411 - Old/New House Blessing

The following pictures are of our new house that God gave us after much prayer and pleading.

I am sorry for some of the pictures causing you to levitate on your side for proper viewing, but this computer gal just ain't got what it takes to rotate a picture from another program other than my Nikon one. So forgive me, but have fun being sideways for a brief moment.

This is the side view of the veranda. This, I think, will be by far my favorite part of the house. Or maybe the kitchen - not!!!!!!! ha ha. Anyway, the wind just flows through the porch as your a rocking on the swing. It is lovely!!!

This picture is what I call our in home bowling alley. It is a really long family/living room. We are down to the last layer of wallpaper. I think it will be one of my favorite rooms.

This is the back porch built in the late 80's. Delightful room I can't wait to get a hold of!

If you turn your head sideways for a minute you can see that this is our dining room. I have been so excited to get in that I went ahead and put up my valences. It just gives me a peaceful feeling! That is the original pewter chandelier and french doors.

Sorry - still sideways. This is the kitchen we have gutted. That is my hubby and his dad in the background. I bet they have lost 10 pounds a piece ripping, tearing, grunting, and slamming. The original blue prints of which we have been given say that there are pine floors underneath the terrible linoleum. We shall see..........and see if they are even usable!

This is a front view of the house. All the houses on the street are old and fixed up or with great potential. I can't wait to walk in and it be done. Real blood and sweat going on here - so far no tears! I am sure that will come too!

This big old house only has 1.5 bathrooms. This is the 1 full bath. We hope to add another. We were excited to pull up the carpet and see tile!! Yeah! We are going to keep the original cast iron tub. No claws feet, but still pretty cool.

Yikes - this is the master bedroom suite. Very large room, but too blue for me. I am not sure if you can tell, but it is really royal blue. We hope to put another bathroom in the very back.
Oops - one more sideways..... This is the grand staircase. There was a slow leak in the 1970's that cause the plaster wall to become pregnant. So we just pushed our hand through the plaster.... it will have to be drywalled. I keep waiting for a mouse or worse to crawl out. I should be positive and think that money may pour out any time!
Thanks for looking at the house with me. I will share more pictures as we go. We are only the third owner since 1929. It took 2 years to build it and hopefully it won't take that long to rebuild. Oh Lord help us!! It is a blessing and something Clay and I never thought we could endure.................we have only just begun!!