Blossburg House

We bought our first house in April of 1997. Cam was just 5 months old. It was an 1890's house with 1,700 square feet. We had 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, a study, a playroom, a kitchen, a diningroom, and a livingroom. Our master bedroom had a sitting room attached. We loved that house, except for the bad windows and the very cold kitchen. We also did not like that it only had one bathroom and no garage. But, it was a perfect first house for us.

It was an older house, so there was wallpaper and peachy/orange paint on the walls. We did a lot of work to that house.

When we first bought it, we had to spray insulation into the attic. Michael was up in the attic spraying, and I was down on the ground, outside in the cold, pounding the insulation into the machine. Mom and Grandma watched Cam--he was very fussy because he was teething, and he was also breastfeeding. It took us 4-6 hours to do that job. We woke up the next morning with junk in our lungs and crusted-over eyes.

We also painted every single room. That was a stage that we loved green and maroon colors. It is crazy how your tastes change, because I hate those colors now. We even painted the kitchen countertops.

The boys were both born in this house, so it is very special to us. They sure loved that playroom.

Here are photos when we first bought the house:

Doing the insulation

Cam sitting on the table--notice the beautiful wallpaper

I absolutely loved those windows in the livingroom--it made it so bright in there

Here are the after photos:

This was our sitting room