Down The Road and Across The Highway

to Debs house we go. Finally our field trip is ready to start. First come on in and have a cup of Judy's (or Tom's) coffee and I will share a bit about my daughter. And her house.

When she was a little girl, she wanted to grow up, live in a "camping out trailer" and be a Mommy. There would be NO antiques for her. She was over them, having grown up with a Mama who loved them.
Fast forward many years and she did grow up, become a Mommy, 3 times over, but she did not live in a camping out trailer and she DOES have antiques. I am glad you came by today and are going to visit her.(Yes, she is a coffee drinker, so we'll get coffee there too.) She and Michael built their house with the help of his Dad. If you saw the Country Sampler, Dec 2011, issue, you know that already. Over the years they have built on, redone, and redone again. If Deb can dream it, Michael can build it. Deb and I share so much. We belong to the same forums, and share a lot of the same friends. Her friends invite me, my friends invite her. So not only are we Mother/Daughter we are best friends. I am happy to say, that her girls treat us the same way. However neither of them are antique/prim lovers. Any way, in the early days of their home they had a terrific oak collection. Over the years they decide to go to earlier pieces and now like the same things I do. So I hope you enjoy the field trip to their home today. It is indeed a home filled not only with wonderful antiques, more importantly  filled with love of God and family.

This is the outside. There are steps to the left too.

One end of the living room.

The other end of the livingroom. These cabinets were given to Michael years ago and are KeeneKutter display cabinets out of a hardware store.At Christmas she fills it with their Snow Village collection. Now it holds her collections of Transfer Ware. She has several different colors. Purple, red, brown, blue and green. The door to the right goes into here.

The master bedroom. she has just removed a lot toile and incorporated the Family Weaver bedding. I like it so much better.

The window nook.
This is my favorite bedroom in the house. They have a huge room they call the Victorian Room, that I have no pictures of today. We will visit it, the other upstairs bedroom and Debs bathroom next visit.

I love this room. The bed is one that belonged to Curtis and I. We sold it to a friend. Bought it back, now Deb got it from me. It is a cherry rope bed, circa 1835.

Michael built the corner cupboard in the corner.Yes, I have one exactly like it. See why I like this room? Peaceful.

This is the eat in part of the kitchen.

Another view. I love this little table and the cupboard. On the right is the dining room and it's great wall of china.I think most of you are aware that Deb got the antique dishes from my Mother. She asked her for them when she was child and was drying them one night after supper. They were my Mothers everyday dishes. Mother packed them away shortly after and gave them to her when she got married. They are Royal Staffordshire Clarice Cliff Tonquin. She has added to them over the years, but knows exactly which were "Non Nons", as she called my Mother.

There is a story about the table too. I sold it to a friend, and when she died Deb bought it from her husband. It is a wonderful old 3 board walnut table. Curtis made booties to raise it high enough to eat off. She has a beautiful dining room and lots of meals are eaten there. Even though it is used everytime we have a get together, Andrew thinks it is special.

Another view. She didn't send one of her corner cupboard, but she has an Early (1790's) walnut one, full of pewter.
Well I will show you her dry sink that we found on the Worlds Longest Yard Sale last summer. It is in a corner of the livingroom as you come in the front door.

I hope you have enjoyed the field trip to Debs. don't know if you noticed but all of their ceilings are beadboard. Even though they have a house full of neat things, these two have the run of it all.

I love this picture, taken at Curts wedding!lol

Deb and the worlds best son in law.
Well thanks for coming Through My Back Door where life is good.
betty
PS: I think I will take you to Amanda's one day. She is not prim, but vintage"y"? Is that a word? She has the brightest, cheeriest house ever. Would you like that? It would be different.lol
PSS: I have to share my joy that Linda Rebtoy is doing so well and back to blogging! Please check her out:Simply Country Seasons
PSSS: Thanks for the continued prayers for Dale. He is improving and is off the ventilator.The progress is slow, very slow, but he has had, a couple of short walks, with all kinds of assists, but he is walking. This man was who I called the energizer bunny, and my prayer is that he will be again, soon. Thanks for the prayers and please continue them.