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The Ivory Room

This is the second bedroom upstairs, and this is our second daughter's room - which she decorated to be a guest room. 

The bed is another I found in an old farm house and painted. The bed spread was one that Mike's grandmother had. Though the lighting is not great in this picture (remember I'm not much of a photographer) you can see that the upstairs rooms are attic rooms i.e. slanted ceilings. The wood for the walls and ceiling came from the Lohn school building and is long leaf pine tongue and groove flooring which we planed.

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Our son's room is at the head of the stairs

I use the twin beds to hold my homemade quilt frame.

In the frame: Colors of the Sea quilt 

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Artwork on the wall of the landing

sketched by daughter #2

 

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The stair landing:

A favorite book collection and a nice chair for reading

 

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Let's venture up the stairs

and take a tour of the upstairs

 

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One more really, really cool "old" treasure:

My great grandmother's 14K gold thimble!

It is even monogrammed with "Kate"

I promise I'm getting back to house pictures - just haven't gotten around to taking pictures.

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One of my all time favorite "old" things:

A quilt made by Mike's grandmother.

It is thick and cuddly!

 

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More "OLD" Stuff

Silver ware that was Mike's Great, great, great grandparents

Made in New York circa 1850

 

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Vintage Trunk circa 1885

I believe it was my great grandfather's.

It now sits at the foot of my bed.

 

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My first piece of furniture I built:

Simple but fit the space perfectly

 

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Some more apple stuff

 

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More Favorite Kitchen Things:

Vintage Apple Breadbox, Canisters, and Sifter

 

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Favorite Kitchen Stuff

Tins and Vintage Canning jars for Food Storage

 

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Love Coffee and Coffee Things

 

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Another One of my Favorite Kitchen Things:

Rolling Pins

 

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Some of my favorite things in the kitchen

Colanders 

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Pantry Cabinet we built from salvaged lumber.

Notice: another barn door latch!

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Seed Cabinet from an Old Mercantile

You can tell I use it for a pantry!

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The Red Press

This cabinet belonged to my great grandmother and was called the red press because she used it to store "pressed" linens. My mom remembers it being in her house. When I was a child, it had been moved to the shop and was used to store old tractor parts. My sister-in-law was going to throw it away and I rescued it, cleaned it up a bit, stabilized it a bit and now I use it to store electrical appliances. I believe it was made in the late 1890's.

 

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Double Picture Day

Note the wooden spools I used for the curtains

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My Mom's Cheerleader Uniform From 1955

Mollie just loved this and wanted it hung in her room!

 

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Quilts on a Rack

The Sunbonnet Sue was made by Mike's mom about 70 years ago. The spool quilt top I sewed together from vintage blocks I found at a flea market for the wonderful price of 50 cents each (42 total blocks). The framed pillow sham was made by my great great grandmother. The Grandmother's flower garden was a quilt fragment I found at a flea market. The needlepoint parlor chair is one of a pair that belonged to my son-in-law's grandmother (which they graciously allowed me to inherit!).

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My youngest daughter's doll collection

 

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Youngest Daughter's Bedroom

the room to the right of the bathroom 

  This bed was my grandparent's circa 1920's. 

The quilt I bought on ebay for $10 !!

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Wall Arrangement in Pink & Green Room

 

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Old Barn Door Latches for the Closet Doors

(still in the pink & green room)

 

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Armoire

This was another "find" - we helped a friend move and she wanted us to haul this to the dump! Not a great piece of furniture but after a little paint, it worked great in this room!

 

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Green & Pink Room

The room to left of the downstairs bathroom

 

The bedframe/footboard I found in an old farmhouse and painted it. The quilts came from flea markets. The water color picture was done by my oldest daughter. This is her room when she is home. The walls in this room are made with planed lone leaf yellow pine tongue and groove flooring.