32 Rocks

Yesterday was my birthday. I turned 32. Although I almost forgot it was my birthday it turned out pretty good. Marc called me from work and asked "What do you want to do for your birthday?"
"Well, remember that little town we drove through last Saturday?" Me
"Yes." Marc
"I want to go back and go through that house!" Me
"Seriously?" Marc
"Seriously." Me
"That is what you want to do for your birthday? You want to break into a house?" Marc
"Uh huh." Me
"Okay- it's your day!" Marc

Now we weren't really breaking in. I called our Realtor. It's just an inside joke. Kind of. So, after Marc got off of work we loaded the kids in the car and took a drive. When we arrived my heart starting racing so fast I thought it was going to come out of my chest. She was even more remarkable than she was the first time we saw her.


This 1875 Victorian sits proudly up on a small hill overlooking the town center. Just to give you an idea just how massive this Grand 'Ol Gal is- in the picture below in the far right you will see our van. This house is crazy big! All three stories of her.

Okay, let's go back around to the front again. Isn't she stunning?!?!

Unfortunately, as you can see, the windows have been replaced. Good for efficiency- bad for character. I'm wondering if any of the original windows has stain glass? Hmmmm

Well, let's go up on the porch, shall we?

The warm sun is low in the sky. The rays are shining through the trees and casting a thousand tiny crystals across the face of the house. There is a scent of Jasmine in the air and you can hear the birds chirping in the trees.

Let's ring the doorbell...........

Hmmm...no answer. Well, we'll just go on in anyway..........

And I thought my heart was racing fast before! I walked in and saw this foyer and my chest literally hurt, tears filled my eyes...........I was in disbelief. I have wanted an old home since I was probably 12 years old. Whenever I saw it in my dreams, this is the foyer I saw.

You can go straight through a wide hallway to the kitchen. Turn right into the living room...

Or turn left into a small living room/parlor............

We'll go left first.......

A fireplace. The wall clear around the fireplace showed signs of heavy plaster patching. I am wondering if there was some ornate mantle there at one time.

The window on the front of the house is new, but the one on the side is original.....

The house has fantastic natural light in every. single. room.

Now, let's go back into the foyer and check out the living room now. Are you ready for this?....

Rounded baseboards equals..............

ROUNDED ROOM!!!!!!!!!!!!! This picture does not do it justice. The sun was so bright and I was having such a hard time with my camera. The ceilings in this house are 10 feet high- 1st and 2nd floor. The windows are massive and there are lots of them. Makes taking pictures difficult.

And what is this I see???

Oh Yes! My friends.................we have pocket doors!!! 4 on the first floor and they all work perfectly.................other than being IN-CRED-IBLY heavy.

And yet another fireplace with a weird little mantle. Very pretty just the same.

It has these cute little grates in it...............

And all the accessories..............

Next up is the dining room............

Now you know I HAD to find a loose corner and yank up the carpet to see what was underneath! The floors appear to be in good shape!

Get a load of those baseboards! Kyle looks teeny in this picture.

To put this into perspective I put my foot up in front of the baseboards. Yes, I sat on the floor of a foreclosed home. In all of it's 1970's brown sculptured carpeting glory. Gross, I know. I took one for the team........I sacraficed for my blog. It had to be done. I wear a size 8 to 8 1/2. When I got home I measured..............10 inch baseboards!

But that isn't the best part.............

OH! The window seat surrounded by built-in china cabinets on either side! They fit flush with the wall because of the bump-out on the side of the house. Can I tell you how many times my heart stopped and how many times I squealed while going through this house!?!?!?

Now, behind the kitchen is this very strange half bath. An old stairway perhaps??

And then we have the very modest but still extremely adorable kitchen......

With bead board on the walls.............

Cabinets that were built-in and painted a cute blue and white.........

Original window above the sink allows a lot of light! Off the kitchen is another pass through room that takes you to the bathroom, dining room.............

And this very large room in the rear of the house.............

It has several huge picture windows, double french doors, and this fun window leading into the mud room..............

The kids entertained themselves here for quite awhile playing McDonald's Drive-thru!!

The mud room/laundry room isn't anything spectacular but it is spectacular to have a first floor laundry room in a house this age...............

It could be a fun little space to decorate. Black and white checkerboard floor, pale yellow walls...

Headed back into the kitchen from the mud room- a dutch door! How AHHH-DORABLE is that??

Next we go upstairs.............

But you will have to wait until next time. Sorry. This house is just too big to tour it all in one post! Tomorrow we will go upstairs. And Friday I think we should take a drive through this historic little town. I will even tell you about the famous people who have lived here and a little more history on the Village. Does that sound good? Go charge your cameras..............there's lots to see! As for me, I have to try again to reach the Historical Society............I want to know who built this Gorgeous Gal!

Until Tomorrow!

~Heather:)