This Old House

I've always been fond of older homes, and a lot of it has to do with my grandparents. You see, they have many times bought old Victorian period homes and they always fixed them up to where you felt like you were seeing the house as it was back in it's glory years. The home my family just moved into is 103 years old, and it has been in my Father's family for 40 years. Recently, my father came to visit and walked through every room and commented on what it looked like when his parents first bought the house, and when he came to my bedroom he said, "Wow, this looks exactly the same as it did after my dad remodeled this house." Thing is, my room is dark and when I say dark, I mean dark...all the woodwork in my room is painted dark brown and up on the walls is dark wood paneling, and the hardwood floors are stained a dark color as well. Why did people like the dark wood paneling on walls? I believe it makes a room too dark and it makes it feel smaller too. Oh well, I see a lot of painting in my near future, lol!

Today my husband and I went to a local Antique store to shop around for an old door knob set because our bedroom closet door was missing the door knobs. About halfway through the huge warehouse sized antique store, or should I say mall, we finally found one that would work and was in good shape, and it only cost us $10. Which was a good deal considering all the rusty ones we had come across that they were charging more than $20 for them. It's nothing great looking but it now serves it's purpose in our home.