It was a 2 story farm house. There were 4 rooms down stairs and 4 rooms upstairs.It looked rather like a saltbox structure, with a lean out kitchen in the back, with a screened in backporch and a front porch. It was surrounded by a large yard.
Downstairs consisted of--
Kitchen--Old fashioned woodburning cookstove
large square table
Cubboard
work table
kitchen cabinet
Pantry------This consisted of shelves, cream seperator, Storage for Pots & pans, supplies, Etc.
Washroom--The size of a small bathroom but without plumbing. It had a pump and sink for
pumping rainwater from the cistern into the house. It was used as a closet for coats
and it stored our washing machine when not in use.
Bedroom----This was our parents bedroom. Bed and chest of drawers. Place to hang clothes,
but no closet.
Family room--This room was used on a daily basis. It consisted of a Round Oak table,
Rolltop Desk, 2 rockers, couch, woodburning stove, library table, Sideboard (to hold
dishes), radio, straight chairs, square plant stand to hold house plants. Our landlord
gave each of their tenants a piece of furniture from their estate upon their death.
We received a marble slab cherry piece of furniture. (see note below about this)
Parlor-This room was off of the family room and used very seldom. It consisted of a davenport, overstuffed chair, end tables, coffee table, bookcase and was carpeted.
Downstairs closet. Only 1 closet downstairs
Four upstairs bedrooms, only one closet upstairs. One of the bedrooms was used as a closet or/ storage room. Each bedroom had a dresser, and bed and our bedroom had a chevarobe. (place to hang dresses). Probably a chair in each. We also, had a little skirted makeup table. My sister and I would choose the West bedroom in the summer time and the East bedroom in the winter time (this room had a register in the floor over the stove). The West bedroom had prevailing winds that brought in the breezes and was cooler.
Our house had an screened in back porch with a big door at the end of the porch that you lifted up and this was the entry to the cellar. The cellar was where we stored all the food that was canned for the winter months, plus potato bin, hams, bacon, sausage in large crock jars stored down there.
As I had stated prior, the home was not fancy, probably not insulated, wingscotting in the family room, but it was "Home". Structures doesn't make a "home". Love, security, respect produces a "home". I felt I was loved, I felt secure and there were plenty of respect in the home. So I felt it was about the "best place on earth".
Note: This piece of furniture was in our farm house and then was moved into town. When we cleared out the town house to rent it out, my brother had it in his home for quite awhile. My sister-in-law abhorred this piece of furniture. I kept telling them that it was an antique and not to sell it. Finally, after they had sold some other items, I offered to buy it, for fear that they would dispose of it. So today, I have this in my living room and it is the centerpiece. It holds lots of memories and I love it. Our landlord owned lots and lots of farm land and each tenant got a nice piece of furniture from their estate home when they passed away. The one who died was a Judge in the city he lived.
Todays Wisdom--"Be it ever so "humble" there is no place like home!"
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