stone Gable </a><br />
<a href="http://www.frenchcountrycottage.net/2014/09/early-autumn-outdoors.html#more"> French Country Cottage</a><br />
<a href="http://www.frommyfrontporchtoyours.com/2014/09/falling-for-fall-porch-party.html#more">From My Front Porch To Yours</a><br />
<a href="http://www.savvysouthernstyle.net/2014/09/fall-porch-2014-and-party.html#more">Savvy Southern Style</a><br />
<a href="http://chateau-chic.blogspot.com/2014/09/fall-front-porch.html"> Chateau Chic</a><br />
<a href="http://www.astrollthrulife.net/2014/09/235th-inspire-me-tuesday.html">A Stroll Thru Life</a><br />
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