A House Full of Surprises

Thursday, January 2, 2012 we got the keys! These keys by the way, included 2 actual skeleton keys that work our front doors! Seriously?? But that was only the beginning of the madness we found in our old farm house.

We knew the seller would be leaving what they didn't want, but we had no idea what that would be. Among other things our house included:

• a deer pelt on the wall
• matching deer hooves we could always use as hooks ;) 
• enough nicotine to stain the walls around anything that was hanging on the walls (see the leaf?)

• various kitchen appliances (anyone need a 30 year old waffle iron??) 
• couches, beds, dressers and more random furniture in all their 70s glory
• a waterbed.. not drained (more on this later!)
• strange nick-nacks of every kind

But we had some treasures mixed in as well: 

• a cool old piano made in 1900 (seriously needs tuned!!) 
• a beautiful turned wood high chair
• a shelf full of vases
• a retro canister set that I love

• an old school map from 1910 (framing this for the play room)
• silverware stamped from 1884
• and a box of letters, some from as far back as 1881!

We have truckloads of trash, plenty to donate to goodwill, and lots of cleaning to do before we even start renovating, but I feel like we're making headway!