Wow, I love the fence, and your home is beautiful. Keep posting pics when you get it all done.

I love the fence too! It is going to look sweet when it is painted bright white. Thanks for sharing!

Great looking fence Rosemary. The entire home and fence is great. I wanna see your flowers and plants when you start on them too.
Leslie

Just beautiful !! Do you have lots of photos of the inside of your lovely home to share as well?? I would love to see some...

xoxo
Kitt

Nothing adds to a house like a picket fence...I'm bugging DH to put one up this spring.
Your's is beautiful....Love it!
Christmas garland draped on it with red bows would look fantastic!

Great looking fence and house. I love the gates.

Looks beautiful. I would love to see some pictures of the inside.

Very nice.

Thanks for the nice comments. It's a fine old house but taking care of it seems to be a part time job.

As to the garden, I'm torn between an English garden (lots of wildflowers and busy and diverse plantings) or a more formal look with rows of matching shrubs. The lot is 110 by 110. Would love to have opinions! :)

And here are some inside photos (for those who asked):

Rosemary, where have you been girl? I've been wondering and it's good to see you back again.

Gorgeous home, inside and out! Stunning! I lean towards more formal gardens, over the English garden style.

How nice!

Like the picket fence,we have one also.I also love the inside of your house.I'd say go for the english garden.Lots of wild flowers,rose bushes etc.
Kathi

Your fence, yard, house, floors, stairway, hubby, and everything are all beautiful! These are great photos; thanks for sharing.

Beautiful inside and out.

They say people buy houses with emotions - and I surely bought this house with my emotions. I fell crazy in love with the house the moment I laid eyes on it.

Probably paid a little too much, but the seller replumbed the house for us and did a good, good job (probably a $10,000 repair job) and fixed the slate roof (not cheap either) and re-wired much of the house (probably another $5,000+). The boiler was replaced in 2004 with a high-efficiency unit, and that's a plus. So, I console myself that much of the big ugly work was already done before we bought it.

It's got some nice features, such as a full basement (Very unusual for southeastern Virginia) and a huge attic with a spacious walk-up staircase. The house (and the 'hood) went through hard times in the 1980s and this fine old home was used as a boarding house. They had deadbolts on the bedroom doors and there was a family living on the sunporch (very small) and another family living in the attic (with pink insulation dripping from the ceiling). In 2004, some guys bought it for the purpose of flipping it. After two years, they grew tired of it and ran out of money before they could do too much harm (thank goodness) and that's when we bought it.

It was a diamond in the rough when we bought it and we've dumped too much money into it, but hubby has a nice job with the city and I tell him, "This house is your GIFT to the city." :-) It's true, too.

But there are days when I wonder about the wisdom of buying such an old house that requires a steady influx of cash, love, inspiration and perspiration. Nonetheless, when I trot downstairs in the morning and see that beautiful entry foyer, I always feel a little happier. I tell people that this house is a beautiful sculpture made of wood and designed so that people can live within its beautiful walls and admire its artistic grandeur from many different angles. I do believe that.

It's also 100% identical to the house in which I was raised. That's probably why I grabbed my new husband by the lapels in February 2007 when we stood in its empty living room and said, "I HAVE TO HAVE THIS HOUSE."

It was built in 1925 by a man who owned the local lumber mill and his wife became ill whilst it was under construction. He urged her to hold on promising her, "I'm building you the most beautiful house." She died six months after moving in and her funeral was held in the living room. It was a home built with love and that shows in every joint and every piece of lumber. Of all the houses I've ever seen, this is one of the best-built.

These fantastically huge beams in the basement have no knots. They say the original builder hand-selected each beam and joist before it was delivered to the site. I believe that.

Thanks for saying nice things about my house. Makes me feel better about having bought the old lady. :)

Here's a photo of the man who built it, sitting in *our* backyard (from the 1950s).

The fence is wonderful. I just love your house! And you have made it into a grand home. Old homes have a charm that the newer ones will never have.

There is an old home in our little town that is going to be torn down, and it just breaks my heart. The new owner of the land has offered the house for free to anyone who wants to move it--plus he will contribute $5,000 toward the cost. If I were younger, I might take him up on it.....

Thanks for the tour of your home--and pictures are always welcome!

Beautiful home inside and out! It's so nice to have a home with a history.

Oh, I love your home and new fence. Please post pictures when you are finished.