Sandwiched In The Middle PART 1

The second floor of the house is huge to say the least.  At least it feels that way to my family who come from a very tight house here in Hamilton.  Starting at the front of the house.  The two bay windows are mirrored bedrooms.  One for Imogen and one for Patrick.  While stripping the walls from the bedrooms we came to the newspaper that they originally used for insulation.  The one bedroom had newspaper from the 1890's.  This was some of the oldest newspaper that we found in the first batch of work.  It is always fun pulling off the pieces of beaver board and then reading newspapers from the late 1890's and early 1900's.  There are newspapers from the war in there too, which are always very very interesting to read.

The two bedrooms feature the bay windows and each room has a fire place.  They ran a chimney up through the fireplace in the upper floor, so they are no longer functional, but the original mantels are still there.  Each bedroom also has a closet, the one bedroom has the access to the attic in the closet.

This is the first bedroom on the left when you get to the top of the stairs.  All items that you see in the room were left there except for the bench off to the right.  The wicker rockers is a fabulous find and we are using that in the knitting room.  The press back chair will be used in the kitchen, we have six of those total.  The rest of the furniture was sold at the yard sale.  This is the room that we found the oldest newspaper in, but have only stripped the front wall.  This is going to be Patrick's bedroom.

This picture shows the walls with the beaver board off and some of the ceiling.  We were really hoping to have beadboard ceilings or at least open beams, but someone wanted about 1/2 an inch to 1 inch more height and took an axe to all the beams upstairs. They are butchered to say the least.

Here you can see how they ran the chimney up through the fire places on the second floor.  You can also see my bathtub lol.  The white dresser was left in the maid's room and we are going to use it in Imogen's room between the two bed's that we purchased in Jordan.

Here you can see out into the hallway and see where the closet is located.  You can also see some of the original wallpaper that we left on the walls.

This is the second bedroom.  It is a mirror of the first, except it has the attic access through the closet.  The two tables that are located in the bay window were left.  I do believe the bed and frame were let, but it stunk and wasn't spectacular so that went to the dump straight away.  You can see more of the mantel in this photograph and see the fabulous doors that are located all over the house.  Sorry for the poor picture, this is the only original of this room I have and it was the realestate photograph.  

This room is going to be Imogen's bedroom in the house.

This is the bedroom after it was emptied and some of the walls had been stripped.  The trunk that you see straight ahead was left in the house.  It was in the guest bedroom and was FULL of papers and stuff.  Right now it is keeping hold of the wool coat that we believe belonged in Wm Mallam and his top hat.  There is also a bunch of diplomas and certificates in there that we are hoping to return to the family once we get in contact with them.

Here you can see the fire place and the closet.  The closet has the ladder they left there for the attic which is just a dear wooden ladder.  Very very nice.  You can see some of the original wallpaper that was in this room as well as the oil cloth that we left on the floor to protect the wood under it. 

Here you can see the second trunk.  There were three in total, but we sold one of them.  This one is holding some of the canes that belonged to the Mrs. Moore's husband, Kitch.  Mrs. Moore was the last to own this house before she passed away and her sons sold it to us.

This is oen of my favourite suprises so far.  This fireplace was sealed up and when my mother in law removed it this is what she found on the other side.  I am so excited about this that I am now going to get a Victrola phonograph and put the two items together in the house.  I can hear the sound of the 20's music playing in there now as it once did before.  

So these are the before and after pictures so far of the two bay window bedrooms.  Once they are finished the two bedrooms are going to be set up the same.  Two twin beds with a dresser or night stand between them.  Hopefully with the pull outs under them for extra sleeping areas.  They will have a window seat in each room that will open up so they kids can store their toys away neatly.  

This is a picture of one of the headboards for Imogen's bedroom.  We found these two beds at an awesome antique store in Jordan Station.  The man is open basically by appointment or chance and the prices there are just awesome.  They do the Christie's show as well.

We are going to paint these beds white and put the pull our under it for extra sleeping.  The white dresser from the previous picture we believe is what we will put between the two.

In Patrick's bedroom we are going to look at two iron beds.  I have one at the house right now, but it is not a full twin.  I really am not a fan of the single beds.  I also am picky and need the beds to be identical.  This is a picture of the ones we are looking at getting from restoration hardware, or something like that if we can find matching beds.  The only issue with this one is we cannot fit a mattress under it.

So those are the two front bedrooms of 237 Heart's Content.  Hope you enjoyed and remember please feel free to comment on anything and give me suggestions as I am always open for ideas!!!