Welcome back to “Wildflower Manor!” Graham and I want to invite you on a journey with us, into this beautiful 121 year old house!
It will be quite the grand adventure and so it will come in bite sized pieces for you, but for us each new article that you read has meant that we’ve endured arduous and yet pivotal advancements into our future home!
This first article will show you some of the rooms downstairs as they were back when we first saw them. That was the day that our realtors toured us through and it was also the day that our hearts were captured with visions of the past and promises of the future!
In the articles that follow (which will come periodically) you will see the dramatic changes beginning to happen! We’ll rip up carpeting, remove old paneling, strip off wallpaper, all to rediscover the hidden historical beauty that has survived underneath those layers for generations.
This incredible home has held many lives and loves. It has stories to tell and my desire is to learn as much as I can. If only these walls could talk!
The inhabitants who have entered these doors and walked these floors lived through some of history’s most momentous events! Within its walls, 2 World Wars would have been diligently prayed through! The Great Depression would’ve left its residents lacking and scrimping. With the introduction of a television the family would’ve gathered round to see history unfolding before their eyes! Just imagine them seeing Martin Luther King Jr delivering his, “I Have a Dream,” speech in real time! Or watching Commander Neil Armstrong take the first steps on the moon! Graham joined me in the imagining here and added, “Watching the first televised appearance of the Beatles!” Well, he is English – after all, so what did y’all expect?! 😜
Now, go grab some popcorn, relax and enjoy our journey, and if you watch closely enough you just might catch us whistling while we work!
The Kitchen with its old world charm, wavy glassed windows, flour bin cabinets and antique chandelier
Beautiful old chandelier preserved in the dining room too!
Not many attractive features in the entry room at this point but we have magic goggles on that can see behind the 70’s/80’s decor!
Horrible cheesecloth wallpaper covering the ceiling and walls of the living room! I normally save pieces of old wallpaper that we find but this particular one didn’t have any redeeming qualities in my opinion and Graham was all for me throwing it away instead of trying to save it!
Well…the clawfoot bathtub definitely has future soaking potential!
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