This is our 130 year old house when we first purchased it. When you look at this picture you probably don't see too much wrong with the house. She has good bones as the original owners cared for and maintained it for 100 years, then she was let go, changing hands a few times before we bought it. I understand that an old 4 bedroom farm house can be a lot to take on but let's start with the little things shall we.
This is the living room facing the front door. The carpets are hideous and stained, the tile for the wood stove is just placed on the carpet and when painting the walls, why bother moving the bookshelf? Just paint around it! No one will ever know!
Inbetween the bedroom and the stairway is an air return vent, you can't see it because it was carpeted over, the heat sheild for the wood stove is steel barn roofing, beautiful isn't it? This apparently passed in the W.E.T certification of the stove. Oh and if you look really closely you can see Winnie the Pooh hanging from the ceiling fan.
Once again notice the lovely stains on the carpet, I don't think the couch or the coffe table were ever moved since the carpet was laid. The doorway leads into our dinning room, notice the pale blue walls? Keep that in mind as we travel through the house, you will notice a trend.
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