Well, come on in, don’t be shy.
This is the front door with clear and etched glass. The owners have painted a lot of things grey and maroon and all I can say is their grey and maroon will be my yellow and black. To the hinge side of the door is the spring loaded door bell….precious. Check out the divided light storm door.
As you enter the house to the left is the den. You enter through french doors. They had built in cabinetry designed to fit around the window, which is really great, but not really my color, but I can deal with it.
The french doors that enter the parlor.
The dining room. This is my Mom’s future project. She said, “April, that wallpaper is not you at all” and I totally agree and therefore she gets to help tear it down. The small room you see in the back is a tiny office with a pocket door.
This is the pantry, with window and pocket door off the kitchen….I think I might utilize it more as a mud room, coat and backpack storage spot.
The upstairs bathroom…ahhhh, white cabinets….finally. These are keepers, but again with the wallpaper, buh-bye.

Let’s go upstairs. The staircase is on the South wall in the center of the house, strangely the house doesn’t have a center hall, but that allows for more living area, so okay.
At the top of the stairs it turns and splits into two sets of steps, one goes to the hallway and one goes into the small bedroom. Please, make fun of that ridiculous expression on Clay’s face. I think we were both walking through the house in a state of utter amazement. We were trying so hard to act nonchalant and I don’t think we pulled it off at all.
The split stairs at the top.

The house has four bedrooms, or should I say 3 and one half? One bedroom was split in half to add a bathroom upstairs when they brought plumbing into the house. The small bedroom will will fit a twin bed and a dresser, no closet, but hey…I think we’ll manage, my son really doesn’t need much and he’s very excited to have his own room.

The amazing thing about the other rooms is that they all have walk-in closets. For an old home, that’s pretty rare.
These are the door knobs on all the doors. I think it’s stamped brass, I could be wrong.
All the bedrooms have two windows. That is something I’ve dreamed of having for a long, long time.

Let’s start the farmhouse tour in the kitchen. The heart of the home, the place I’ll live life and drink coffee. The kitchen was renovated in 2001, which is a great relief to me, I’ll have modern conveniences. The owners did a fabulous job, but someday I’m going to need to replace the back splash tile and tear off the wallpaper, it’s a bit too modern for me. This is the little work sink, it sits on the far wall of the kitchen.

On the opposite side is the big sink, you can look through to the dining room while rinsing the dishes off to put in the dishwasher.
The entrance to the dining room is to the left. The basement and side exit door is to the left…look at the Jayhawk.
Back to the work sink area, check out the ceiling, you can see the where the stairs cut through the very corner of the kitchen.
I’m missing a photo of the bar and cook top area. These pictures make it look much bigger than it actually is, remember it’s a 130 year old house and they didn’t change the floor plan when they renovated. They did use every available spot to place the cabinets and counters and I was so impressed with the details. But, that tile….it’s gotta go.