I finally made time to take some pictures of the inside of our little cottage farmette. We still have work to do, but this gives you a good idea of what it looks like. Where the grey rug is, that is the front entrance so, you walk into this room. This is our only eating area in the house, but that is o.k. because we are naughty and eat in front of the t.v. most of the time. We need to change out the chandelier! It is not at the top of our priority list though. The floors and woodwork are original. We painted the wall a nice cream color.
This is our fireplace. We don't like the painted bricks, but haven't figured out what to do with it just yet. The fireplace has been closed up for some reason. We are trying to decide how to heat our house. We know we want wood heat but, there are many options. We could do wood stoves up and down, we could do an outside wood furnace and we could do an inside wood furnace. I will let you know what we decide. This fireplace will receive a transformation soon.
I knew before we moved in how I was going to stage this area. The small buffet was purchased for 20.00 at an auction. I saw a picture of it and told hubby, bring it home and he did!
This is my daughter's room. She has a closet with stairs that go no where. It is just a fun little quirk to the house. She also has the only laundry shoot in the house. We don't use it though. It is really small. All of her furniture fit like a glove, literally, that tight, but it fit! She has a cozy spot that is all hers.
These are the dressers in the Master. The Master bedroom is very small, but we have a deck off our room. The tall dresser was my great grandmother's dresser and the mirrored dresser was my grandmother's dresser. I love being able to use family pieces in my house. We have no storage and very little close space so, we make due with what we have. We have purchased 2 additional armoires that are kept in different parts of the house. We love our antique fan. The stand weighs about 50lbs. and it is very loud, but there is something about using antiques that makes me happy!
This is the other view of our bedroom. Our king size bed barely fits. We need to get a head board, but I have been wanting to make one so, we will see. The picture above the bed is special because it is art from our favorite vacation spot, Sanibel Island in Florida. I bought the frame at Hobby Lobby in the clearance section for next to nothing. It had a floral print in it at the time. I took that print out and put our print in. So, instead of spending a fortune on framing, I framed this picuture for around 30.00. Hubby says I am cheap, I prefer, thrifty! Just like he says I am crazy and I say fun loving!
This is our family room. The marble top tables were in my grandparent's house, but they were originally my parents. My parents traded my grandparents for some unknown reason. Well, they are mine now. I love them. The marble is very heavy and beautiful! The door leads out to the front porch. This would have been the original entrance to the house. At some point they took the stairs out and just made a little perch of a porch. It is so lovely to sit out there on cool days!
I want to reface the cabinets and yes, I must have granite eventually. There is not much counter space so, I don't think it will be very expensive. I love this little nook though. I put my cook books here and I think it adds a nice charm to the house. The floors have new tile. That is the only thing staying in this kitchen. Well, that and the new fridge.
This was my solution to books and videos. This area is acutally a mud room. I have the three bookshelves, some cute storage bags for shoes and the armoire below. The armoire holds some of my pants and games and such. These bookshelves were all oak colored and I painted them white. The two on the ends are matching. I love this space. Hubby thinks it is cluttered, but it makes me happy. Everything is neatly put up and in its place and we won't have to buy new videos when the grandkids come along one day.
I got this armoire for 89.00 at a local antique store. They had already painted it a faux white and antique color. I probably would not have painted it that way, but it is o.k. The antique mirror is very heavy so, I lean it against the wall instead of hang it. To the right of the mirror is a set of 5 steps that goes up to the kitchen and the main part of the house. If you hang a left at the top of the steps you go up 5 more steps to my son's man cave. I didn't take pics of that. I am sure you can guess why.
This is a picture of my basement. Even though it is an old basement, it is pretty neat. We have this lovely pine cupboard which will be filled with canned goods next summer. We also have bookshelves with canning stuff on it. Our washer, dryer, extra fridge and a shower and toilet closet are all located down stairs. Well, I hope you have enjoyed the tour. We still have projects to work on and I can't wait to post pictures of the finished projects. We are so thankful that the Lord has blessed us with this wonderful farmette. We look forward to making many happy memories here. The one thing I have learned in my 40 something years on this earth is that we can live with much less than what we think. I live in the smallest house I have ever lived in and I couldn't be happier!
