Before and After
Our house was originally a vacation cabin, built bit by bit, starting sometime in the late 1940's, with the flat roofed portion, out of view to the right. It once had a door to the outside, but now is a bedroom and the laundry room. In about 1950, the gabled section was added, with living room, kitchen, bath, and 2 more bedrooms.
This is what the house looked like, circa 1967 or so. The view is from the backyard, looking toward the road. It was apparently taken from on top of the slide that I played on as a kid.
Note the horseshoe pit in the foreground. Dad won local tournaments. Now there is a swing hung just about there. And the driveway looping up to the screen door was U-shaped then.
The screened porch was added by my parents sometime after 1955, a must in a house without air conditioning. It disappeared under the new addition. The kitchen window is to it's right. (It's now a doorway.) There were 2 perpetually overgrown wisteria bushes beside it.
And I especially love the attractive pile of cinderblocks. Growing up there was always a pile of 'em somewhere. Full of black widow spiders.
We were surrounded by woods in those days. No neighbors, though the community had already been subdivided. No woods left now. But at least the roads are now paved!
Here is a similar view of the back of the house, from last year. The swing is hung from the tree in the foreground of the last photo.
The giant gable is an addition from 1974, giving us 2 bedrooms, a 20x20' family room/dining room, second bathroom, and mudroom.
The old house was stucco over cinderblock, the new part is stick built, on a slab, with white aluminum siding over all. You know, even though it's getting old, the siding isn't in bad shape.
Benny the cat makes it into the photo. And oops, there is a house next door now. My parents sold off the side yard in the 1980's to pay off some bills. That was a MISTAKE! (Although I admit that the neighbors are nice!)
Eventually I will post some photos of the front of the house. There aren't any in my computer at this moment.
Next time, a double header - a leaky roof and wood rot!
This is what the house looked like, circa 1967 or so. The view is from the backyard, looking toward the road. It was apparently taken from on top of the slide that I played on as a kid.Note the horseshoe pit in the foreground. Dad won local tournaments. Now there is a swing hung just about there. And the driveway looping up to the screen door was U-shaped then.
The screened porch was added by my parents sometime after 1955, a must in a house without air conditioning. It disappeared under the new addition. The kitchen window is to it's right. (It's now a doorway.) There were 2 perpetually overgrown wisteria bushes beside it.
And I especially love the attractive pile of cinderblocks. Growing up there was always a pile of 'em somewhere. Full of black widow spiders.
We were surrounded by woods in those days. No neighbors, though the community had already been subdivided. No woods left now. But at least the roads are now paved!
Here is a similar view of the back of the house, from last year. The swing is hung from the tree in the foreground of the last photo.The giant gable is an addition from 1974, giving us 2 bedrooms, a 20x20' family room/dining room, second bathroom, and mudroom.
The old house was stucco over cinderblock, the new part is stick built, on a slab, with white aluminum siding over all. You know, even though it's getting old, the siding isn't in bad shape.
Benny the cat makes it into the photo. And oops, there is a house next door now. My parents sold off the side yard in the 1980's to pay off some bills. That was a MISTAKE! (Although I admit that the neighbors are nice!)
Eventually I will post some photos of the front of the house. There aren't any in my computer at this moment.
Next time, a double header - a leaky roof and wood rot!
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