This Old (Farm) House

Here are some pictures from inside the house.  I often show pictures from outside but I thought you all might like to see some indoor shots as well! 

Here are our fresh eggs. This ceramic egg carton fits nicely above our kitchen sink on the window ledge.  Now that the weather is getting nicer, we have been able to let the chickens out of the coop!  It's nice to be able to see my 'girls' out of my kitchen window once again!

This little door is on the landing of the staircase.  We really don't know what it's original purpose was or how old it is.  It is a good spot for hide and go seek.   The paint on the stairwell is not as pink as this picture makes it look. 

If you go up the stairs (one to two steps) and look up, this is what you see.  It's a nice secret hiding place for me and J, as the children cannot reach it.  The last thing I hid in here was some amazing peanut brittle from Gma Dawn! I again wonder how it was originally used! 

Here is another picture of the staircase.  The open door at the top goes out to the original "upstairs" of the 1860's log cabin.  It' is a tiny, unfinished room.  It looks a lot like the girls room from "Little House on the Prairie."  When the wood stove is going, this room is as toasty warm as a sauna.  Hot air definitely rises!  Inside the room, there is another open door that opens up to the fireplace room (see below.)  J put up a wooden gate to make sure no little ones could fall!  Often, the children play in here.  A little boy's imagination can go wild here!

 

This is the light fixture in the guest bedroom/office.  I love all the little details of this house that make it so unique. 

 



This is the back of the door in the guest room.  When we first moved in, my dad said, "I found the closet" and pointed to the knobs on the back of the door!  None of the rooms upstairs have any closets.  We turned the smallest of the upstairs rooms (directly off our bedroom) into a walk-in closet.

 

J's mom (Mima) made us this beautiful quilt and gave it to us as a housewarming gift when we moved to the farm.  It is called "Apple Crisp."  This quilt is not only lovely but has helped keep us warm during all these cold winter nights!  Thank you Mima!

 



Here is a great picture of the red wood burning stove. The heat from the stove was drying out JJ's winter boots!

 

Here is another view.  In the corner, you can see the piece of furniture my parents got us for storing firewood.  It works really well and fits in nicely in the corner of the room. 

This picture was taken from the fireplace room, looking up to the loft (again, think of the upstairs from "Little House on the Prairie").  You can see J's carpentry handywork to keep the children out of danger. 



This is the door between the mudroom and the fireplace room. You can see a little notch of the wood is missing.  See a closer up picture below.

 

This notch works perfectly for taking off your winter boots! I wonder how many people before me have used this notch to help take off their wet, snowy winter boots!

 

This is the door latch on the door that leads to the basement! You don't see many latches in new construction homes!

 

 

That is it for now for the indoor tour!  I hope to post more pictures soon.  J, JJ, Pickle and J's parents went out to see the goats again today (3rd trip to date).  I think the goat farmers are getting the idea that we are really excited about our baby goats! 

 

The latest on their names:  Ciaran (means "the little dark one" in Gaelic) for the little black goat and Rory for the other one.  We are thinking of giving them Irish names as they were born very close to St. Patrick's Day (and I'm obsessed with everything Gaelic/Irish).  (Too funny- Mumford & Sons just came on Pandora... I know the band is English but hey, close enough to be ironic!)