Love at First Sight

So we walked in the front door. The room was full of boxes and packing supplies strewn about and some odds & ends furniture. My eyes were immediately drawn to these great columns that separated the living room from the dining room.

Photos of the interior were all taken after we took possession of the house unless otherwise noted. You can see the columns in the far right corner.

From the living room I could see into both the dining room and parlor. Already I was in love. All wood floors and lots of original trim. Also windows. Lots of windows. There was still a TON of stuff inside the house but I was able to ignore the stuff and focus on the features. Past the dining room was the kitchen. I walk in to see THIS:

OH MY GOODNESS. It was an original built in cabinet that measured 7 feet wide by 9 feet tall. I loved it. So I had to keep my composure so I wouldn’t let on how much I wanted the house already. There was also a tiny half bath added a few years ago which would be nice for guests.

Next we went upstairs. Did I mention the house had TWO sets of stairs? We surmised that the steps leading up from the kitchen may have been for a butler or servant because they led to a tiny bedroom separated from the other upstairs rooms. There we found a rather large storage closet and also an oddly small door to the bathroom.

For reference my husband is 6’2” and 185lbs. Not a huge guy and he basically filled the doorways. I cracked up but said they had to stay if we bought the house. The rest of the doors are normal sized except the closet doors which are also short for some reason.

We walked through the bathroom (which had two doors) we entered the hallway and went towards the bedrooms. FOUR good sized bedrooms! I was thrilled. Our teens have shared a room their whole lives and they finally had a chance to have their own rooms, AND we could have a spare bedroom PLUS an upstairs laundry in the tiny bedroom at the back of the house. I don’t know if I could have been more excited.

We walked down the front stairs back to the living room and went back through the house to the basement. Since the house was built in 1921 I didn’t really have high hopes. Turned out it was the full size of the house and although FULL of stuff it seemed pretty dry and had lots of windows too. Added bonus, the furnace and A/C were only a couple of years old. I had already mapped out what I wanted to do with the basement before we ever made it back up the stairs.

I mustered all the self control I could and said to our neighbor, “We are definitely interested. Talk it over with your family and come up with a price you feel comfortable with.” Then we said our goodbyes and went home to wait for their response.