Hi everyone!
I hope you’re still here with me, I know it has been awhile since my last post. Graham and I had close friends, from the UK, staying with us throughout most of April. So we’ve been playing catch up over these past few weeks.
One of the things that we’ve been busy doing is getting back to the very dusty and hot work at “Wildflower Manor”.
Our future home is becoming more and more of the beauty that we’ve always seen in our hearts. With every drop of sweat another spark of hope is kindled that this dream could really come true! With every bruise and splinter another beautiful surprise of original craftsmanship is revealed. It’s our delight to uncover the hidden beauty in this old gem of a house!
Hopefully, you, my readers, are equally as thrilled to see this over 100 year old house being transformed into a home that tells a story of its past glory and the lives that it has held and sheltered, along with a story of the lives it is now welcoming to enjoy it for many more generations to come.
If you need a refresher of the “before” pictures (how it looked when we bought it). You can find part 1 (same title) of this article, by clicking on the highlighted words Renovate and Restore above, directly underneath the title.
The entry room had multiple layers covering over and blessedly preserving the original wood flooring beneath it. There was a layer of stained brown carpet, with a pink carpet padding under that and then on the very bottom was a layer of an old patterned linoleum.
The walls also had layers. The room was shrouded with a dark covering of 1970’s wood paneling and under that was an especially drab, antique wallpaper.
But excitingly, we discovered a treasure hidden behind all of those layers! An enclosed door that would have most likely been the original back door leading onto a small porch (now a utility room). We decided we wanted to reopen that doorway to make a more convenient access to the current back door and to make the entry room feel brighter and airier!
What a difference!!! Such a beautiful room underneath all of those old layers!
Now, just visualize me sitting there in that comfy rocking chair. I’m having a gander out of the large screen door and listening to the neighborhood rooster crow? Cock-a-doodle-doo! Ah, country girl bliss! 😁
C’mon! Let’s take a peek inside the kitchen!
Graham definitely deserves a very nice home cooked dinner (not in this kitchen though, not just yet 😬) after spending days on his hands and knees peeling back those stubborn layers of decades old flooring!
The floor and walls were painstakingly uncovered and only the ceiling was left to finish at this point. Graham had removed all of the old ceiling tile and only had the nailed on wallpaper to tear down in order for us to finally see the room fully unveiled!
Drumroll please! Can you imagine our anticipation?!
By the way, don’t you just love those unique corner cabinets (to the right of the open doorway)?!
“Sigh.” Such satisfaction and appreciation in seeing all of that natural beauty uncovered!
It’s starting to look like, “Home, sweet home!”
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