the inside of the farmhouse

Sometime ago I gave you a picture into our beginnings on the farm. Good times.

Today I'll give you a peek into what I saw on my first day here. These are

the Polaroids that I brought to Safeway to show Terry.

The before shots are all he saw of the house before moving day.

I had great confidence in his Mr. Fixer Upper abilities.

This was the living room. When we peeled away the fake brick there was a big dark burned hole in the wall. At one point the house had nearly burned down.

What a pity, Terry said.


We completely removed the fireplace. We felt that the space could be used to put our antique cupboard that my grandfather built in 1939 for my parents first piece of furniture.

The kitchen had dark paneling all around it. I didn't want to take too many pictures because the lady that lived in it followed me around. They had recently removed a eating nook from the opposite wall.


These are actually our second renovation pictures. When the boys moved out we went to it once again and redid the floors and removed walls.


Remember I told you that they had recently removed the breakfast nook. I found it.
They had two lawnmowers in the house. One of them was in the hall closet and the other one in the family room.



Terry often says he is glad he was only 35 when we moved to the farm. Tackling that now would seem quite overwhelming.




This is where we spend our evenings. It's all quite small and cozy. It doesn't take too long to clean from top to bottom and that suits me just fine.


When I went to see Terry that day at the store, he kept asking me for more info. I told him there was a peculiar odor that I couldn't put my finger on. I did feel a little concerned about that. When we began to rip the walls apart, we found part of the odour.



We still laugh when we think about the first few months living here. We were very thankful to have friends that came and lent us a hand. We'll never forget their kindness.




I can't believe the weekend is here again. I do hope you have a wonderful weekend. I'll be posting a birthday post for my little one.

Have a great day my friends.