This Old House

Here are few pics of our new old house. It is a home built in the 40's by my Great Uncle CM and Aunt Lena. Lumber from a house that was there previously and caught fire was used. This house has been in the family for 5 generations and has such character. These pictures are in no particular order and the lighting is not really good, but you'll get the idea.

I now have my other great-aunt's dining room furniture so I am able to display my china and pretty crystal. Here are my awesome (ha) decorating skills.


Here is the dining room with Lena Kate peeking out the window. It also serves as a place to put the microwave since the kitchen doesn't have enough counterspace for it. You may also notice it is serving as the office too!

Here is Lena Kate's room...we still need a regular size double mattress for the bed. We also inherited this bedroom set

Crib wall view

Now, the bathroom is pretty "retro"

Check out the lighting...you would think you are in Hollywood backstage...many, many years ago. We are renting but may just have to replace these.

This is the little phone nook in the hall....I love that it is there..the perfect place for the phone!

Cozy little kitchen. You can see the door that goes out to the closed in porch. It is very nice to have and I have all my baking pans, kitchen appliances and cleaning supplies right out that door in cabinets...convenient, but out of the way. I now have my pottery displayed. The blue and tan them goes great with the yellow tile in the kitchen. There is only room for a small eat-in table, so we actually eat most meals in the dining room. It is right off the kitchen and very functional. Breakfast and Lena Kate's meals are usually in the kitchen most mornings.

Here is the living room that opens into the dining room. It is soo nice and cozy with pretty hardwood floors and a really pretty fireplace mantle. Lena Kate was playing with her horse at this moment.

This view shows the door to the kitchen and hallway to the bedrooms and bathroom. We now have an endtable between the two chairs with a lamp on it rather than the stool that Lane was using at the time. Notice Miss has her spot, as usual.

I didn't include a picture of our bedroom because I don't have a good one. It is a nice big room with his and hers closets and one wall has windows all across it like in the living room and the other has a split door that goes to the porch. My Aunt Lena used to open the top part to circulate air in before central air was installed.

I want to get vinyl letters that read Tres Lenas to but above the door. There will now have been 3 Lena's that have lived in this house, Lena Beall, Lena Elaine (me), and Lena Kate...we all know that little star! Since we are in South Texas the 3 in Spanish gives it a nice ring. We are loving our little house in the country for now. I'm sure after awhile we'll start to look for a place of our own, but for now renting and putting the $$ away will be just fine. I hope you enjoyed a glimpse into our new home. I didn't show you the laundry room because it is outside in an old milkhouse...not so fun on bad weather days, but it'll work out ok. My Granny has had her laudry room outside by her garage her entire life, if she can do it, I can too.

I'm going to get a kitten tomorrow to keep the critters away since there are already reports that the rattlesnakes are out after the rain and really warm weather this week. I do have a shotgun stashed away (out of LK's reach) in the kitchen so I can get to it quickly if need be....gotta be a prepared country girl!

Yall have a blessed weekend :)