While the exterior of the house was being transformed so was the interior. There weren’t as many slides of the inside of the house, but there are some. Come on in…
1956 Living room
Living room with a glimpse of the kitchen
Dad’s rocking chair
1960’s Birthday party – no petting zoo or moonwalk here
I’m helping out in the kitchen
Christmas 1960
Christmas turkey
Living Room
In-house barber shop
New breakfast nook and kitchen
Living room 1974
Other changes I remember being made to the house included installing wall to wall carpeting over the hardwood floors in the 60’s. When my Dad had the carpet replaced some 40 years later the salesman immediately recognized the line and commented on its indestructibleness – he didn’t mention anything about its attractiveness. A half bath was installed in the basement in the late 60’s or early 70’s. Prior to that we had one full bath on the main floor. It was a small house but I don’t remember it being small. We were always outside no matter the weather, so the close quarters didn’t seem to present a problem – my mother would probably differ with that assessment.
