elisabeth's room:
this is a view of my childhood bedroom from the upstairs hall.
there are two doors in the hall that leads to my bedroom. the first door goes to my bathroom and the second is my closet. the wall on the right used to be covered with teenagery things like pictures, notes from friends, postcards, buttons, posters...you name it!
when i was about 12 and outgrew my canopy bed my mom took me to an auction, and we bought this bed. i remember telling her i wanted "spindles". i fell in love with this bed and was so happy we won it.
the quilt on the bed was made by my great-grandmother. the colors inspired the green and pink room. during this recent remodel, my mom took down my pink-with-white-polka-dots wall paper and painted the walls green. the carpet was also pulled up and the wood floors were refinished. the curtains have been there since i was 6. i must say, i still like them!
the quilt hanging on the quilt rack was given to my parents as a wedding gift. the door to the right of the quilt rack leads to my parents bathroom. it's a jack and jill that leads into the master bedroom. i would love to know what the people who built this home were thinking with the bathrooms. my room has it's own bathroom but also is connected to my parents bathroom. i think my parent's loved it that my room was connected to theirs. it's probably the reason i did a lot less sneaking out than my brothers. ;)
this is a portrait of me when i was four.
you will notice that we all have christmas stockings tied to the foot of our beds. usually these stockings are hung from the mantle in the living room but because of the tour and the floral arrangements for the mantle, we hung them on our beds. 14 of the 16 were knit by my grandma. they are each different and make quite a statement when all 16 are hung around the mantle.
jamie's room:
this is my brother jamie's room. pretty much the only thing in this room that has stayed the same is the wallpaper. (notice the white holes in the wall next to the gun? read this post if you want to know why they're there.)
this desk and wall unit are amish made and were in my dad's office before he retired. this was the only wall in the whole house that was big enough for it.
kevin's room:
this is my brother kevin's room. originally, 100 years ago, it was the maid's room. i tried telling my brother that since he had the "maid's" room he had to be the maid. he was five years older than me; he didn't fall for it. the door you see to the left of the bed leads out to an adorable little balcony.
this room looks nothing like it did when my brother occupied it. back then it was grey and red with an Ohio State theme. it's the smallest of the three kid's bedrooms but i think it's always been the favorite.
this is another one of my great-grandma's quilts. it's the same pattern as the one in my room but looks completely different. isn't it just lovely?
my great-grandfather built this desk as a project for his high school shop class. can you believe that? i think at my high school people were making clocks and chalkboards in shop class.
two more rooms to go! next is the library-my favorite room in the whole house- and the master bedroom. until then...i hope you are having a fabulous christmas week!
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