Our Home's History

 

This is our home in October 1973

It was a parsonage in a town about 45 miles

from where we live.

We did not purchase it at this time.

We purchased it 10 years ago.

This is a photo of the day we closed

on our home 

and got the keys.

 One of our priorities was 

to get our property fenced

to protect our dog from the road.

This was the front of the house 

when we bought it.

This is it now.

This was the back of the house.

The back door was an interior 

hollow core door.

This is the back of the house now.

As you can see . . . the backdoor

is a different color in each picture.

Remember my confession of being left

alone with a can of paint, LOL 

This window in the kitchen

was probably the best 

window in the house.

Needless to say they all 

needed replacing

and needed it 

before our first winter!

This was the living room before.

And this is after :)

This was the fireplace then

And now. 

This was not the before photo,

I forgot to take one.

This is actually after a couple weeks

of working and hour or so a day

with steel wool, bleach, and 

every cleaner someone would recommend.

Our realtor said they didn't think

the tub was salvageable. 

They won't know me, LOL 

This is the tub today . . .

yes, it's the same tub, LOL.

These next few photos 

are the way the bathroom looked

when we bought it.

Under this flooring around the toilet 

there were rotten boards.

It was a mess . . .

that needed hard work and love.

After our hard work :)

Yep . . . it was a mess!

After :)

Looking back, what really

amazes me is that Steve & I

rolled up our sleeves

and did everything ourselves

except for a new roof

and electrical.

That we left to the

professionals. 

I made this post because a few

of you had asked me about 

our home after me telling 

you that it was delivered 

to this property by truck 

in 1973.

This was something that 

we got excited about!


We received this photo in the mail.

I had been doing research on our home,

but until this arrived all that 

I had were documents.

This is the first time 
that we received an actual photo.
Here it is in 1973 all jacked up

and ready to be moved to the spot 

it sits on today.

• it was built in 1905.
• it was the parsonage to an old Church

• in 1973 it was moved 45 miles to where it sits today. 

We were so excited to receive this photo 

and find out about the history 

of our little home. 

That's the story behind

our cozy little home . . .

As they say,

"If walls could talk"

I'm sure our little cottage 

would have some great stories

to tell.

  

Keep Smiling!

&

Remember to Vote!

Many a young man and woman

have died for our freedom,

let's not take it for granted.

God Bless You All

&

God Bless America!

Connie :)

Thrifting and Painting

 

Last week Beulah and I 

just wanted to get out of the house

so we went for a drive 

and ended up at a favorite thrift shop.

Where I purchased this 

lovely hand embroidered table

cloth and four matching napkins 

for $4.00. 

Oh, these are the last of my 

summer flowers :)

I'm going to miss having 

fresh bouquets on the table.

Before they were blue

Maybe you noticed that I 

painted my kitchen chairs

white to match the

new paint job on the cabinets.

I still had a little bit of 

white paint left over . . .

I also painted my bed . . .

I told you that I cannot be

trusted when there is a 

can of paint around.

Well, I used every drop 

of paint in that can.

I'll have to go paint shopping

if I decide to paint 

anything else, LOL.

Back to the thrift store

I purchased this little 

clipboard, also $4.

Here it is in the kitchen window.

And this painting . . .

also $4. 

Four dollars must be 

a trade mark for these 

types of items in this store. 

Our temperatures are getting

down close to freezing,

but until they reach that point

I'm enjoying fresh veggies

from the garden.  

 

If you're still here 

and not bored to death by

my post  . . . thanks so much

for visiting. 

Do you have a favorite

from my re-dos or thrift finds?

God bless you all . . .

Your blogging sister,

Connie :) 

$65 Kitchen Make-Over

I am one of those people that cannot

be around paint without

painting something. 

Sunday evening I remembered

a third of a gallon of

white paint left over

from two projects this year.

That's all it took . . .

just that thought

and I ran to the computer

and ordered new knobs & handles

for the kitchen cupboards.

Then Monday morning I got that

 

paint out of storage and started

painting the kitchen cupboards.

Well, here's the mess that 

always comes with a project.

In the eleven years that

we've had this house 

the kitchen has been yellow . . .

Turquoise . . .

 

and Grey.

This is what it looked

like when we bought 

the house.

 

It always amazes me, 

what just a coat of paint 

can do.

The knobs and handles 

costed me around $65.00

and the paint was left over.

So . . . I would say,

"Not bad for a cheap make-over"

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Have a great week!

God Loves You!

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Your blogging sister,

Connie :)