I must say it was my DH who had the idea for framing the lino. I have done some research and this is what I can find. The house was built by a man with help from his father. I'm sure no architect and probably no blueprints. I spoke to a spouse of a child who lived here. Not much info on the actual house. The 1st family sold the house in 1930. The man signed a beam under the front porch which is neat. I have a photo of the Mrs. but not at our house. I checked with the town once but they said back then this area was the "boondocks" and no records were really kept. They did have a photo from the 1950s when the town decided to take a photo of every house in the town. I have a copy of it that I will also frame. When the house is done I may try to find some of the family and see if they want to see the house. Since they only lived here 4 years and most of the original occupants have passed away. I'm not sure the next generation would care. Appears they moved to a small city nearby for a better job. You can tell they built the house with care as it is very solid and even has a poured concrete foundation. Unfortunately it is short but somewhat useable. Its just a small house. They make ceramic tiles in vintage designs why not flooring?

They transplanted a bunch of turkeys to our area a couple of years ago. It was quite the sight to spot them and make a u-turn on the canyon road to see if we could spot them again. This last winter they were ALL over town. So now it's a ho-hum, turkeys again. We should start seeing them again soon as they bring the poults down with them to "graze" in the fields around town. I never put food out for them because they scratch like hens and I certainly didn't want to invite them into my garden. Luckily, they stayed on their own side of the fence. The dogs made sure of that.

Nice little suprise there. I believe you could get rid of it if you dont want it there, just connect the inlet and outlet tubes together in some way. Otherwise just leave it, knowing its there. There should have been a door there to access it instead of boxing it in. Make sure the T&P valve tube (the copper pipe hanging down) is not capped off. It kind of looks like that but it could just be the end of a water heater connector. If its capped off you have a potential pressure cooker bomb in your house if the water heater malfunctions. This post was edited by Vith on Tue, Feb 3, 15 at 15:36

It's an exterior wall, but the INSIDE of it. If it were my house, because I love the look, I'd use a brush to clean it. Then I'd paint it with paint BASE. You know, the can off the shelf into which they put pigment? Well, without the pigment part. Exterior, Latex, FLAT, DARK (BM 4 or 5) paint base. Dark paint base dries so invisibly you can't tell where you painted it and didn't. Goes on shockingly white, but dries invisible. I've used it on all my stripped antique doors, and my white oak cabinet doors and drawers because I love the raw, unfinished and unpainted look. There is great grain in that wood. I hope you keep it (and not paint it), but really, whatever speaks to you.