We've had a few questions about the house here in Sheffield, so I thought I'd tell you about it and show you some pictures. My grandparents bought this house in 1973, and we think the house was built in the '50s or '60s. The bottom floor has one bathroom, living room, dining room, kitchen, large office/study, two large kitchen pantries, Grandpa's workshop, and the laundry room. The large study, one of the pantries, the workshop, and the laundry room are actually part of an extension that my grandparents built onto the house; he was so clever. Upstairs there is one bathroom (it's all purple!), two guest bedrooms, Grandma's boudoir, and the master bedroom, which holds another bathroom in it.
Outside, there is a large backyard, which holds a large lawn, lots of different kinds of plants, raspberry and blackberry bushes, in addition to two apple trees. The front yard also contains lawn, large trees and bushes, many rose bushes, and some other flowering plants. The gardens were important to my grandparents and they spent hours and hours maintaining this part of their home. Finally, there is a two-car garage.
When my grandparents were alive, they spent most of their time in the gardens, in the living room, in the kitchen (primarily Grandma in the kitchen, unless they were doing dishes together), and in the study. I like to picture my grandparents in the study: they corresponded with many people via letter, which was done by hand at one of the office desks until Grandma got a word processor. In the late '90s, they got a fax machine, which they would use to stay in touch with us in the states. Finally, they purchased a computer and arranged for internet access in order to correspond with us by e-mail. Indeed, the study holds many memories and artifacts from decades of different forms of communication.
Since we've been here, we've tried to do as much on the house as we can, seeing as our primary job in Sheffield is to clear out the items we don't need, identify what can be donated, and then organize the rest for my mom and aunt to review when they visit in October. As you can tell, it's a large house, so there's a lot to go through! We have definitely found some interesting items, including documents and correspondences dating back to the late 1800s, coins from all over the world, which also date back as far as the late 1800s, and some very cool pictures of family throughout many generations. It's been wild to go through a lot of these things as it's a valuable time to learn more about my family and our history.
Anyways, enough babble, here are some pictures!
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| A view of the house from the front. |
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| The infamous purple bathroom! |
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| My haul from the bushes in the back; definitely the last of the season though. : ( |
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| Some more of the flamboyant carpet in the house, which you all seemed so fond of! |
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| One of my favorite series of pictures in the house on the window sill in the dining room. Wedding pictures from four generations: my great-grandparents, my grandparents, my aunt and uncle, my parents, and Kyle and me. |
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| Just have to show this one of my great-grandparents; I love it! |
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| And, must show Grandpa and Grandma at their wedding in 1942. It was wartime, so no elaborate outfits; just simple and tasteful--like Grandma and Grandpa! |
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| View of the street from the driveway looking right. |
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| View of the street from the driveway looking left. |
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| Mom in 1973. Another of my absolute favorites among the pictures in the house. |
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| Some vintage sardines that were hiding in the kitchen pantry. |
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| Another of my favorite series of pictures in the house: Grandma's Parisian paintings in the boudior, bookended by pictures of John and I as tinies. |
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| #1: Moulin Rouge |
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| #2 Notre Dame |
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| #3 Eiffel Tower More later--love to all from Sheffield! |
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