The history of the house is that we are only the 4th family to live here since it was built in 1870. The second family added on and remodeled in the late 1930s, the next family remodeled again in the 1970s and now here we are, doing it all over again. The house is huge and not at all open concept--lots of little rooms. I officially have 8 bedrooms and 5 bathrooms, and even a wine cellar and a maid's room. It sounds so grand, doesn't it? The reality is 8 little rooms upstairs with bad carpet, hideous paint, cracked window panes and lots of cobwebs. As for the 5 bathrooms, well, we currently just have the door shut on 3 of them. They are from the 1970s remodel and are just horrifyingly ugly. The one we use is from the 1930s remodel and it actually is okay, just pretty worn out. The one bathroom that I like is only a half bath downstairs--it is so small, it is one of the first things we fixed. The wine cellar is a little room with ugly wood shelves in the basement and the maid's room is an eensy room off the kitchen that I use for my craft room.
So far, we have finished the music room and living room and are in the middle of redoing the kitchen, back soon with posts on our progress.
