24 Sep 2014

33 Things to Love About an Old House

by Rebecca | posted in: home, love, prose | 0

There are, of course, things to despise about an old house, as I may detail in some later post. Hey, a bunch of these “things to love” are just cleverly-disguised banes of my existence. But some of these little details are truly charming. I would say that old houses tend to be detail-oriented… unlike myself. It’s amazing we seem to be getting along so well. I’ll chock it up to our little family’s unsuppressed optimism and the house’s “character.”

hardwood floor — Hardwood.

neighbors through window — Neighborhood.

mailbox with a door on each end — Accessibility.

backyard cistern cover — Mystery.

wooden stairs with footsteps worn — Steps.

beautiful original staircase — Rise.

side door entry hooks — Passageways.

spiders to control pests — Pest control.

established trees — Trees.

screened porch close up — Breezes.

rhubarb and weeds — Rhubarb.

dragon painted on garage door — Dragons.

collection of interesting rocks — Treasures.

yellow and blue door frames and window frames — Frames.

stove vent cover that looks like a paper plate — Remnants.

paint-plaster-layers — Layers.

severely curled shingles on trash hut — Texture.

colorful plastic tiles in attic stairwell — Color.

cupboard doors with all different hardware — Variety.

pencil sharpener in hallway — Utility.

cross-stitched doorbell label — Information.

open and lock directions on door — Direction.

I rule the world written on door frame — Confidence.

quartzite foundation — Rock.

fusebox without cover — A sense of adventure.

newspaper in broiler drawer — News.

storage in half-finished half-story — Storage.

homemade baby gate — Ingenuity.

fancy-painted-vent-cover — Form. Function.

wooden diamond muntins — Muntins.

foot of clawfoot tub that needs paint — Feet.

room full of tools for projects — Potential.

interesting studs — Interesting studs.

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