Friday, June 3, 2011 Secrets of an Old House
Mornin' Lovelies! We hope your week is treating you fantastic! Things are well over here. In fact, I got a new car this week! I am super excited about more trunk room (for all those picking trips!) and a reliable source of transportation. Today we thought we would share a little history, perks, and unshared photos about the 'ol house!
Call it love at first sight. Call it fate. Call it what you will, but when we laid eyes on this pretty lady, we knew we would one day make this place home. After looking at over 30 homes, and spending every weekend for months on the search for the perfect place to set our roots, it was relief to find something in our budget, in the neighborhood we wanted to be, with 95% of the things we wanted her to possess. I think finding love was easier than finding this house!
This blurry picture is super meaningful. It's the room that sold the house. The master closet - one of three. I leaned over to Joey and whispered "sold" as soon as I peeked inside.
This third floor fully air conditioned space was another selling point. It's now Joey's studio where he writes all his fancy music for movies and tv. We promise to share the progress soon!
This is the front door. We changed all the white to black, I think it looks way better. This summer we will be painting the house. BIG project, but I think we can do it. At least I hope we can.
We learned via our neighbors and the town historian, this guy use to own our house...
That's Fran Tarkenton. He's a big football guy. Seems everyone else knew who he was but me! It seems the owners after him was super into gardening. You can see bits of their spirit shine through. Joey went outside and came back in with these guys on our anniversary while I was working on my computer.
Pretty excited the peonies have survived all these years! Plus, therse were the flowers we have at our wedding! In my top three flower faves!
This is our backyard. Strange thing about our house is our front and side yard is way bigger, but the backyard is pretty sweet too. When we moved in the deck was this kinda red color. We have changed it to a more toned down neutral since. We love the ivy, but hate the moisture damage it causes. It's going to come down when we paint, but for now we are enjoying it.
This little secret is the way into our sideyard that we have a neighbor on. This is going to be a very special place for the puppies one day. A patio will be made!
Our basement it quite huge....and dank. A lot of working needs to go into her to make it what we want it to be. Confused about this faux fireplace though....
This is the other sideyard, where we have no neighbor on. It leads to the driveway and steps to the back yard. This is where the birds like to hang out.
So there are some things maybe you didn't know about our 1930 English tutor. We still fall in love with her every day!
