The Bedlam's End Garden

We have harvested some onions, carrots, lettuce, peas, and everything else is 1-2 weeks away.  Parsley and basil failed, and the onions were weak. Also, we have started getting blueberries (in the other garden), but they are still a little tart, and Pumpkins are on their way.

 

 

Michael Alan Jones

 

 

 

The new stairway...

We hung a very old map of Kentucky and a map of Shakertown on the walls, as well as putting in some furniture, such as the settle [seat] on the left bottom and a 3-seater Hitchcock chair on the landing, (which is obscured by the old Santa hanging on the railing).

I also hung a folk-art chandelier, made from old bits of tin, coiled up in swirlies. This matches other similar pieces in the house; e.g., the wall hanging in the kitchen over the wall pantry.

This is the old stairway...

What the master bedroom looks like now...

This is what the master bedroom looks like now. Note that we are still deciding on which paintings to hang in this room. Also, we have removed the vinyl horizontal blinds and replaced them with interior wooden shutter blinds, per the period.

What the master bedroom used to look like...

This is what the master bedroom looked like, when we bought the place:

What the front parlor looks like now...

Now, the front parlor has a brighter look, and is loaded with period antiques. There are some nice oil paintings of animals, like horses and sheep, and some needlework samplers.

What the front parlor used to look like...

When we bought the farm, the front parlor was all white; a blank canvas. The front parlor looked like this: