The Basement

In looking through the earlier photos, I realized that I had not included any pictures of the basement. And, since that is traditionally a hit during visitor house tours, we include it here.

So, here are a few shots for those who wonder:

• "Did they buy a fixer-upper that is falling down around them?"
    (Some of you remember the Dayton Street house when I first bought it in 1973, and so may be forgiven such thoughts. I used to call that house "The Sow's Ear." Well, by that standard, this is "Silk Purse."
• "Do they really use the wood stove? Where do they keep the kayaks in the Winter?"

We have found out that often shipbuilders were pressed into use to build homes as well. From the sturdiness and tightness of the basement, it seems like that might have been the case here.

Since it was neglected in the first round of photos, there are no "before" pictures. That means you missed stacks of old yogurt containers, TV dinner trays, onion bags, old clothes, empty boxes, etc. And, black cobwebs everywhere from where the oil furnace "poofed" in October 2000.

 

The stairs down--from the panty behind the e kitchen.
The extra refrigerator in the olde fruit cellar. 40 pounds of Blueberries in there!
The laundry
Kayak Storage and Wood Bin
Up to the ground level.