Home Sweet Simple Home

Its beginning to look a lot like . . .

Its beginning to look more like Christmas here on the homestead.
Here’s a bit of a peek at my porch. We are blessed with an enclosed front porch and this little table sits to the right of the door.

Here’s another view of the house- this with all our new snow. I took the picture at dusk- such a pretty time of evening.

I love...

10:52 PM, 2007-Dec-6 .. Posted by HomeMadeSimplicity

the picture of your farmhouse. The kitchen piece is so cute, I bet you really enjoy it there:-)
Peggy

Edited by HomeMadeSimplicity on 2007-Dec-6 at 9:53 PM

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2:37 PM, 2007-Dec-7 .. Posted by Lynne

Amy,
What a nice house. Is your roof metal? I couldn't tell if it was metal or shingles.
Did you add on the kitchen, or was it part of the original house?

Thanks

3:34 PM, 2007-Dec-7 .. Posted by YPAmy5

Yes, our roof is metal (except for the front porch which is shingled) and I just love it. I love, love, love the sound of the rain pitter-pattering on it . . . .
We didn't add on the kitchen- we haven't added on to our home at all- just a lot of remodeling as it was stuck in the 70s when we purchased it.
The house is old- we've been able to trace it as far back as 1874 with maps and documents. We can tell from the foundation and such what was added on later . . . . . and we've dug up all kinds of pieces of pottery. glass, coal and a few buttons and such in our yard.
Our barn/garage behind the house is an old carriage barn- the children have found ba-zoodles of horse shoe nails out there!
The basement is what one would term "a Michigan Basement"-- 2 coal rooms with sloped walls and a coal shute plus the furnace room (very small) and a crawl space under the addition. Icky, really.
Bonus--- a dressing room just off the master bedroom. We made it into a nursery and it will soon be a small library.