Housing Development: Living Area

We ended our last installment in the kitchen, admiring the beautiful oak cabinet that adds much-needed storage to the kitchen.  (I love older homes because they are long on charm, but they are short on storage.  And electrical outlets.)

Let's move from the kitchen to the dining room.  Here's a view of the dining room from the front hallway.  To the left you catch a glimpse of the kitchen, where the oak cabinet and microwave are barely visible through the doorway. 

Behind that doorway is another handy cabinet.  This is a great place for me to drop my purse and keys when I come in the door.  This way I know where to find them later.

I'm now standing in front of the doorway to the kitchen, right where I took the above picture.  On the left of the picture you can see the frame to the doorway of the front hall.  Those who have visited may remember there was a china cabinet here before.

The chest used to be here.  The window is on the front of the house, and the doorway on the right goes to the front hall.

I'm standing in the kitchen doorway again, facing the front of the house.  The curtain on the right frames the window in the picture above (looking out the front); the curtain on the left covers a window looking out the side of the house.

Have I shown the letterbox in the front hallway before?  My brother's kids were fascinated by this.  This is where I get my mail...just like Winnie the Pooh!  My family may recognize the thing hanging above as coming from Nana.  I need to get some greenery or something in it.

When you walk in the front door, this is the view you get of the living room.

If you look a little farther to the left as you come in the door, you see the part of the living room on the front of the house.

Here's the mantle, which I really love.  Currently my paternal grandfather is reigning there, looking dashing in his military uniform.  A print of the icon of Our Lady of Tenderness is being framed now and will replace my grandfather when it's ready.  I think the item hung over the mantle sets the theme for the room and even the house, so while I was happy to have my grandfather there, I like having a religious item there even better.

I do a lot of grading here in this recliner.  Formerly there was a large armoire in the corner behind it, so having the lamp there now adds some good lighting.

A view of the room with the door to the office behind...

A similar view from a different angle, with the front hallway in the background.  This is pretty much what I see when sitting in the recliner.

This picture is for my mother's benefit.  This is the view of the room from the office.  I wish I could see the radio cabinet better from here.  I thought about cornering it, but then the recliner blocks your view of it when you're in the living room.

This concludes today's installment of the "Housing Development" series.  Stay tuned for further installments!