While living at my parent's place has been convenient, and worked for keeping the horses at home, the time had come to search for a place of our own. Our dreams of expanding our livestock in the future could not happen here, as my parents are at the stage of life in which they want fewer responsibilities, not more.
We did not have high hopes that we would find a place that fit our needs and that would be within our price range, but we were wrong. We did have to settle for a fixer upper, but for the most part, the house is very livable, and the barn can be updated and prepared for livestock and the horses!
J and I both get something from this property. The main house dates back to 1799, which appeals to my history major hubby, and the 3 acres and barn appealed to my dreams of having a future hobby farm.
The main house has three fireplaces, one of which is original, with ovens built into the fire place! I started researching how the fireplace and oven would be used back in 1799 and found this awesome blog with a wealth of information on Colonial living and how they cooked. I plan on collecting some of the cooking tools they write about in the blog. Our keeping room with the fireplace in question is still very Colonial in style, so we would like to have furniture and common tools in there that reflect the time period.
Here's the link if you want to check the colonial blog out!
http://colonial-american-life.blogspot.com/2009/08/early-american-fireplaces-and-cooking.html
The Phineas Blanchard House circa. 1799
The Keeping Room with original fireplace (the ovens are the doors to the right)
Another view of the Keeping Room (fireplace to the right, out of view)
We are looking forward to cleaning up the house and starting our hunt for authentic antique and replica items to put in the most original looking room in the house. And don't worry, I will also be blogging about our farming efforts! We are looking into heritage breeds, both for livestock and crops, just to continue the Colonial theme.
